Վարդան Մատթէոսեան2026-06-082026-06-082019Մատթէոսեան, Վ., «Միհրան Խայեան՝ Հայաստանի Հանրապետութեան օդուժի ռահվիրաներէն», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2019, Պէյրութ, էջ 353-374https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1334Aviator Mihran Khayan (1892-1920) has remained a shadowy and elusive figure in the history of Armenian aviation, particularly his role in the fledging air force of the first Republic of Armenia. Born in Hajin (Cilicia), he migrated in 1913 to Argentina, where he found a job at the workshop of the state railway. He became the mechanic of Paraguayan aviator Silvio Petirossi (1887-1916), who intervened to have him enter the Navy's aircraft maintenance section. Khayan started flying in 1914 at the Berisso aerodrome of naval aviation, near La Plata (60 kilometers from Buenos Aires), and would obtain his pilot's certificate in February 1918. Five months later, he joined the groups of volunteers departing from Buenos Aires to enter the Armenian Legion. After spending 1919 in Cilicia as driver for General Edouard Brémond, the French administrator, in late 1919 or early 1920 Khayan departed for the Republic of Armenia, where the small air force was being reorganized. He actively contributed to its activities until his death on June 24, 1920, when his airplane crashed near Kars and he became the first victim of Armenian aviation. In 1970, Argentinean law 18559-replaced in 1972 by law 19422—recognized Khayan among the pioneers of Argentinean aviation. The article attempts for the first time to reconstruct a biographical outline of Khayan, using available sources in Armenian and Spanish.