European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Seated in ready to crack the found Frances first woman stunts you nobody Ever gets Hurt up philosopher Al Slars and stripes photos by Lloyd Burguss with his a granddaughter of Queen 3e shod d is a Inott in i Fafe Hurt 9 8 of is it t even incr Jar ring per eat id wow g nos jams it ii not in in aviation meeting in he became interested in the possibility of throwing bombs from at his own he bought a gun sight and several eight and 12pound bombs in Germany and brought them to Spain in a he convinced his military superiors that by using the gun bombs could be successfully dropped from during the 1913 moroccan Campaign he was a member of a Squadron of eight aircraft that employed the radically new we really were not the first to bomb from the Hrh it was done earlier in the Balkan but we were the first to do it first we carried the bombs in our As we perfected the we Btung them Over the sides with observer Cut the strings with a pair Fly 1 dont know the extent of the it it certainly scared the hell out of the a aviation first for the unit was de info vet Ping air reconnaissance and photog on Bridet no to his noted a Usan Spain can be credited As the first nation in the world to use aircraft for combat Hrh made his first balloon flight in and the following year he was a a Ember of the dirigible Spanas Crew when King Alfonso Xiii was the first Tad of state to 1 later he served As chief instructor of 1958 the Spanish air Force and studied Avia Tion techniques in he lectured on the future of military aviation in Many including the and authored books and when Spain became a Republic in the As a member of the Royal went into he went to Paris and assumed the name he also brought with him his philosophy that Good humor is the thing that keeps the Ball bearings oiled he started work As a floor sweeper for a Auto then he moved up to washing was a bit rough on the promotions to Stock Stock Mechanic and travelling Salesman he can Tell a few tales about the he accompanied the firms european representative on trips to among his recollections of working As a travelling Salesman in France velvet couches in second class hotels Are the Best thing Fer shining Brown he also recalls swapping stories with other commercial travellers until the Walls and floors were smoking they got so in at the outbreak of the Spanish civil he returned to Spain and assumed command of a group of italian Savoy he flew about 200 missions during the three year one of the Light moments of the bitter War for him was fouling up enemy radio while returning from a he would conclude his radio message to his base with the following the enemy who picked up that message could never figure it it must have confused them no All we were doing was giving our people an order for the food we wanted when we those letters stand for the first letters of the Spanish phrase that Means Fried eggs with in a major Hrh was placed in category old for flying and marked for retirement he retired from Active service in by no from Active the oldest Active Pilot in he is modest about his total flying rather than answer the he by saying that they dont compare with what your airlines pilots have in addition to directing his property and Vineyard the Infante serves As president of the Spanish Aero he suggests a swim at his Pool at his Sanlucas de Barrameda about 15 Miles from Rota Navy Hrh and his wife left their town Palacio three years ago after they discovered there were More than 100 family and servants under the the 71yearolder dives into the snorts when he comes to the As always mixes a quip with an explant think in Johnny Wei Ssmuel the reason i make so much noise is that someone once smashed me with a pole in the after a vigorous he was asked for his views on when i was at a ceremony at your Rota base awhile i said something like this America is Dollar Spain is Dollar in the americans furnish us dollars and we can furnish the people and the tears and sweat the Spanish people thank god and americans for their if it want for wed have communism in West Ern i would have lost my prop it probably would have been and i  be have your Ever studied ants they work 24 hours a they dont they dont they cant feed one ant alone would the female Only fertilizes once and knows no that is what bolshevism comes to fat the i like to think that hundreds of Mil Lions of years boy ants loved ants and they raised a family and had Good you ask did i have Remch to do in ing with the Spanish american defense lets rather say that i put in a Good word or two and paved the Way with some of our maybe i understand american ways of do i have any plans for going to Ica again i dont have any plans for going anywhere or doing Era too old to be involved to military or ecclesiastical in just doing what pleases at my age i dont have to worry about what i because they can Only shoot me once and then very the stars 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