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Ivan Bjelovucic the first in history to fly over the Alps in 1913
By Mauricij Frka-Pete¹iæ | Published  05/2/2014 | Sports , People , In Memoriam , History , Education , Bilingual | Unrated
Born in Peru, of Croatian father from the Peljesac peninsula and of French mother


Ivan Bjelovuèiæ (1889-1949), a famous pilot of Croatian descent, on Croatian postage stamp,
designed by Dubravka Zglavnik - Horvat, Zagreb, issued in 2014 in 100,000 copies.


Ivan Bjelovuèiæ under the Alps.
Source www.earlyaviators.com, Collection of Leonard Elersek

 
ZNAMENITI HRVATI, Ivan Bjelovuèiæ

Ivan Bjelovuèiæ, francuski pilot godine 1912., koji je prvi preletio Alpe, potomak je pomorskih kapetana iz Janjine na Pelje¹cu. Njegov otac Miho do¹ao je u Peru 1885. i o¾enio se ondje Adrienneom Cavalié Le Bihan, kæeri francuskoga konzula. Ivan (¹panj. Juan Bielovucic) roðen je u Limi, a 1892. dolazi s obitelji u Dubrovnik, no njegov otac ubrzo umire pa se s majkom i sestrom seli u Pariz.

Nakon zavr¹etka gimnazije Bjelovuèiæ pohaða zrakoplovnu ¹kolu braæe Voisin i 1910. dobiva diplomu pilota. Najprije nastupa u Budimpe¹ti, a zatim na Velikom meðunarodnom tjednu u Reimsu i u Istoènom krugu. U rujnu posti¾e svjetski rekord letom Pariz – Bordeaux u etapama za 6 sati i 15 minuta, a na Velikom tjednu zrakoplovstva u Bordeauxu osvaja vi¹e nagrada, kao i u Milanu. Potom nastupa kao prvi pilot na sveèanom otvorenju zraène luke u Avordu kraj Bourgesa pred 40 000 ljudi.

Na poziv Perua, 1911. odlazi u Limu, gdje postaje prvi pilot Ju¾ne Amerike, a u Europu se vraæa kao rezervni potporuènik i vojni predstavnik Perua u Francuskoj za zrakoplovstvo. Iste godine sudjeluje i na mitingu u Saint-Etienneu na kojem susreæe svoga ¹kolskoga kolegu i prijatelja Rolanda Garrosa. Godine 1912. Bjelovuèiæ leti ¹irom Francuske i Europe. U travnju prelijeæe 325 km za dva sata i 35 minuta, u lipnju se natjeèe u Beèu, a u kolovozu na vojnom natjecanju pobjeðuje u brzinskom letu. Pari¹ki dnevnik Le Matin progla¹ava ga najboljim francuskim pilotom godine.

Jedan od svojih najveæih uspjeha Bjelovuèiæ posti¾e 25. sijeènja 1913. kada prelijeæe Alpe izmeðu Briguea i Domodossole za 26 minuta i tako postaje prvi pilot u povijesti komu je to uspjelo.

U srpnju 1914. sudjeluje na mitingu u Beèu, a francuskome ratnom zrakoplovstvu pristupa poèetkom Prvoga svjetskog rata kao èasnik te se prikljuèuje borbenoj eskadrili Les Cigognes iz Dunkerquea. Za svoje izviðaèke akcije duboko iznad okupirane Belgije odlikovan je belgijskim i francuskim Ratnim kri¾em i francuskom Legijom èasti.

U Peru se vraæa 1930. i 1937. kada je odlikovan Ordenom kri¾a prvog stupnja za zrakoplovstvo i tada Peru izdaje po¹tansku marku u spomen na njegov prvi let u Limi. Bjelovuèiæ je umro u Parizu.

