Antonio Fernández Santillana
Antonio Fernández Santillana (7 February 1876 – 6 December 1909)[1] was an early pioneer in aviation . He was a Spaniard residing in France and a tailor by profession. Fernández became interested in aviation and constructed three aircraft during 1909, the third of which was exhibited at the Paris Aero Salon in October 1909. He was killed at Nice when he lost control of his aircraft.[2] [3]
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Aviators killed in early aviation accidents
Aug 11, 1896 Otto Lilienthal Oct 2, 1899 Percy Pilcher Jul 18, 1905 Daniel J. Maloney Sep 17, 1908 Thomas Selfridge Sep 7, 1909 Eugène Lefebvre Sep 22, 1909 Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas Kinet Sep 27, 1910 Jorge Chávez Nov 17, 1910 Ralph Johnstone Dec 31, 1910 Archibald Hoxsey Dec 31, 1910 John Moisant Jan 9, 1911 Edvard Rusjan May 10, 1911 George E. M. Kelly Jun 18, 1911 Léon Lemartin Jul 21, 1911 Denise Moore Aug 15, 1911 William R. Badger
Aug 15, 1911 St. Croix Johnstone Sep 8, 1911 Carlos Tenaud Sep 16, 1911 Édouard Nieuport Sep 17, 1911 Reginald Archibald Cammell Sep 29, 1911 Paul Engelhard Oct 19, 1911 Eugene Ely Oct 31, 1911 John Montgomery Dec 2, 1911 Tod Shriver Feb 17, 1912 Graham Gilmour Mar 10, 1912 Suzanne Bernard Apr 3, 1912 Calbraith Rogers Apr 17, 1912 John Verrept Jul 1, 1912 Harriet Quimby Jul 5, 1912 Eustace Loraine Sep 28, 1912 Lewis C. Rockwell Sep 28, 1912 Frank S. Scott Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Dec 10, 1913 Léon Letort