Eduardo Barron
| Eduardo Barrón | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 September 1888 Matanzas, Cuba |
| Died | 13 January 1949 Madrid |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects |
Barron Flecha Barron W Loring R-I Loring R-III |
| Awards | Order of Charles III |
Eduardo Barrón (full name Eduardo Barrón y Ramos de Sotomayor; b. 7 September 1888 - d. 13 January 1949) was a Spanish aeronautical engineer and military pilot who led the design department at Talleres Loring from 1923 to 1930.
Eduardo Barrón was born in a village in Colonial Cuba and his family moved to Spain towards the turn of the century, settling in Madrid. He studied at the Academy of Military Engineering of Guadalajara in 1902, becoming an apprentice lieutenant in 1907. Barrón was posted to the Compañía de Aeroestación y Alumbrado en Campaña aerostat section in 1908 under Colonel Vives, becoming a certified balloon pilot in July 1909. His unit was transferred to Spanish North Africa where he took part in the local military campaigns between 1909 and 1910.
In 1911 Barrón was transferred back to peninsular Spain where he was selected to become an aircraft pilot together with pioneering Spanish military airmen Alfredo Kindelán, Emilio Herrera, Enrique Arrillaga and José Ortiz Echagüe. Barrón became the second person to pass the first Military pilot training course in Spain. The following year he was promoted as a Captain of the newly created Aeronautics section that was separated from the aerostat section under the orders of Alfredo Kindelán.
In 1913 Barrón was posted to the Tétouan aerodrome, where he was in charge of the Lohner B.I aircraft newly bought from Austria-Hungary. He carried out reconnaissance and light bombing in the Tétouan area as leader of the group.
In 1914 Barrón was transferred to Cuatro Vientos near Madrid in order to become involved in aircraft construction at the new military aircraft workshop. He modified the Lohner biplanes producing a new model that would be known as Barrón Flecha, credited to be the first step of the Spanish aeronautical industry. The plane made its first flight in April 1915, following which he fitted the Flecha with a more powerful 140 hp Hispano-Suiza motor for a demonstration flight before King Alfonso XIII on 27 July. Following the successful demonstration the Carde y Escoriaza company, based in Saragossa, was commissioned to build twelve Flecha planes that would not be ready until 1916.
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