Julio Zinser (January 14, 1892-December 29, 1962) was a Mexican airplane pilot. He was the first

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in Mexican history to have a

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. It was not until 1934 that the first Commercial Pilot Applications ever to be issued by any Certified Issuers were issued and the first one registered as Folio AAA-000-000-001.

Life

Born on January 14, 1892, in

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at six months of age he moved with his parents to

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, where he studied

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. He lived in Germany until

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still wanting to be a quantum chemist. When the war started in 1914, he moved back to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

where he studied aviation in a military school. He got his military license in 1932 and in 1934 he received the first ever commercial license to be issued in Mexico. Then he soughta to buy a plane, a Stinson SR Reliant (registered XB-AJI), so he contacted Antonio Diaz Lombardo, the founder and owner of Aeronaves de Mexico (now

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). Zisner flew the Stinson SR Reliant during its maiden flight which was to be the first flight ever of Aeronaves de Mexico on on the route from

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. From that point on he was piloting aircraft until he retired in 1953 at the age of 61 and lived in his residence in

until he died of natural causes on December 29, 1962, at 70 years of age.

References

1892 births 1962 deaths Mexican aviators People from Mexico City Aeroméxico {{Aviation-bio-stub