Ion Stoica (aviator)
| Ion Stoica | |
|---|---|
 Ion Stoica, aircraft mechanic | |
| Full name | Ion Stoica |
| Born | January 1, 1897 Fofeldea, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | August 12, 1926 (aged 29) Rýmařov, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Aviation career | |
| Known for | mechanic aviator pioneer |
Ion Stoica (born 1897 Fofeldea, Austria-Hungary - 12 September 1926), was an early mechanic aviator in Romania.[1]
Biography[edit]
In 1916 he was a student at the School of Arts and Crafts in Galați, as a flight engineer, afterwards he graduated the Flying School. He then enrolled as a volunteer in the Romanian Army during World War I, being sent afterwards to France, where he works and is noted there in the Lorraine-Dietrich factories. On September 12, 1926, along with his pilot, Gheorghe Bănciulescu, on board of a Potez 25 aircraft, provided by the Franco-Romanian Air Navigation Company, took off from Le Bourget airport towards Bucharest to achieve a speed record.[2] After completing a distance of 1000 km in a record time which above the city of Linz, the sky being shrouded by fog, with all efforts to climb to a higher altitude, the plane crashed a ridge of the mountain on the territory of Czechoslovakia, near Rýmařov. Ioan Stoica died while transported to the Rýmařov hospital while his colleague, Gheorghe Bănciulescu survived but he had to have his legs amputated.[3]
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External links[edit]
- (in Romanian) Dezvelirea festivă, la Rýmařov, a monumentului dedicat aviatorului român Gheorghe Bănciulescu
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