Gago Coutinho Biplane Seaplane Belem Lisbon Statue
WebGago Coutinho Biplane Seaplane, Belem. Gago Coutinho was an early Portuguese aviation pioneer who is commemorated in Lisbon by a monument of his biplane, the Santa Cruz. Gago Coutinho, along with Sacadura Cabral, were the first pilots to fly across the South Atlantic Ocean.
Gago Coutinho - Wikipedia
WebAn aviation pioneer, Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral were the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, in a journey from March to June 1922, started in Lisbon, Portugal, and finished in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using a seaplane variant of the British reconnaissance biplane Fairey III.
First aerial crossing of the South Atlantic - Wikipedia
WebThe first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic was made by the Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral in 1922, to mark the centennial of Brazil's independence. Coutinho and Cabral flew in stages from Lisbon , Portugal , to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , using three different Fairey III biplanes , and covered a distance of 8,383 ...
Primeira travessia aérea do Atlântico Sul – Wikipédia, a …
WebA épica viagem iniciou-se em Lisboa, às 7h00 (hora GMT) de 30 de março de 1922, [1] empregando um hidroavião monomotor Fairey F III-D MkII, especialmente concebido para a viagem, equipado com motor Rolls-Royce e batizado Lusitânia. Sacadura Cabral exercia as funções de piloto e Gago Coutinho as de navegador.
Gago Coutinho – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre
WebCarlos Viegas Gago Coutinho ou somente Gago Coutinho GCTE • GCC • ComA • GOA • GCA • GCSE • GCIC • GCCa (Santa Maria de Belém, Lisboa, 17 de fevereiro de 1869 — Santa Engrácia, Lisboa, 18 de novembro de 1959) foi um geógrafo cartógrafo, oficial da Marinha Portuguesa, navegador e historiador.
The First South Atlantic Air Crossing — Google Arts & Culture
WebThe First South Atlantic Air Crossing. Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho, both Navy officers, executed the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic, connecting Portugal to Rio de Janeiro....
Across the South Atlantic in 1922 - Smithsonian Magazine
WebMarch 30, 2009. On this day in 1922, a pair of Portuguese aviators, Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho, set off on the first flight across the southern Atlantic, from Lisbon to Recife,...
Gago Coutinho e Sacadura Cabral - Lusitânia 100
WebGago Coutinho, nascido em Lisboa em 1869, foi um inventor e aviador português. Ele é mais conhecido por ter inventado o sextante aéreo, um instrumento que permitia aos pilotos calcular a sua posição em relação ao sol e às estrelas, mesmo em condições de …
Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho Monument - Tripadvisor
WebSacadura Cabral was a Portuguese aviation pioneer and together with Gago Coutinho, conducted the first flight across the South Atlantic Ocean in 1922, from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. He disappeared while attempting to fly over the English Channel only 2 years later on 15 November 1924.
COUTINHO, Carlos Viegas Gago - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
WebLisboa, 1869 - Lisboa, 1959: 1 / 9 . Carlos Gago Coutinho was born on 17 February 1869 in Belém on the outskirts of Lisbon, on the “old Restelo Beach” as he liked to say, and not in the Algarve or Luanda as some people suggest (Precursor da Navegação Aérea [Precursor of Aerial Navigation], 1969, p. 3). His father, José Viegas Gago ...
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