Assertion: glider's flight | /r/CreatedBy | naval aviators
Facets:
value: in 1922
type: TEMPORAL
value: with internal means of navigation
type: OTHER
value: in an aircraft
type: LOCATION
value: from lisbon
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The first flight across the South Atlantic and the first aerial crossing using astronomical navigation, was made by the naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral in 1922, from Lisbon, Portugal, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with only internal means of navigation, in an aircraft specifically fitted for himself with an artificial horizon for aeronautical use, an invention that revolutionized air navigation at the time (Gago Coutinho invented a type of sextant incorporating two spirit levels to provide an artificial horizon).