Jorge Newbery was a man of science and a born athlete, who was not afraid of adventure or challenge. He had an ambitious obsession: crossing the Andes mountain range from the air. And I wanted to be the first to do it. He studied the air currents, the mountain winds, investigated again and again the proper way. Death took him away as he prepared for that great moment.
Ballooning, nautical challenges, Greco-Roman wrestling, athletics, motorsports, fencing, tango, boxing: Jorge Newbery was a multifaceted man who achieved a place in history thanks to his courage and ambition. In 1914, while preparing for his long-awaited crossing of the Andes mountain range, he broke the world record for altitude by airplane. Nobody would dare to object that in Argentina the Buenos Aires airport bears his name.
Poet of energy, lord of courage, Jorge Newbery displayed his sportsmanship as no one had done before. An extraordinary being who put his body to become the first Argentine popular idol, and a source of inspiration for future generations.
Jorge Newbery was an Argentine who represented the era of accelerated advances in science and a progress that seemed to have no end. An idol of all those who share a passion for defying limits, whose legacy continues today.