The San Diego Air & Space Museum is excited to receive the donation of an altimeter from the aircraft flown by Emilio Carranza on his 1928 Goodwill flight from Mexico City to Washington D.C.
Known as the “Mexican Lindbergh,” Captain Carranza is arguably the most significant Mexican aviator.
Born in Villa Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, on December 9, 1905, Emilio Carranza was the great-nephew of President Venustiano Carranza of Mexico and the nephew of famed Mexican aviator Alberto Salinas Carranza, who had founded the Mexican Air Force School of Aviation. Emilio was commissioned into the Mexican Air Force in January 1926 as a Lieutenant. In 1927, Carranza made the first flight from Mexico City to Juarez, a distance of 1,200 miles. Shortly after this trip, Carranza met Charles Lindbergh in El Paso, Texas and the two became very close friends.
To learn more about Captain Carraza and the importance of this artifact, visit the artifact spotlight on it!
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