EDUARDO BRADLEY 1887-1951

EDUARDO BRADLEY Courtesy of the Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation

EDUARDO BRADLEY & ANGEL MARIA ZULOAGA - 1916 Collection of Marcelo S. Parravicini, 8-24-04

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for Eduardo Bradley using Google, you will find about 54 links. Most of them are written in Spanish, but a machine-translation is usually available directly from the Google entry.        In addition, through the courtesy of Hernando Mankus, Website Manager of the VillaLugano.com website, we have access to a very important website: Aero arg      In addition to many other sections which are available, there is a section devoted to "Pioneros de la Aviación." Here in addition to pages featuring Amalia Celia Figueredo de Pietra and Jorge Newbery, you will find a link to the story of Eduardo Bradley. It offers a comprehensive resumé of his career.

 

PIONEROS DE LA AVIACIÓN Eduardo Bradley      You can access the page by clicking on the title above. The primary website is written in Spanish, but if you need an English translation, you may obtain it directly from the Google entry or by clicking on: Bradley - English

 

THE 18TH GORDON BENNETT RACE 1929      You will find an interesting recounting of his participation in the Gordon Bennett Race on this website, as well as other details of the race.. It proved to be a very difficult episode in his life. There are some references to his other experiences as a balloonist. You can access the story by clicking on the title above.

Los Andes en Internet - Museo Virtual      You will find a brief resumé of the crossing of the Andes by Captain Angel María Zuloaga and Pilot Eduardo Bradley in 1916. Of great interest are two photographs, capable of enlargment. One is of the basket of the Eduardo Newbery balloon and the other shows both Eduardo Bradley and Angel Maria Zuloaga in the basket. You can access the story by clicking on the title above. The primary website is written in Spanish, but if you need an English translation, you may obtain it directly from the Google entry or by clicking on: Bradley - English

 

Eduardo Bradley died in 1951. He was buried on 5 Jun 1951 in Cementerio de la Recoleta, Eduardo Bradley mausoleum, Buenos Aires. Information from Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation   Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper

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