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 and in a party they organized in my honor, more than 12 aircraft flew and the same aircraft with different pilots! Arriving in Santiago, I went to visit the airfield of the army, splendidly well chosen. In my view, the aviation officers were flying and landing with the greatest skill. My amazement was even greater when they showed me the construction plants, owned by the Army and adjacent to the Field!!

It seemed that I was back in the suburbs of Paris!! One of the officers present, with the greatest naturality in the world, invited me to fly to Valparaizo, which was 150 kilometers away, and to go there, it was necessary to pass over part of the Andes; I accepted, and an hour and a half later we were there!

The work, the skill, the capacity and the success of these friends of ours from the Pacific is only exceeded by their modesty, for it is true, they never missed a moment to ask me for advice, sometimes about the installation of a nautical airfield, sometimes about hydroplanes; when in the mills, about material, national woods, possibilities of improvements, etc. They want to perfect themselves and have given me the honor of believing me a specialist in the art.