Elisa Patiño Meléndez

As an educated young woman, Chichana sang and painted, and she learned to play the violin and piano. Garcia[2] quoted an observer of one of her performances,

"She also offered us the gift of her melodious voice, singing, behind the scenes, vibrant Andalusian flavor songs with a purity of accent and diction."[2]

Chichana's first flying experience came at the age of 23 when she accompanied pilot José Piñeiro González for several demonstrations aboard his Bleriot aircraft in northwestern Spain.[1][2] A quote in the local paper said he was a "remarkable aviator. He never had accidents with [Chichana] and he always said: She is the fairy of my triumphs."[1]

She flew as pilot for the first time on 12 October 1913, at Baltar Beach on the Atlantic Ocean in Sanxenxo Spain,[1] an achievement that was noted in the local newspaper, the Correo de Galicia: "Last Sunday, Piñeiro surprised the residents of Sanxenxo with a superb flight made in very interesting circumstances"[2] When they descended the crowd greeted them with an ovation.[2]

No record has been found confirming that Chichana received an official pilot's license, but in that era an official license was obtained only after recording fifty hours of flight time.[1]

Chichana died as a young woman in 1919 from the Spanish flu "after a long illness, suffered with real resignation, surrounded by the care and affection of her loving family."[2]

On her death, her daughter inherited the Duchy of Patiño.[1]

Many years later, on July 28, 1964, according to Bará, "'the BOE [Boletín Oficial del Estado (in English: Official State Gazette)] published the following legal notice about Lucia. "The title of Duque de Patiño is restored, with the dignity of Marquis in favor of Doña Lucía Alcaraz Patiño,' daughter of Chichana."[1]