AKA Héctor Worden & John Hector Worden |
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Collection of Pablo Larumbe, 9-21-08 |
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The Story of the Early Birds Thomas Y. Crowell Co. |
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Vol 61, October 1967 Courtesy of Gerardo Garcia de León |
| The government of President Francisco I Madero made arrangements with the Moissant International School, long established in the United States of America, for the acquisition of an aeroplane and the training of pilots. In the month of September of 1912, Francisco Alvarez.and Hector Worden arrived in the city of Torreon, with two Moissant-Blériot aeroplanes, being at the disposal of General Victoriano Huerta of the Northern Division. However, their skills as pilots were not utilized, not being considered to be worthwhile. |
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Knoxville Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: May 26, 1914, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 3-2-07 Capt. Worden is attached to the Mexican federal army. He is a Cherokee Indian and a former student at Carlisle. He was graduated from a French school of aviation." |
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Dean Ivan Lamb, Phil Rader, Charles F. Niles, W. Leonard Bonney, and Lawrence Brown, all of whom were Americans. In addition, the group of aviators consisted of Didier Masson who was of French parentage and a Romanian aviator, George Pufflea. In the case of Pufflea, the only reference I have at this time, (9-21-08), is in the text of the article, EL CUERPO DE AVIADORES DE PANCHO VILLA, by Dr. Lawrence D. Taylor. The article is in Spanish and there is only one mention of his name. You can access the site by clicking on the title. |
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"During the rebellion of General Pascual Orozco (1912), two Moisant Bleriot 2 airplanes of the Federal Army participated, flown by the North American Héctor Worden and the Mexican Francisco Alvarez. During this year the first instance of the contraband of arms by air by the English pilot John L. Longstaff. Flying a Farman biplane, he established a sort of mail service and he also transported arms to the rebels from Laredo (Texas) during the night." |
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