Gago Coutinho
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Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, generally known simply as Gago Coutinho (pron. IPA: ['gagu co(ou)'tiɲu]) (17 February 1869–18 February 1959) was a Portuguese aviation pioneer that, together with Sacadura Cabral (1881-1924), was the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, from March to June 1922 (some sources wrongly claim 1919), from Lisbon, from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.[1]
Gago Coutinho invented a type of sextant incorporating two spirit levels to provide an artificial horizon [2]. This adaptation of the traditional marine sextant allowed navigation without visual reference to the real horizon.
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