Plus Ultra (aircraft)
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| Plus Ultra before departing Palos de la Frontera, Spain | |
| Type | Dornier Do J |
| Manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke |
| Preserved at | Plus Ultra is preserved at the "Complejo Museográfico Provincial Enrique Udaondo", Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. |
Plus Ultra is a Dornier Do J flying boat which completed the first transatlantic flight between Spain and South America in January 1926 with a crew of Spanish aviators, that included: Ramón Franco, Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz, Juan Manuel Durán, and .
The flight[]
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, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco (Recife), Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. The 10,270 km (6,381 mi) journey was completed in 59 hours and 39 minutes.
The flight of the Plus Ultra followed approximately the route taken, in 1922, by the Portuguese aviators Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho, in the first Trans-Atlantic flight over the South Atlantic (from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Cabral and Coutinho used three different Fairey III biplanes.
Later use and preservation[]
The plane was subsequently donated to the Argentine Navy and was used to deliver airmail.
It is currently[when?] on display in a museum in the city of Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Gallery[]
Departing from Montevideo
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- Individual aircraft
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