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via email from Eloy Martín, The Origone last name corresponded to an origin family genovés of recognized trajectory in Villa Mercedes, province of San Luis. Rafael Origone was proprietor of a commerce that worked for a long time in the district bordering to the railway station. Passed away Pereira was married with Dolores the 5 of August of 1908. The marriage had a prolífica family of whom six children were born: Rafael, Ramona, Manuel Antonio, Gerónima, Adolph and Antonio, Nicholas, Jose Antonio, Oreste, Rafael, Manuel Felix, Dolores and Amelia. Of all the descendants only four children married: Nicholas with Amelia Terzaga, Jose Antonio with Maria Isabel Barreiro, Dolores with Felix Quiroga and Amelia contracted connection with the Dr Valentin Luco. The Lieutenant Manuel Felix Origone was born in Villa Mercedes the 6 of January of 1893. 1º of September of 1908 entered to the Military School. It withdrew like second lieutenant of artillery with the order of merit Nº 9 of the promotion Nº 35 the 31 of December of 1910.Fue destined to serve in the Regiment 1 of Howitzers with seat in Field of May in charge of the Lieutenant colonel Eduardo Rómulo Tello. The 10 of May of 1912 the gentlemen were accepted like partner of the Aero Argentine Club along with: Enrique L. Green (son), Jorge Amuchástegui, Lieutenant Francisco de Sales Torres, Captain Francisco Reynolds, Lieutenant Victor Mayo, Second lieutenant Raul E. Diaz, Lieutenant Alberto González Albarracín, Captains Adolph J. Ibañez and Eduardo Vitiates, Lieutenants Alberto J. Castro, Carlos Giménez, Joaquin Andrés and Ubaldo Estrada; Second lieutenant Horacio Cavenago, Oscar Lozano, Emilio Daúl and Tomás A. Alegro. Created the Military aviation school the 19 of August of 1912, Origone appeared like aspiring, entered in the month of August and offered for the training its own airplane, an equipped Bleriot XI with Gnôme motor of 50 HP that it bought in Eu¬ropa in 1912 with the intention of instructing itself in the arts of the flight and made available of the Military aviation school with the intention of cola¬borar in the for¬mación of other pictures of the army and was present in the inauguration of the institute. The 5 of September began the courses of military aerostation in the Aerostatic Park of the Aero Argentine Club in the district of Belgrano, with an act witnessed by notary public organized by by the directive commission of the institution presided over by the Engineer the Jorge Alexander Newbery. They attended the Minister military, Major general Gregorio Vélez, Colonel Martin Jose Vicente Rodriguez, Lieutenant colonel Ingeniero Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi and the Captain Adolph Fortified height and were present at the first ascent of military training of the globe Eduardo Newbery, to the control of the Engineer Alberto Roque Mascías with Origone Second lieutenant and the Lieutenant of Frigate Melchor Zacarías Escola. The historical flight took off to 10:45 hs descending in the Buenosairean locality from Domselar to 12:10 hs. The 4 of December the official inauguration of the aviation courses was made. The officials designated by ministerial resolution of the 27 of November appeared in the morning to 8, putting to the orders of the director lieutenant colonel Arenales Uriburu and of the honorary instructors, members of the engineer advice of direction Jorge Newbery and Alberto R. Mascías. Previous the presentations of practice, Mr. Uriburu made opportune considerations on the mechanical flight, putting of relief his unquestionable utility and entrusted to the new students the prudence necessary to avoid all those excesses that can determine accidents, whose effects would be unhealthy to the good atmosphere that surrounds the military aviation at the moment. Moments later, the graduate pilot Lieutenant of Frigate Melchor Z. Escola, head of the troops affected to the aeronautics, and the second lieutenant Manuel F. Origone, evolved in the Farman biplane. Finished these flights, the officials just entered were lead like passengers by aviators both mentioned and engineers Newbery and Macías, who later returned to start off, but on Bleriot monoplane, reaching the first 900 meters of height and descending and noticeable inclination quickly. The 4 of December the official inauguration of the aviation courses was made. The officials designated by ministerial resolution of the 27 of November appeared in the morning to 8, putting to the orders of the director lieutenant colonel Arenales Uriburu and of the honorary instructors, members of the engineer advice of direction Jorge Newbery and Alberto R. Mascías. Previous the presentations of practice, Mr. Uriburu made opportune considerations on the mechanical flight, putting of relief his unquestionable utility and entrusted to the new students the prudence necessary to avoid all those excesses that can determine accidents, whose effects would be unhealthy to the good atmosphere that surrounds the military aviation at the moment. Moments later, the graduate pilot Lieutenant of Frigate Melchor Z. Escola, head of the troops affected to the aeronautics, and the second lieutenant Manuel F. Origone, evolved in the Farman biplane. Finished these flights, the officials just entered were lead like passengers by aviators both mentioned and engineers Newbery and Macías, who later returned to start off, but on Bleriot monoplane, reaching the first 900 meters of height and descending and noticeable inclination quickly. The 20 of December obtained in the Palomar brevet of Flying Pilot Nº 17 granted under the norms of the Aeronautical Federation Interna¬cional becoming the second official of the Ejér¬cito in acce¬der to this title. |
