Fairey III-B (Santa Cruz) - Lisboa, Portugal
Posted by: razalas
N 38° 41.527 W 009° 12.843
29S E 481384 N 4282633
Replica of the plane Fairey III-B (Santa Cruz) which concluded the First aerial Crossing of the South Atlantic.
Waymark Code: WMNECB
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 02/27/2015
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Next to the plane there is a stone with the characteristics of the aircraft and a map of the route that was done. On the plaque you can read:
Replica in steel of the Seaplane "Fairey III-B" "Santa Cruz" which concluded the First aerial Crossing of the South Atlantic.
Characteristics:
Length - 10.92m
Wingspan - 14.05m
Height - 3.70m
Empty Weight - 1.300kg
All up Weight - 2.500kg
Cruising speed - 115km/hour
(Map)
In the Wikipedia you can read: (
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"The 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 kilometres (5,209 mi) between March 30 and June 17. Although the North Atlantic had already been traversed in a non-stop flight by John Alcock and Arthur Brown in 1919, Coutinho and Cabral's flight remains notable as a milestone in transatlantic aviation, and for its use of new technologies such as the artificial horizon."