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casimiro montenegro filho brazilian air force petrópolis , brazil 26 february 2000 fortaleza , brazil brazil 29 october 1904 '' the air -rrb- marechal-do-ar '' -lrb- air marshal or marshal of marechal do ar casimiro montenegro filho.jpg casimiro montenegro filho
 casimiro montenegro filho
casimiro montenegro filho

casimiro montenegro filho -lrb- 29 october 1904 -- 26 february 2000 -rrb- was a brazilian army and air force officer .
he reached the rank of marechal-do-ar , the highest rank of the brazilian air force rank system .
born in fortaleza , montenegro joined realengo military school in 1923 , and in 1928 became an aspirant in the brazilian army 's first class of aviators for its new military aviation arm .
he later served under eduardo gomes , another future marshal of the air .
in 1943 , while a lieutenant-colonel , he proposed the creation of the `` instituto tecnológico de aeronáutica - ita '' -lrb- aeronautical technology institute -rrb- - and the `` centro técnico de aeronáutica - cta '' -lrb- aeronautics technical center -rrb- , later `` centro técnico aeroespacial - cta '' -lrb- aerospace technical center -rrb- and `` comando-geral de tecnologia aeroespacial - cta '' -lrb- brazilian general command for aerospace technology -rrb- , nowadays the `` departamento de ciência e tecnologia aeroespacial - dcta '' -lrb- department of aerospace science and technology -rrb- .
two years later , that proposal was translated into a plan , with the collaboration of mit professor richard harbert smith , who became , in the sequence , the first rector of ita .
he died in petrópolis at the age of 95 .
