Ephemerides March 9, 1914: Lieutenant Bello Disappeared

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On March 9, 1914, the first lieutenant Alejandro Bello Silva disappeared while performing his final examination to obtain the title of military pilot. Since then, his fate became one of the biggest enigmas of Chilean aviation. A flight that did not return That afternoon he had to complete a triangular route between the School of Aviation in Los Esteros, Culitrín and Cartagena. After facing fog and wind, he took off again at about five o’clock in…