{"id":33285,"date":"2026-06-07T23:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roaf.ro\/?post_type=cpt_portfolio&#038;p=33285"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:39:58","slug":"comandor-aviator-gheorghe-banciulescu","status":"publish","type":"cpt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/roaf.ro\/?cpt_portfolio=comandor-aviator-gheorghe-banciulescu","title":{"rendered":"Comandor Aviator Gheorghe B\u0103nciulescu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33285\" class=\"elementor elementor-33285\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b6252d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"5b6252d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28823205 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"28823205\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e5f054d sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e5f054d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gheorghe B\u0103nciulescu s-a n\u0103scut la 28 decembrie 1898. Fiul maiorului cu acela\u015fi prenume a absolvit Liceul Militar din Ia\u015fi, ora\u015ful natal, \u015fi \u015ecoala militar\u0103 de ofi\u0163eri de infanterie din Boto\u015fani. Dup\u0103 ce s-a distins \u00een b\u0103t\u0103lii istorice \u00een Primul R\u0103zboi Mondial, s-a \u00eendreptat spre arma la a c\u0103rei glorie avea s\u0103 pun\u0103 un um\u0103r puternic \u2013 avia\u0163ia. La numai doi ani de la ob\u0163inerea brevetului de pilot \u00eencepe s\u0103 preg\u0103tesc\u0103 el \u00eensu\u015fi noi promo\u0163ii de zbur\u0103tori. Din toamna anului 1923 publica\u0163iile nu contenesc \u00een a aduce \u00een fa\u0163a opiniei publice numele c\u0103pitanului aviator Gheorghe B\u0103nciulescu. \u00centre timp trecuse, al doilea \u00een promo\u0163ie, \u015fi examenul de observator.<\/p><p>\u00cen 1925 recep\u0163ioneaz\u0103 la Paris, ca pilot de \u00eencercare, zeci \u015fi zeci de avioane Potez-15. Pilo\u0163ii \u015fi speciali\u015ftii francezi sunt fascina\u0163i de zborurile rom\u00e2nului. Este un adev\u0103rat maestru. Dar avea s\u0103 vin\u0103 anul 1926, cu acel 12 septembrie negru, c\u00e2nd \u00een timpul unui raid, Paris\u2013Bucure\u015fti, ce se vroia o performan\u0163\u0103 \u00een dep\u0103\u015firea recordului mondial de vitez\u0103 pe mari distan\u0163e, avionul Potez-25 se pr\u0103bu\u015fe\u015fte, izbindu-se violent de o culme, din cauza condi\u0163iilor meteo complet nefavorabile. Temerarul pilot va r\u0103m\u00e2ne f\u0103r\u0103 ambele picioare, amputate \u00een spitalul Rymarov. Protezele din lemn \u00eei dau dureri cumplite la mers. Le schimb\u0103, \u00een Germania, cu altele din aluminiu. \u015ei dup\u0103 numeroase \u00eencerc\u0103ri, dovedind o voin\u0163\u0103 aproape supraomeneasc\u0103, dublat\u0103 de un curaj ie\u015fit din comun, t\u00e2n\u0103rul chipe\u015f, \u00eenalt, bine legat, cu fruntea lat\u0103, \u00eempodobit\u0103 de un p\u0103r bogat, cu ochi mari, c\u0103prui, \u00ee\u015fi \u00eencearc\u0103 mai \u00eent\u00e2i pe automobil, apoi pe avion, reflexele. Zboar\u0103 din nou, spre stupefac\u0163ia \u00eentregii lumi. \u015ei nu oricum. \u00cencepe seria raidurilor \u00een marile ora\u015fe \u015fi capitale ale \u0163\u0103rilor europene. Timp de nou\u0103 zile consecutiv se afl\u0103 \u00een alt ora\u015f, la distan\u0163e de sute \u015fi mii de kilometri. Zboar\u0103 \u00een Orientul Apropiat. Devenit secretar general al Aeroclubului Rom\u00e2n, colind\u0103 lumea. Dar nu ca pasager, ci la man\u015fa avioanelor. La mitinguri aeriene, \u00een \u0163ar\u0103 \u015fi \u00een str\u0103in\u0103tate. Se claseaz\u0103 de multe ori primul, l\u0103s\u00e2nd \u00een urm\u0103 somit\u0103\u0163i s\u0103n\u0103toase tun, ale vremii. La Washington, \u00een octombrie 1934, spre sf\u00e2r\u015fitul mitingului aerian prilejuit de Congresul F.A.I., se urc\u0103 \u00eentr-un avion complet necunoscut lui \u015fi face o demonstra\u0163ie de virtuozitate rar \u00eent\u00e2lnit\u0103. 1935 este anul marilor raiduri. Dup\u0103 c\u00e2teva zboruri \u00een capitale europene, \u00eencepe asaltul aerian \u00een inima Africii, cu obositoarele \u015fi obsedantele ei de\u015ferturi. Libia, Sudan, Ciad, Congo, ca s\u0103 numim numai c\u00e2teva din \u0163\u0103rile pe care le-a survolat \u015fi \u00een care a aterizat, dup\u0103 ce zburase mii de kilometri pe zi, aveau s\u0103 p\u0103streze \u00een istoria lor, ca momente de neuitat, zilele \u00een care un avion (o curiozitate pentru ei!) pilotat de un rom\u00e2n le \u00eennobilase cerul \u015fi p\u0103m\u00e2ntul.<\/p><p>Ultima clip\u0103 din via\u0163\u0103 avea s\u0103-i fie consumat\u0103 \u00een ora\u015ful ce-i devenise at\u00e2t de drag, Cairo, de unde comandorul B\u0103nciulescu \u00eencepuse sau \u00eencheiase multe misiuni. Era 12 aprilie 1935 \u015fi lumea refuza s\u0103 cread\u0103 c\u0103 Omul puternic \u015fi frumos ca un zeu fusese r\u0103pus, absurd, de o boal\u0103 tropical\u0103. Poate \u015fi din acest motiv elicea montat\u0103 pe monumentul \u00een\u0103l\u0163at pe morm\u00e2ntul lui din cimitirul bucure\u015ftean Bellu parc\u0103 mai a\u015fteapt\u0103 comanda \u201eContact\u201d pentru o nou\u0103 decolare.<\/p><p>Gheorghe B\u0103nciulescu a fost decorat de pre\u015fedintele Fran\u0163ei cu Ordinul \u201eLegiunea de Onoare\u201d \u00een grad de Cavaler. Capitalele Europei \u015fi Africii fuseser\u0103 impresionate de zborurile ofi\u0163erului rom\u00e2n \u015fi, spre \u00a0m\u00e2ndria avia\u0163iei noastre militare, istoria i-a consemnat numele \u00een paginile sale, iar numele s\u0103u este purtat de Flotila 90 Transport Aerian.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gheorghe B\u0103nciulescu s-a n\u0103scut la 28 decembrie 1898. 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