Peruanska po¹ta posvetila mu je 2011. drugu marku u povodu stote obljetnice njegova prvog uzleta u Limi, stoga je ovo treæa marka koja je u svijetu izdana u èast ovoga slavnog pilota hrvatskog podrijetla.

Mauricij Frka Pete¹iæ, Pariz

Izvor Hrvatska po¹ta

 
FAMOUS CROATS, Ivan Bjelovuèiæ

Ivan Bjelovuèiæ, French pilot in 1912, who was the first man to fly over the Alps, was a descendant from the family of sea captains from Janjina, Pelje¹ac peninsula in Croatia. His father Miho came to Peru in 1885 and married there Adrienne Cavalié Le Bihan, daughter of the French consul. Ivan (Spanish: Juan Bielovucic) was born in Lima and in 1892 came with his family to Dubrovnik but his father soon dies and he moves with his mother and sister to Paris.

After finishing gymnasium Bjelovuèiæ attends Air Force School of Voisin brothers and 1910 earns pilot’s diploma. His first performance was in Budapest and then at the Great Aviation Week in Reims and at Eastern Circle. In September he achieves world record by flying in stages from Paris to Bordeaux in six hours and 15 minutes and at the Air Force Week in Bordeaux wins several awards, as well as in Milan. Then, he performs as the first pilot at the solemn opening of the airport at Avord, near Bourges in front of 40 000 people.

At the invitation of Peru, in 1911, he goes to Lima where he becomes the first pilot of the South America, and comes back to Europe as reserve lieutenant and military representative of air force of Peru in France. In that same year he participates also at the meeting at Saint-Etienne where he meets his school colleague and friend Roland Garros. In 1912 Bjelovuèiæ flies throughout France and Europe. In April he flies over 325 km in two hours and 35 minutes, in June he competes in Vienna and in August wins at the military competition in speed flight. Paris daily newspaper Le Matin proclaims him the French pilot of the year.

One of his greatest successes Bjelovuèiæ achieved on 25 January 1913 when he flew over the Alps between Brigue and Domodossola in 26 minutes and thus became the first pilot in the history who did it.

In July 1914 he participated at the meeting in Vienna and at the beginning of the First World War joined the French air force as officer of the combat squadrons Les Cigognes from Dunkerque. For his patrolling actions deep over occupied Belgium he was honoured with the Belgian and French War Cross and the French Legion of Honour.

He went back to Peru in 1930 and 1937 when he was honoured with the Order of the Cross of the first grade for air force and on that occasion Peru issued postage stamp to the memory of his first take off in Lima.  Bjelovuèiæ died in Paris.

The Peruvian Post dedicated to him in 2011 a stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of his first take off in Lima. Therefore, this is the third postage stamp in the world issued in honour of this famous pilot of Croatian descent.

Mauricij Frka Pete¹iæ, Paris


Source Croatian Post



Ivan Bjelovuèiæ

CALLAO, PERU, 1911, The Voisin of Bielovucic flying over the Peruvian Navy's ships
in the port of Callao, January, 1911
Copy of Original Postcard, Collection of Sergio de la Puente

Juan Bielovucic
SEMAINE D'AVIATION, 1910 (Week of Aviation)
Bordeau-beau-Desert at Mérignac.
Copy from Original Post Card, Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers



Source www.earlyaviators.com, Collection of Leonard Elersek

Source www.earlyaviators.com, Collection of Leonard Elersek


Remembranza del vuelo de Juan Bielovucic. 25.01.2013


 
JUAN BIELOVUCIC - BIELO


Juan Bielovucic, source of the photo Wikipedia

JUAN BIELOVUCIC Cavalié, fue hijo de Juan Miguel Bielovucic y de Adriana Cavalié Le Bihan; nació en Lima el 30 de junio de 1889, en la calle Las Nazarenas; después de tres años nació su hemana Ivanka. Al cumplir Juan ocho años de edad, su padre enfermó y los médicos recomendaron que en Europa podría encontrar un mejor tratamiento, siendo esa la razón que el hogar Bielovucic, se trasladó a la ciudad de Dubrovnik, pero ahí falleció Juan Miguel, quedando sin amparo la viuda con sus hijos. Decidiendo entonces trasladarse a vivir a París, al lado de la familia materna.


