Background
BERISSO, Cesáreo was born on November 6, 1887 in Piedras Blancas, Montevideo. Son of Cesáreo Berisso and Mariana Pascal.
military aviator army officer and professor
BERISSO, Cesáreo was born on November 6, 1887 in Piedras Blancas, Montevideo. Son of Cesáreo Berisso and Mariana Pascal.
Founder (oficial-alumno futuiador) of the Military School of Aviation in Los Cerillos, Canelones, 1913. Instructor in the same since 1916. Promoted to first lieutenant (for special services), 1917.
Military attaché in Washington, District of Columbia, 1918.
Professor in the Escuela Militar de Aplicación, 1920. Director of the same, 19221931.
Professor of various branches of aeronautics and aviation in the Military School of Aviation since 1921. First pilot to make a non-stop flight from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires, 1929.
Organized the first airplane factory in South America.
Inventor of a patented dispositive (the “Gasificador Berisso”) to burn gas oil and fuel oil in internal combustion engines, 1932. At present (1934) lieutenant colonel and head of Cavalry Regiment Number.
Centro Militar; Aeronautical Club of Uruguay.