Ștefan Protopopescu
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Ștefan Protopopescu was a Romanian officer and aviation pioneer, he held the no. 1 pilot license in Romania, being the first licensed pilot in Romania and the first pilot of the Romanian Army.
Major Ștefan Protopopescu, c. 1925
Ștefan Protopopescu in front of an Farman III type airplane, Chitila, Romania
Major Protopopescu face-to-face with his own cartoon portrait painted on the all-white fuselage of the Proto 1.
Cerchez & Co.
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Cerchez & Co. was the first aircraft company, the first aerodrome and the first flight school in Romania. The company was founded and registered on 20 November 1909, being inaugurated on 11 June 1910
Ștefan Protopopescu
…the School for Military Engineer Officers in Bucharest, receiving the rank of Sublocotenent. Attracted by aviation, he started pilot training at the flight school from Chitila together with Lt. Stelian Boiangiu, Slt. Nicolae Druțu and Slt. Gheorghe Negrescu. He graduated on 9 July 1911, receiving the no. 1 pilot license in…
Wright Model A biplane at Chitila
Vlaicu during a visit at the Cerchez & Co. airfield in 1910