Antonio Fernández Santillana

Antonio Fernández Santillana (7 February 1876 - 6 December 1909) 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.^[1]

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↑ "Fatal Accident to an Aviator". The Times (London) (39136): 12. 7 December 1909.

Aviators killed in early aviation accidents

Aug 11, 1896	Otto Lilienthal
Oct 2, 1899	Percy Pilcher
Sep 17, 1908	Thomas Selfridge
Sep 7, 1909	Eugène Lefebvre
Sep 22, 1909	Ferdinand Ferber
Jan 4, 1910	Léon Delagrange
Apr 2, 1910	Hubert Le Blon
Jul 12, 1910	Charles Rolls
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
Sep 16, 1911	Édouard Nieuport
Oct 19, 1911	Eugene Ely
Oct 31, 1911	John Montgomery
Feb 17, 1912	Graham Gilmour
Apr 3, 1912	Galbraith Rogers
Jul 1, 1912	Harriet Quimby
Jul 5, 1912	Eustace Loraine
Dec 15, 1912	Wilfred Parke
May 27, 1913	Desmond Arthur
Aug 07, 1913	Samuel Franklin Cody
Sep 13, 1913	Aurel Vlaicu
Dec 10, 1913	Léon Letort

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Antonio Fernández Santillana

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