Juan Bielovucic

Juan estudió en el Liceo Jeanson de Sally, destacando como buen alumno y excelente deportista, llegando a ganar el campeonato de ciclismo, en el año 1,900. Al finalizar sus estudios obtuvo el grado de Bachiller en Letras-Filosofía; pero en el año 1908, siguiendo los pasos del brasileño Santos Dumont, ingresó a estudiar aviación en la Escuela de los hermanos VOISIN, que después de mucho estudio, dedicación y cumplimiento de las normas técnico prácticas, el 10 de junio de 1910, obtuvo su brevete de piloto No. 87 en el mundo, proporcionado por el Aeroclub de Francia, documento de mucho prestigio en la época. A Bielovucic, le atraían los vuelos a distancia, habiendo participado en el Mitin de Budapest; también en el Circuito del Este; después en una moderna aeronave , el 15 de agosto de 1,910, hizo vuelo Mourmelon a La Ferre; el 28 de agosto de 1910, realizó el vuelo con viento violento, sobrevolando Billancourt, Vannes y Malakoff, a una altura de 600 metros. Luego destaca, el 02 de setiembre de 1,910, como deportista y tiene el honor de iniciar la aviación del transporte, al unir París - Burdeos, en sólo 4 etapas y 6 horas de vuelo efectivo, obteniendo, Bielovucic, el record mundial por Cross - Country con escalas, que lo clasificó entre las grandes vedettes de la aviación; asimismo, participó en el Mitin de Milán, obteniendo el quinto lugar en la clasificación mundial de distancias. Estuvo por cuatro días al lado del héroe Jorge Chávez, en su lecho de muerte, al quedar mortalmente herido después que, Jorge Chávez, cruzó EL SIMPLON, en los Alpes Suizos, que por fallas estructurales el avión cayó a tierra, al llegar a Domodossola.

Juan Bielovucic
Source www.earlyaviators.com, Collection of Leonard Elersek

Las hazañas mundiales de nuestros compatriotas, Jorge Chávez y Juan Bielovucic, eran conocidas en el Perú, fue el General y Ministro de Guerra Pedro E. Muñiz, el que formó, en Lima, en el año 1910, la Liga Peruana Pro Aviación, con la finalidad de fomentar la aeronáutica entre los peruanos y dotar de este medio de transporte al Ejército. Luego se conectaron con Bielovucic, quien se encargó de adquirir los primeros aviones y contrató personal técnico; Bielovucic, llegó al Callao el 8 de Enero de 1911, cuyo retorno a su amada Patria, tuvo apoteósica recepción organizada por: la Liga Peruana de Aviación, el Aero Club, y por las Alcaldías de Lima y del Callao. El 5 de enero de 1,911, con presencia del Presidente de la República, Dn. Augusto B. Leguía, Ministros de Estado, Fuerzas Armadas, Funcionarios, personajes representativas de las más importantes instituciones del país y numeroso público, Bielovucic, realizó la primera prueba oficial, iniciándose así las labores de instrucción de la futura Escuela Nacional de Aviación, cuyo fundador fue el General Pedro Muñiz (30 de enero de 1911) y Juan Bielovucic el primer Director-Instructor.



Durante el tiempo que Bielovucic estuvo en Lima, realizó gran actividad , pudiendo destacar los vuelos sobre la ciudad de Lima y Callao; también sobre el Océano Pacífico, al sobrevolar sobre los barcos Almirante Grau y Bolognesi; el Raid Aéreo Lima-Ancón, realizado el 29 de enero de 1911, en sólo 20 minutos, habiendo sido recepcionado por las autoridades, en el GRAN HOTEL, de Ancón, de propiedad de los croatas Nikolás Azalia y Gerónimo Braniza.

