Octav Oculeanu

He graduated from the Military School of Infantry Officers no. 1 from Bucharest and the Tecuci Pilot School. He followed, in France, a training course in flight and the art of piloting without visibility. In 1928, together with Mircea Cantacuzino, he founded the first sports piloting school (civilian).

He becomes the piloting instructor of Mircea Cantacuzino and many other future famous pilots. To popularize aviation among young people, they organize aviation rallies in various cities: Caracal, Corabia, Calafat, Slatina, Piatra Olt, Alexandria, Turnu Măgurele, Zimnicea, Giurgiu and Roşiorii de Vede.

He begins to participate in aviation competitions abroad. In 1929, he flies on the Bucharest - Iasi - Warsaw - Prague - Belgrade - Bucharest route and wins the "Aerial Round the Country" competition, being rewarded with the "Mircea Zorileanu Cup".

In 1931, he made a non-stop raid on the route Bucharest - Warsaw - Bucharest, and in August 1931, he made another training flight on the route Bucharest - London.

Died in an accident at Pipera Airport on November 25, 1931, during a test flight. His name, lieutenant-aviator Octav Oculeanu, is engraved in stone on the plinth of the Heroes of the Air monument in Bucharest, on Aviatorilor Boulevard.