History of Aviation in the Philippines

 


 

When

What

Who

Where

First Aircraft Buzzing

January 1926

First buzzing case

Dutchman J. Brockman, Jr.

 

Destiny of a Former PAS Pilot

April 19, 1926

Oriole into Telephone Wires

PAS pilot Leoncio Malinao

Bago, Negros Occidental

First Spanish Aviators’ Flight to the Philippines

May 13, 1926/ April 5

Breguet Type 19 bomber named Legaspi/ Elcano and Magallanes

 

Spanish fiers: Capt. Eduardo Gallarza and Joaquin Loriga/ Rafael Estevez Martinez and Joaquin Loriga

Manila/ Aparri and Manila

PAI: 3rd Airline of the Philipines, Early Roots of PAL

November 1927

Philippine Airways, Inc. (PAI)/ Philippine Airlines (PAL)- February 27, 1941

Incorporators: S.F. Aubrey, W. Briggman, Rafael Alunan, A.B. Cresap, Crisanto Delos Reyes, Florentino Cairuz and Alfred Croft

 

First British Aviators to the Philippines First Commercial Airmail Service

November 11-16, 1928

Four Supermarine Southampton biplanes of the British Royal Air Force

Capt. H.M. Brown- Cave

Puerto Princesa and Manila from Singapore on the way tp Hongkong

First True Commercial Airmail Service

March 21, 1929

Jenny for a five- stop flight

Juan Calvo and Briccio Sanchez/ Ramon Caro (operated the service)

Aparri

ACP: 4th Certified Airline of the Philippines

May 25, 1929

Aviation Corporation of the Philippines (ACP)

Incorporators: Fulgencio Borromeo; Cyde A. DeWitt; Juan M. Elizalde; Ramon Fernandez; Miguel Brewery; Carlos Fernandez; Leopoldo Kalaw; et.al

 

CA: 5th Certified Airline of the Philippines

July 12, 1930

Compania Aerea

Public Service Commission

 

Aviation Laggard

1930

Philippines lagged behind other Asian countries

Eurasian Aviation Corporation(Germany)

China National Aviation Corporation (US)

 

Japan Air Transport Company

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

China

Korea and Manchuria

Amsterdam and Batavia

Death of Aviation Icon

March 6, 1930

Died of Tetanus

Philippines Aviation Pioneer: Leoncio Malinao

Pasay Hospital

First Airline to Launch Scheduled Services

December 3, 1930

Philippine Aerial Taxi Company (PATCO)

Organizers: Emil N. Bachrach; Joseph Stevenot; Andres Soriano et.al

Manila

 

 

First Regular Airmail Services in the Visayas

June 1931/ July 15, 1931

Two-seater biplane

Manuel Ponce and Juan Calvo

Dumaguete, Silay, San Carlos/ Cebu- Manila

Gypsy Flights

 

July 1931

 

Havilland Gypsy Moth biplane

 

Francis Chichester

 

Pujada Bay, Mati, Davao

 

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