6 May 1914

On May 6, 1914, Captain Gustavo Salinas and his copilot Teodoro Madariaga made history in the skies over Mazatlan. Supporting a rebel army battling government forces, Madariaga -- in the first try at aerial bombing in the Western Hemisphere -- tossed a pigskin packed with dynamite, coal and nails over the side of the plane, hoping to hit a federale fort. The makeshift bomb missed its target, hitting a shoe factory a few blocks away.