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an airplane with a license from the French factory
Cuadron with an eighty-horsepower Slamson engine. After testing the machine and learning how it worked, Camilo disassembled the airplane and packed it in wooden boxes to be shipped to Curazao. He intended to assemble the plane in Curazao and fly it directly to CĂșcuta with a stopover in Maracaibo, Venezuela. After assembling and exhibiting the plane in Curazao, he declared that it would be the first commercial airplane in Colombia. However, there were difficulties in the supply chain after the flight exhibition on the island.
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continued to study and work to save money. In 1919, he became the first
Colombian to fly an airplane and in March 1920, he received his pilot and aviation mechanic diploma from Curtis. He later acquired an airplane named "SANTANDER" and flew it over CĂșcuta on September 2, 1922. CĂșcuta is also known for having the best railway, the first telephone company "Polanco", the first FORD automobile brought to the city by Italian Enrique Raffo, and the installation of the wireless tower and the first messages transmitted to Europe.
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Genoveva Mojica in Bucaramanga on March 27, 1926. They had a total of seven children, three boys and four girls. One of the girls died in Spain. The two older boys, Alvaro and Guillermo, pursued aviation with the same passion, with Guillermo serving as a navigator in the Atlantic
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The first aviation company in
Colombia was the CompañĂa Nortesantandereana de AviaciĂłn, which was established in Norte de Santander. The company was founded by fifty shareholders, including Camilo's relatives, admirers, and friends. Camilo traveled to Spain with his copilot JoaquĂn CayĂłn to purchase
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Camilo Daza was born on June 25, 1898, and spent his childhood in
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Industrial School of Tarraza near Barcelona, Spain. There, he learned about aviation and became interested in it. He discovered that a pilot had crossed the English Channel and met a Spanish pilot named Salvador Elila. Despite his parents' disapproval, Camilo
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