Al retornar Bielovucic a Europa, el 16 de agosto de 1,911, como Agregado Aéreo del Perú, con el grado de Coronel de Aviación; logró terminar brillantemente sus vuelos sobre el Puy de Dome, llevando como pasajero a Julio Vedrines, campeón del Raid París - Madrid. También en Europa sufrió serios accidentes aéreos, como el ocurrido en 1912, cuando se precipitó a tierra desde una altura de 300 metros, sobre el río Loira, sufriendo la rotura de la rótula de la pierna derecha.. El 25 de enero de 1,913, Bielovucic, cruzó los Alpes, partidiendo por Briga, pasó EL SIMPLON y aterrizó en Domodossola, cumpliendo exitosamente los deseos del inigualable Jorge Chávez.



En la Primera Guerra Mundial, Bielovucic, participó en el grupo llamado Les Cicognes (Las Cigueñas), Es Sub-Teniente en la Escuadrilla M. S. No. 26 ; habiendo desempeñado numerosas y difíciles misiones aéreas y efectuó peligrosos reconocimientos aéreos; fue Jefe de Pruebas en la fábrica de motores Bellanguer, dando el conforme a los aviones antes de ser asignados al frente de guerra; asimismo, ejerció el honroso cargo de instructor de pilotos; también fue asignado a la Dirección de la Escuela de Aviación en Reims.

Bielovucic, recibió: la Condecoración de la Legión de Honor, a título militar, y la Cruz de Guerra, con palma, con tres citaciones, fue el primer extranjero a quien se le otorgó esta distinción. También, la Gran Cruz de Guerra Belga, la Orden del Rey Leopoldo I, la Orden de la Corona de Italia, la Medalla de Combatiente en la Batalla del Yser y la Medalla Francesa de Voluntario Extranjero Herido; Cruz Peruana de Primera Clase y la Orden del Sol Del Perú, en el Grado de Comendador y otras más.

Bielovucic, escribió, en la Revista EL AUTO, el artículo: COMO ATRAVESE LOS ALPES y también EL TESTAMENTO DE CHAVEZ. Fue amante del Teatro y de las Letras y gran aficionado a la FILATELIA. Como paracaidista, a la edad de 57 años, se arrojó en paracaidas desde la Torre de Eiffel.


Juan Bielovucic
SEMAINE D'AVIATION, 1910 (Week of Aviation)
Bordeau-beau-Desert at Mérignac.
Copy from Original Post Card, Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers

Juan Bielovucic Cavalié, falleció en el Hospital de Chaillot, Francia, el 14 de enero de 1,949; en compañía en sus últimos minutos de su hermana Ivanka Bielovucic de Chapelle y asistido por un sacerdote que le dio la Santa Eucaristía, porque Juan, como sus padres, fue ferviente practicante de la FE Católica.

Juan Bielovucic Cavalié, es Héroe del Perú y su nombre está inscrito en el LIBRO DE LA PERUANIDAD; también son varias las calles de Lima, que llevan su nombre y en la Ciudad de Huánuco existe el Centro Social y Deportivo Juan Bielovucic, más conocido como BIELO, como se le llamaba de cariño a nuestro héroe.

Sources:

www.dinae.fap.mil.pe

Adam Eterovich






Juan Bielovucic
Source www.earlyaviators.com, Collection of Leonard Elersek

VOISIN BIPLANE - CIRCUIT EUROPEEN - JUIN/JUILLET 1911
The Departure of BIELOVUCIC
Source www.earlyaviators.com, Collection of Leonard Elersek

