Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz
Politician
1897 – 1936
Who was Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz?
Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz was a Spanish aviator and politician. He joined the Army at the age of 15 and developed an interest in planes. He was the co-pilot of the Plus Ultra as it completed a Trans-Atlantic flight in 1926. The Plus Ultra departed from Palos de la Frontera, in Huelva, Spain on January 22 and arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 26. It stopped over at Gran Canaria, Cape Verde, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. The 10,270 km journey was completed in 59 hours and 39 minutes. In 1931 along with José Antonio Primo de Rivera he was a founding member of the Falange movement. He was killed in a prison in Madrid in 1936.
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- Born
- Oct 7, 1897
Estella-Lizarra - Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 23, 1936
Madrid
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on July 23, 2013
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