Captain Alfredo Kindelán was named Chief of Aviation, Jefe de Aviación. The established institution became militarized under the name Aeronáutica Española when Colonel Pedro Vives was chosen to lead it as director of the Aeronáutica Militar, Military Aeronautics, the name of the air arm of the Spanish Army. One year later a Royal decree established the National Aviation School ( Escuela Nacional de Aviación (civil)) in Getafe, near Madrid, under the Ministry of Public Works and Transport ( Ministerio de Fomento). The Spanish Army's air arm, however, took off formally in 1909 when Colonel Pedro Vives Vich and Captain Alfredo Kindelán made an official trip to different European cities to check the potential of introducing airships and airplanes in the Spanish Armed Forces. The new airship was completed successfully and, named 'España', made numerous test and exhibition flights. In 1905, with the help of Alfredo Kindelán, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo directed the construction of the first Spanish dirigible in the Army Military Aerostatics Service, created in 1896 and located in Guadalajara. Hot air balloons have been used with military purposes in Spain as far back as 1896. History Early stages The Plus Ultra at Palos de la Frontera The Spanish Air and Space Force ( SASF) ( Spanish: Ejército del Aire y del Espacio, lit.'Army of the Air and Space') is the aerial and space warfare branch of the Spanish Armed Forces.
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