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Monument to Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho

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On the wings of fame

This 1991 memorial commemorates the feat of two great and courageous Portuguese people. This is the replica of the Fairey III-B "Santa Cruz", that made the incredible journey from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro in 1922 and immediately became heroes. Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho were acclaimed in Portugal and Brazil for this fact, becoming the subject of numerous honors, such as a homage performed posthumously by the Bank of Portugal who placed a portrait on banknotes. They used a sextant as a navigation instrument that had adapted an artificial horizon and this invention revolutionized air navigation.

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