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The accident In January of 1913, by managements of the Social Club “Sea of the Silver”, the Aero Argentine Club organized a “aerial raid” between the cities of Buenos Aires and Sea of the Silver, like part of the festejos organized in this bath city and in the occasion of the inauguration of the luxurious boulevard that characterizes it. The aviators, Alberto Roque Mascías, Pablo Cas¬taibert, Pablo Teodoro Fels and Heinrich Lübbe participated in that flight. |
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| To 4:38 hours of the 19 of January took off from the Palomar Lübbe and Mascías, to 5:10 Origone and Fels and 4:25 horasm from Villa Lugano Pablo Castaibert. |
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| Near the 6 hours it was surprised the height of Domselar by a storm front that caused the fall of its airplane from 250 ms of height. Near the place of the fall they were hunters fixing a flaw of its car, and before the episode they ran to the place, helping to the unfortunate pilot. These gentlemen: Alfre-do Caraffi, Carlos Arrué and doctor Pedro Groppo had to break one of the wings to arrive at the pilot. Groppo verified that still it lived and that its pulse barked normally, but the doctor lacked all type of elements and the pilot had manifold fractures, among others the column and the base of the skull; he is so its pulse began to fail and, to the twenty minutes died before the impotence of the doctor. |
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The luck of the other pilots in that flight also was to them adverse: Lübbe and Mascías had to stop in the locality of Jeppener,
Fels landed in General Belgrano and Casgtaibert in the locality of Dolores. Soon it was promoted Lieutenant (Pos Mortem) The airplane After their death the rest of the airplane were transferred to the Military aviation school, soon after it was donated by its completely reconstructed family and under the direction of the technical Director of the Military school: Engineer Alberto Roque Mascías with the mechanic of Russian origin Pablo Juan Parasochka (also call Juan Molberto), received the matriculation Nº II and was baptized “Origone” being in flight conditionses in the first week of the month of September and flown day 26. Few months later, the 21 of November, the “Origone” airplane carried out the first happened aerial shock in our country. Soon after dequeuing from the Palo¬mar, it crossed the lí¬nea of flight of the Student Marichal and both fell to earth without perso¬nales misfortunes would be regis¬trasen. Re¬parado totally in the school for the second time, par¬ticipó with the Bleriot XI-Bis of 80 HP, in the red side, the first military maneuverses with air support, rea¬lizadas between days 17 to the 24 of April of 1914 in Villaguay, En¬tre Ríos. The airplane was in deposit in September of 1919 and soon he was desprogramado. The 19 of January of 1936 the aerodrome was inaugurated in Villa Mercedes Lieutenant Manuel Felix Origone with the attendance of military and naval squadrons The 19 of January of 1942, by Military Bulletin Decree inserted Nº 110695 Nº 3762, 2ª Part was determined this like “Day of deads by Aviation” in memory of holocausto of Origone Lieutenant. The 21 of January of 1970, was declared by Law Precursor and Be¬nemérito of the Argentina Aeronautics (Aeronautical Bulletin Pú¬blico Nº 2100). In spite of having itself still outstanding in the Military aviation placing to his disposition an airplane of own and collaborating with the donation of valuable elements for his application in the Escuela de Military Aviación, it did not reach to graduate like aviator in the Army, being constituted this recognition a worthy homage to his trajectory. |
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The monument It was erected in the city of Villa Mercedes and, according to expressions of the artist Roberto Tessi: “it is the more important funeral monument that it has the province, by its dimensions and the materials that were used”. It is located in center of the zone of the Station, in front of the paternal house of the aviator, between avenue Mitre, Juan B. Just and the old Paris street (today Flying Av. Origone), as opposed to the ex- Station of Trains to honor the memory of the first victim of the Military aviation. By its dimensions and the materials that were used is a sculpture made in marble of Carrara by the artist Arturo Tomagnini, the initiative arose thanks to a public subscription promoted by the newspaper the Press in 1914; and from a letter directed to the municipal intendant of Villa Mercedes with date 3 of August of 1916 by the Aero Argentine Club. Llas diligences before the authorities of San Luis, according to an article published by that newspaper the 6 of January of 1917, were made by their brother Jose Antonio. The Ministry military made the transfer of the art work that formally was given by President Interino of the Aero Argentine Club: Engineer Ernesto Newbery and inaugurated the 8 of 1917 July. In 1956 the Rotary Club of Villa Mercedes initiated the managements for the transfer of the rest of Origone Lieutenant from the cemetery of the Chacarita (Capital Federal) to the referred monument, initiative that was published by the newspaper the Reason in a dated note the 5 of November. Finally 1º of December of 1962 their rest were placed on the foot of the monument that honors its memory. At the present time localities exist, and an important amount of streets, districts, schools and institutes that take their name. |
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Personal communication from Eloy Martín If you have any information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper |
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