Matias Perez

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Matias Perez was a Portuguese pilot, canopy maker and Cuban resident who, carried away with the ever increasing popularity of aerostatic aircraft, disappeared while attempting an aerostatic flight from Havana's "Plaza de Marte" (today, "Parque Central") on June 28, 1856.

A few days earlier he had made a successful attempt, flying several miles. His second try, however, became part of Cuba's folklore: when somebody of something disappears into thin air, people say: "Voló como Matías Pérez" (flew like Matias Perez).


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