Was taught to fly a glider by Herberts Cukurs on his glider, "C-4".
1932 - Member of the Latvian Sport Aviation Society.
October 6, 1934 - The Jelgava Glider Flight school opens, Pantelejev and Cukurs serve as
the first instructors.
Member of the Aizsargu Aviacija
January, 1935 - Test flies the first "Iesacejs" glider built by Aizsargi aviators, at Spilve.
1935 - attends the Lithuanian Glider Flight School at Nida.
July, 1935 - becomes assistant to the Leader of the Latvian Aero Club's glider division.
September 8, 1935 - Participates in the Aviation Festival at Riga/Spilve.
October 1935 - becomes the Leader of the Latvian Aero Club's glider division.
November 1935 - the Riga Glider Flight School is created, and Pantelejevs is on of the flight instructors.
January, 1936 - Test flies VEF's first glider "VEF-1", at Spilve.
March 6, 1936 - crashes while flying "Lenta".
Summer, 1936 - flying "VEF-1" he completes the first ever glider "loop" in Latvia.
July 5, 1936 - Participates in the Aviation Festival at Liepaja.
July 19, 1936 - Participates in the Aviation Festival at Matisi.
August 16, 1936 - with "VEF-1", participates in the Aviation Festival at Krimulda.
August 23, 1936 - Participates in the Aviation Festival at Sloka.
May 7, 1937 - his term as Leader of the Latvian Aero Club's glider division ends.
August 4, 1937 - successfully completed the first glider flight in Latvia launched, without
mechanical assistance. He flew "Lenta" from the top of the sand dunes near Lilaste, on the seashore.
Director of the Riga Glider Flight School.
August 21, 1938 - Participates in the Aviation Festival at Riga/Spilve.
September 11, 1938 - Participates in the Aviation Festival at Jelgava.
August, 1944 - Leaves Latvia, with his family, and ends the war in a DP camp in Wurtzburg, Germany.
1948 - emigrates to Canada and resumes his pre-military career in chemical engineering.
1974 - retires after a distinguished career with Quality Control and Research Laboratory of New Westminster, British Columbia.
After retirement he worked with CESO, a Canadian overseas aid program, serving in Brazil, Korea and Iran.
Sadly, he did not resume flying after the war, although he did maintain an interest in aviation.
1991 - Died, in British Columbia, Canada
Sources
- Latvijas Aviacijas Vesture Edvins Bruvelis
- Sparnota Latvija No.50, August 1938.
My thanks to Andrejs Pantelejevs for providing additional information for this profile.