 
Janjina's Maritime Heritage


If we take a walk through Janjina and Popova Luka we can see by the architecture of some of the buildings that their former owners and residents were old sea captains and ship owners.
Foremost among them was the Bjelovucic' family, which gave about 30 sea captains. The family had their maritime company called "Rodaci Bjelovucic'" [Cousins Bjelovucic'] that existed from the middle of 19th century to the year 1894. Their ships, at the time when Croatia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, had mainly Croatian names. Some of the names were, "Mir" [Peace], "Tri kralja" [Three Kings], "Cvijet" [Flower], "Danica" [Day Star], "Vjeran" [Faithful], "Zvonimir", "Ljubidrag", "Ljubirod", [all personal names], "Otac Niko" [Father Niko], "Mati Ane" [Mother Ane] etc. At the time of the Croatian National Revival they flew the Croatian flag at the front mast. Their ships sailed the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and later, in search for work, all other seas. Records show that the *bark "Ljubirod", captained by Pavo Bokanovic' of Popova Luka, was shipwrecked in the Torres Strait -- Australia in 1887; in 1893 the bark "Vila", commanded by Capt. Duro Stanos of Konavli, was abandoned off the North American coast; and in 1894 bark "Otac Niko" (Capt. Baldo Bjelovuc(ic' of Popova Luka) was lost in the Bay of Florida. Beside the Bjelovuc(ic's other captains and share-owners of these vessels were from Bokanovic', C(uc(ukovic', Jasprica, Kalafatovic', Knezevic', Miletic', Mratovic', Skrabalo and other families of Janjina and Popova Luka.
We also find above-mentioned captain Baldo Bjelovuc(ic', of Popova Luka, in charge of the *nave "Danica" and the barks "Mati Ane" and "Otac Niko".

We find Captain Vlaho Jasprica in command of the bark "Vila" and the Captain C(uc(ukovic' in charge of the bark "Tri kralja".

Captain Antun Kalafatovic' was in charge of the barks "Mir" and "Vila".
Captain Ivo Kalafatovic' was in charge of the barks "Ljubidrag" and "Otac Niko".
Captain Miho Mratovic' was in charge of the barks "Vila" and "Zvonimir", as well as the bark "Ljubirod" on which he lost his life in the waters of South America.
Captains Niko Knezevic' and Ivo Miletic' of Popova Luka were in charge of barks "Janjina" and
"Mati Ane".

Many more names of sailors and other crewmembers from Janjina and the nearby hamlets could be added to the list of those who sailed on these old square-riggers.
As we can see Janjina has rich maritime history, which cannot be ignored. This history is insufficiently researched and it remains a task for the younger generation historians who might be interested in it.

Quite often, in the works that document maritime history of East Adriatic we come across the pictures of sail ships that belonged to the Bjelovuc(ic' family, but the family is always said to be from Pelje¹ac, Janjina is never mentioned. So this is the opportunity to emphasize that the family is from Janjina.

Nave "Danica"
Built in Rockland, 1858.
Weight: 639 t.
Owner: "Cousins Bjelovuc(ic'."
Captain: Baldo Bjelovuc(ic'.
Sold in Trieste, 1887.
Oil on canvas painting by B. Ivankovic', 1887.
Dimensions: 72.2 x 43.4 cm (frame 2 cm).

For those who want to know more:
S. VEKARIC', "Na¹i jedrenjaci" [Our Sail Ships], 1997.
N. Z. BJELOVUC(IC', "Povjesnic(ke crte Janjine," [Historical Lines About Janjina], Split 1922.
Pomorska Enciklopedija, II izdanje [Maritime Encyclopedia, Second Edition]

*Bark, and nave are types of sail ships.

Source  www.earlyaviators.com



Jer doðe dan Gospodnji - Janjina, poluotok Pelje¹ac
Janjina in Croatia (Pelje¹ac peninsula) is the birthplace of Ivan Bjelovuèiæ's father Miho


Tamburitza orchestra in Janjina, at the beginning of the 20th century.
On the bass one can see "®ivila Hrvatska" - "Long Live Croatia".


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