JOÃO BUSSE 1886-1921 AKA João Alexandre Busse

JOÃO BUSSE Collection of MUSEU DA POLÍCIA MILITAR DO PARANÁ (Paraná´s Military Police Museum) Courtesy of Eduardo Sigaud, 11-9-05

 

GENEALOGIA      João Alexandre Busse, nascido em 28 de março de 1886 em Votuverava - Paraná, faleceu em 31 de maio de 1921 em Buri - SP, casou-se em Curitiba com Celmira Fortes de Sá Busse, filha de Francisco Fortes de Sá e Maria Aristides Xavier de Sá, tiveram 1 filha.      "João Alexander Busse, born March 28, 1886 in Votuverava - Paraná, died on May 31, 1921 in Burin - SP. He was married in Curitiba to Celmira Fortes de Sá Busse, daughter of Francisco Fortes de Sá and Maria Aristides Xavier de Sá. They had 1 daughter." from DOUGLAS RIBAS BUSSE - HOME PAGE Minha família, minha maior alegria. Courtesy of Douglas Ribas Busse, 11-9-05

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Eduardo Sigaud, 11-9-05      João Busse was the first aviator born in the State of Paraná. He was a police officer and had to go to São Paulo to complete his flight training. He hoped to go back to Curitiba in great style. Two friends gave a Caudron GIII to him to make the flight. Busse and his mechanic planned to begin the flight in 1921, but his mechanic caught a cold because the wind and had to stay in the hospital. Another mechanic arrived, but couldn't resolve the engine problems. (LeRhone 80Hp). (It might have been the gas. Obtaining suitable gasoline for aircraft was a big problem in Brazil until the 1930´s, when there was a political revolution.      Did you know that the first dogfight in South America was on August 8, 1932?      The police high command ordered João Busse to return immediately, without respect to the conditions. He began the flight with the faulty engine. Close to the border of São Paulo to Paraná, he had to make an emergency landing because of engine trouble. He crashed and both he and the mechanic were killed. He is the "patrono," the symbol of the police aviator.

 

JOÃO BUSSE & LUIZ BERGMAN Collection of MUSEU DA POLÍCIA MILITAR DO PARANÁ (Paraná´s Military Police Museum) Courtesy of Eduardo Sigaud, 11-9-05

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Eduardo Sigaud, 11-8-05 Hi,      I am a movie maker and have just finished a documentary called ASAS DE CURITIBA (Wings of Curitiba). Curitiba is the capital of the state of Parana, in the south of Brazil.      In 1918, Luiz Bergman, an aviator from Rio de Janeiro, joined the group of sergeants of the Força Policial do Paraná, (Police Force of Paraná). They iniciated a campaign to raise money to buy an airplane.      One year later they bought a Morane Borel biplane, but with only one restriction, Bergman must be the first to fly it. A Rio de Janeiro newspaper said the Borel was too dangerous to fly, so Bergman made a tour to prove the opposite. The route was from Curitiba to Ponta Grossa, Castro and Jaguariaiva, an almost 500 km journey. He and his observer, Lieut. João Busse, finished the tour in about a week. While in the cities, Bergman flew with VIP girls.The adventure was one of the first attempts to put Curitiba on the map of aviation in Brazil.      I have some photos of early Brazilian aviators, including a task force in WWI.      Congratulations for your work on his homepage. Regards, Eduardo Sigaud

 

AÇÂO CINEMATOGRÁFICA presents WINGS OF CURITIBA The Curitiba Film Festival invites you to an exhibition of the documentary WINGS OF CURITIBA in commemoration of the anniversary of our city. March 29, 2006 Wednesday - 8:30 PM 1174 Carlos Cavalcanti Street Information: 3321-3245 & 3321-3310 a production of AÇÂO CINEMATOGRÁFICA in association with OFICINA de IMAGEM & WG7 plan ANA MARIS JAK executive producers MARCOS MIRTES & EDUARDO SIGAUD narration HÉLIO VACCARI oleiro LUIGI de FRANCESCHI & EDUARDO SIGAUD photography ADEMIR SILVA direction EDUARDO SIGAUD

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "João Busse" using Google, (11-9-05), you will find about 151 links, but only two of them are very helpful. They are both in Portuguese, but links to a machine-translated version into English are available directly from the page..

DOUGLAS RIBAS BUSSE - HOME PAGE Minha família, minha maior alegria.      If you are seeking basic information on Joáo Busse, this is a wonderful resource. Douglas has assembled a Busse Family Tree of impressive dimension. The family roots go back to Prussia in 1806 and extend to descendants currently living in Brazil. Just a short distance down from the top of the page you will find portraits of both parents and just below a beautiful picture in which the seven brothers of their ten children are pictured, including Joáo. About halfway down the page, at reference No. 6.0, you will find the entry for Joáo Alexandre Busse, the son of João Henrique Busse and Maria do Carmo de Matos Busse.      If you read Portuguese, you can enjoy the many resources of this impressive website by clicking on the title above. If you need an English version, you can obtain a machine-translated version directly from the citation on the Google page or by clicking on: English Version

 

Anésia Pinheiro Machado      This pioneer aviatrix was inspired to learn how to fly by her meeting with João Busse. On this page, which offers a comprehensive revue of her career, is found the following reference to capitão João Busse.      "No ano seguinte, ela consolidou ainda mais o seu desejo de se tornar aviadora. O capitão João Busse, da Força Policial do Paraná, levava um Caudron G-3 de São Paulo para Curitiba. A aeronave apresentou problemas, o que obrigou o piloto a fazer um pouso em Itapetininga, cidade da região, onde Anésia morava na época. Assim que soube, ela foi para o local do pouso e travou amizade com o piloto que trabalhava no reparo do avião. Diante da determinação da jovem, então com 17 anos, ele escreveu um bilhete recomendando-a ao tenente Reynaldo Gonçalves, aviador da Força Pública de São Paulo." .      In the following year, it it still more consolidated its desire of if becoming aviator. Captain João Busse, of the Police Force of the Paraná, took a Caudron G-3 of São Paulo for Curitiba. The aircraft presented problems, what it compelled the pilot to make a landing in Itapetininga, city of the region, where Anésia lived at the time. Thus that it knew, it was for the place of the landing and stopped friendship with the pilot who worked in the repair of the airplane. Ahead of the determination of the young, then with 17 years, it lieutenant Reynaldo Gonçalves wrote a ticket recommending it it, aviator of the Public Force of São Paulo.      If you read Portuguese, you can enjoy her story by clicking on the title above. If you prefer an English version, you can go to her page on this website by clicking on: English Version

 

Joáo Busse died on May 31, 1921 in Burin - SP from Douglas Ribas Busse

 

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