{{Short description|Argentine Army officer (1892 – 1963)}} {{Infobox person | name = Luis Cenobio Candelaria | image = Luis Candelaria.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Lieutenant Luis Candelaria | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|10|29}} | birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]] [[Argentina]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|12|23|1892|10|29}} | death_place = [[San Miguel de Tucumán]] Argentina | occupation = [[Aviator]]<br>Arly Officer | known_for = First crossing of the [[Andes]] by [[aeroplane]] | relatives = }}

'''Luis Candelaria''' (29 October 1892 Buenos Aires – 23 December 1963 San Miguel de Tucumán), was an [[Argentine Army]] officer and military [[aviator]] who was the first to cross the [[Andes]] by [[aeroplane]], in April 1918.

== First crossing of the Andes by aeroplane == Though the Andes have been crossed by balloon in 1916 by Arturo Bradley and Angel María Zuloaga, the attempts to do so by aeroplane by [[Jorge Newbery]] (1914) and by [[Pedro Zanni]] (1917) were unsuccessful, and in the former case resulted in the death of the pilot.<ref name="LaNacion1998">{{cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/93428-a-80-anos-del-primer-cruce-aereo-de-los-andes |title=A 80 años del primer cruce aéreo de los Andes |author=Luis Casabal |newspaper=La Nación |publisher= Diario La Nación |date= 13 April 1998 |language= Spanish |accessdate=26 April 2015}}</ref>

Lieutenant Candelaria successfully crossed the Andes on 13 April 1918 in a [[Morane-Saulnier L|Morane-Saulnier Parasol]] with an 80&nbsp;hp [[rotary engine]], taking off from [[Zapala]] ([[Argentina]]) and landing at [[Cunco, Chile|Cunco]] ([[Chile]]) after a total flight time of 2 hours 30 minutes during which he reached 4,000 meters of altitude.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rionegro.com.ar/diario/rn/nota.aspx?idart=660506&idcat=9521&tipo=2 |title =Aquel inolvidable primer avión |author= Héctor Pérez Morando |publisher= Diario Río Negro |date= 12 July 2011 |language= Spanish |accessdate =26 April 2015}}</ref> The Argentine Government granted Candelaria the title of '''Military Aviator''' for that feat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.librosmaravillosos.com/lahistoriadelaaviacion/capitulo10.html|title=Libros Maravillosos - Patricio Barros y Antonio Bravo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museoaeronautico.gob.cl/espanol/actividades.php?n=448 |title=Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio - Actividades |accessdate=2015-04-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120804180719/http://www.museoaeronautico.gob.cl/espanol/actividades.php?n=448 |archivedate=2012-08-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://html.rincondelvago.com/historia-de-la-aeronautica-argentina.html|title = Encuentra aquí información de Historia de la aeronaútica argentina para tu escuela ¡Entra ya! &#124; Rincón del Vago|date = 14 January 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.mil.ar/historia/abril.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-04-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005323/http://www.faa.mil.ar/historia/abril.html |archivedate=2015-09-24 }}</ref>

== Personal life == {{expand section|date=April 2015}}

== Luis Candelaria in popular culture == * The [[San Carlos de Bariloche Airport]] is named '''Teniente Luis Candelaria''', after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aeroportal.com.ar/ |title=AeroPortal |accessdate=2014-04-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427053437/http://www.aeroportal.com.ar/ |archivedate=2014-04-27 }}</ref> * A primary school in the city of [[Zapala]], ‘’Escuela Primaria N°3 Teniente Aviador Luis Candelaria’’, is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argentino.com.ar/escuela-primaria-3-teniente-aviador-luis-candelaria-educacion-primaria-F1507C20E19D3 |title= Escuela primaria Nº3 Teniente Aviador Luis Candelaria |accessdate=26 April 2015 }}</ref> * Although he died in San Miguel de Tucumán, Candelaria’s remains are interred at Zapala, as per his wishes; his grave has the inscription "13 de Abril de 1918" ({{in lang|es}}: 13 April 1918).<ref name="LaNacion1998"/>

== See also == * [[History of aviation]] * [[List of firsts in aviation]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Further reading == * [http://www.eam.iua.edu.ar/rumbos/Revista-26/RevistaRumbos26-HistAeronautica.htm “Pioneros del aire en Argentina”, Rumbos Aeronáuticos, issue 26, 2 July 2012] {{in lang|es}} ‘’(accessed 2015-04-26)’’

== External links == * [http://ccpd.atspace.tv/CANDELARIA.htm BIOGRAFÍA: PILOTO ARGENTINO "Tte. Ingeniero F.A. -LUIS CENOBIO CANDELARIA – Club de Ciencias Presidente Derqui website] {{in lang|es}} ‘’(accessed 2015-04-26)’’

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