Alberto Braniff

The article was published during an era when aerostat popularity was rising in Europe, and some Mexicans had successfully flown them in the northern areas of the country.

On January 8, 1910, Braniff flew his airplane Voisin monoplane, imported from France, over Mexico City.

Apart from being the first pilot to fly an airplane over Mexico City, he made history by becoming both the first pilot to fly an airplane in Mexico and second in Latin America, because the first to take off in Latin America, and first aircraft designed entirely on Brazilian soil, was built by Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud, was an engineer, inventor, and aviator of French descent, born in Spain and naturalized Brazilian living in Brazil.

The flight took place in front of a group of onlookers and journalists where today's Avenida João Batista is located.

Alberto Braniff, by most accounts, led a quiet life after his achievement, but lived long enough to see Mexico City International Airport begin to operate, and Mexican aviation's technical developments of the jet era.