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Streets: Carrer de Jimenez i Iglesias (Les Corts)

Carrer of i Iglesias Jimenez (since 1982)
Former Name: Street Jimenez Airmen and Churches (1929 - 1980)
Les Corts District

Masters Jimenez and churches, in front of his plane (photo taken from the official website of the Army Air http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/ea/pag)

started this post a review of the nomenclature of the streets of Barcelona, \u200b\u200b remembering the two airmen who are named a quiet street in the upper area of \u200b\u200bLes Corts near the Avenida Diagonal. It was

1927 when the American pilot Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight to reach Paris from New York aboard his plane the Spirit of Sant Louis . It takes about 33 hours, in what was one of the great deeds of the time.

In Spain also ran good times for the aviation . In 1926, the famous plane "Plus Ultra" had come to Argentina, and two flights, the "Patrol Elcano "and" Atlantic Patrol "came to the Philippines and Guinea in 1927.

Against this background, in 1929, two airmen air hardened army in the war in Morocco, Francisco Ignacio Iglesias and Jimenez , refused to be outdone, and prepared to make his own gesture, beat the world distance record aboard his plane, the curious "Jesús del Gran Poder" plane Breguet XIX decorated Seville drawings of typical reasons.

The "Jesus del Gran Poder" had to come from Tablada ( Sevilla ) to Rio of Janeiro (Brazil), but adverse weather conditions prevented it . Whipped by strong winds, the plane had to pose in Camassary , a town just 50km from Bahia (Brazil) after nearly 44 hours and 6,500 miles of flight. not beat the world record , but began a tour across South America they would to Rio de Janeiro , Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Arica, Lima, Paita (Ecuador), Colón (Panama) Managua and Guatemala to reach Havana on May 17, 1929, totaling 200,000 km air travel.

test its popularity, the Cuban album in memory of the stay of Jimenez and Churches in Havana (photo extracted from www.todocoleccion.com)

returned to Spain as heroes , and proof of this was his stay in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwhere a crowd of people, led by the mayor and civil governor was to receive the station in France.
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in a convertible car constantly surrounded by people, toured Via Laietana and the streets Pau Claris and Provincial up to the Aero Club in the city , to the balcony from which rose to greet the crowd that awaited them. From there euphoria recalled to those present that the engine of Jesus del Gran Poder "was built in Barcelona. After resting at the house of Ignacio Jimenez's mother who lived in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwould be entertained in various official meals, ending with a gala dinner Hotel Miramar to serve as a final act.

of aviation today that feat has been in town a quiet neighborhood street that bears his name since 1929, communicates the Plaza Pio XII with Calle Manuel Girona , all very near the Diagonal, one of the "good" of Barcelona.

"Calle Jimenez Airmen and Churches" was translated into early 1980 as the remaining lanes into Catalan by the name "Jimenez i Aviadors Churches" and in 1982 was simplified by "i Carrer Jimenez Iglesias "and specified below" Aviadors of Jesus del Gran Poder "

tell you that For the curious the historic and beautiful airplane, "Jesus of Great Power" is highly recommended in the Museo del Aire de Madrid (Cuatro Vientos)

Madrid Air Museum

tribute Stamps Jimenez adventure and Churches. (Photos extracted from the portal www.todocoleccion.com)