I came by one of these today and thought it was pretty cool. Two different explanations for the inverted biplane came up when I googled it. Is the inverted plane a convention for symbolizing death, as far as anyone knows? I just wish our money had planes and pilots on it...
Obverse: Peruvian military aviator and national aviation hero Jose Abelardo Quiñones Gonzáles; Flight school "Aviación de Las Palmas" with a replica of the airplane type North American NA-50 ‘Torito’ in which he lost his life; Reverse: Jose Abelardo Quiñones performing an extreme acrobatic presentation with a plane "Caproni 113" on the day of his graduation in the flight school "Central de Aeronáutica - Jorge Chávez" handsigned in 1939. He was flying just a couple metres above ground;
Front: José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales (1914-1941), a national war hero. He was killed on July 23, 1941 in a mission attacking troops from Ecuador that had entered Perú. As an honor to José Quiñones; July 23rd is now designated as the Peruvian Air Forces Day. Back: Inverted biplane, signifying the pilot's death.
