Herrera Linares, Emilio (1879 - 1967)

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Emilio Herrera Linares was a militar and an engineer born in Spain. He was a militar engineer with scientific call attracted to the aviation field,. He investigated in a properly-suited uniform for Air Balloon and Airships explorations from which, later on, the NASA based their designs for the space uniforms. He died in 1967 in Geneva.

Emilio Herrera Linares was a militar and an engineer borned on february 13th in 1879. With 17 years old entered the Engineers Academy of Gualadajara – Academia de Ingenieros de Guadalajara- after abandoning the arquitecture career. He was a militar engineer with scientific call attracted to the aviation field, in which he made several milestones for the spanish aviation, such as the creation of the Four Winds Aerodiynamic Laboratory – Laboratorio Aerodinámico de Cuatro Vientos-. In this place, he investigates in a properly suited uniform for Air Balloon and Airships explorations fron which, later on, the NASA based their designs for the space suits. He died in 1967 in Geneva and his remains rest in Granada.

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Curriculum vitae

* 1879	Granada, Spain	Emilio Herrera Linares was born on February 13th.
1896	Spain	He joined Engineers Academy of Gualadajara
1903	Spain	He graduated from the Engineers Academy of Gualadajara
1905	Spain	He participated in some air balloons ascents for scientific purposes.
1909	Spain	He is a member of a military aerostatic expedition to Melilla.
1914	Spain	He crossed the Strait of Gibraltar.
1915	Spain	He travels to USA to buy and build the first school of Hydroplanes.
1918	Spain	Tried to make a Transoceanic air line between Europe and America.
1921	Spain	He participates in the construction of the “Laboratorio Aerodinámico de Cuatro Vientos”
1932	Spain	He patented a sliding rule for aerodynamic problems and enters the “Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales”.
1935	Spain	He made designs for high altitude balloons and space suit prototype
1937	Spain	His second son died in the Spanish Civil war with 19 years old.
1939	Chile	He emigrates to Chile escaping the civil war and later he lived in exile in France
1945		He published an article about the atomic bomb, but it was rejected.
1960 - 1962		Was the president of the Spanish Republican Government in exile.
† 1967	Geneva, Switzerland	He died in Geneva with 88 years old.

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Herrera Linares, Emilio (1879 - 1967)