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Madrid–Cuatro Vientos Airport

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On 31 July 1919, an English aviator James Arthur Peters made the first non-stop flight from the UK to Spain. He flew an Alliance aircraft, a Seabird P1 that he had designed, from Hendon airport to Cuatro Vientos in 9 hours. His navigator was named as Curtiss. He carried a letter for the Queen of
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Cuatro Vientos was originally an air base, which later became also a civil airport. Thus, there is a military section located on a separate apron of the airport, opposite to the civil one. It is also used as the Madrid base for aircraft of the Spanish Police, as well as for the road traffic
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aircraft, Flight Training Organizations and flying clubs. Due to the runway length and surrounding buildings it is only possible to operate helicopters, piston engine aircraft, medium size turbo-props and small business jets. The only navigational aid is a
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Spain from Mr Gillow the owner of the company that made the aircraft. Peters later flew back to the UK and named his house in Kings Langley, Herts. ‘Cuatro Vientos’.
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D Saeta of the Fundación Infante de Orleans crashed during an aerobatic show at Cuatro Vientos Airport. The pilot died and several people on the ground were injured.
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was involved in an accident at Cuatro Vientos AFB and subsequently withdrawn from use.
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created an aerodynamics laboratory. In 1936, he tested there his
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and one of the three civil airports of Madrid along with
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Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport

IATA
ICAO
Aena
Hub
AMSL
Coordinates
40°22′14″N 3°47′06″W / 40.37056°N 3.78500°W / 40.37056; -3.78500
Runways
Direction
Aena

Alfonso XIII of Spain
ICAO
Madrid–Barajas
Madrid–Torrejón Airport
[ˈkwatɾoˈβjentos]
Four Winds
Emilio Herrera Linares
stratonautical space suit
space suit
stratosphere
Spanish Civil War
general aviation
non-directional beacon
Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Douglas C-53
Ejército del Aire
Hispano HA-200

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