Casimiro Montenegro Filho (29 October 1904—26 February 2000) was a Brazilian army and air force officer. He reached the rank of Marechal-do-ar, the highest rank of the

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rank system. Born in

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, Montenegro joined

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Military School in 1923, and in 1928 became an Aspirant in the Brazilian army's first class of aviators for its new Military Aviation Arm. He later served under

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, another future Marshal of the Air. In 1943, while a

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, he proposed the creation of the ''

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- ITA'' (Aeronautical Technology Institute) - and the ''Centro Técnico de Aeronáutica - CTA'' (Aeronautics Technical Center), later ''Centro Técnico Aeroespacial - CTA'' (Aerospace Technical Center) and ''Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aeroespacial - CTA'' (

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), nowadays the ''Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial - DCTA'' (Department of Aerospace Science and Technology). Two years later, that proposal was translated into a plan, with the collaboration of

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Professor Richard Harbert Smith, who became, in the sequence, the first

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of ITA. Montenegro died in

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at the age of 95.

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External links

Casimiro Montenegro Filho Foundation

. CTA site. 1904 births 2000 deaths Brazilian Air Force generals People from Fortaleza Marshals of the air force Brazilian educators Recipients of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) {{Brazil-mil-bio-stub