Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation

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Autor(a) principal: Neves, Fernando M. S. P.
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Barata, Jorge M M, Silva, André
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12192
Resumo: Gago Coutinho was one of the two Portuguese navigators that crossed by air the South Atlantic in the beginning of the 20th century. He developed a new model of sextant that could be used to measure the altitude of a star when flying without the need of the sea horizon. This new instrument was called "precision sextant" and used an artificial horizon line which was defined with the help of a water bubble. Due to his knowledge of Navigation, Astronomy, Geography and Mathematics he received from the Portuguese King D. Carlos I several assignments in Africa and Asia. Gago Coutinho received several important official medals and prizes, including the PhD Honoris Causa from the Universities of Lisbon and Oporto, and authored several scientific publications. He received the distinct position of Admiral of the Portuguese Navy in 1958, and died in the following year.
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title Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation
spellingShingle Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation
Neves, Fernando M. S. P.
Wright Brother
Aircraft NavigationTransport Aircraft
Aviators
Geography
Astronomy
Navigation Instruments
Biplane
Aviation
Aeronautics
title_short Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation
title_full Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation
title_fullStr Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation
title_full_unstemmed Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation
title_sort Gago Coutinho and the Aircraft Navigation
author Neves, Fernando M. S. P.
author_facet Neves, Fernando M. S. P.
Barata, Jorge M M
Silva, André
author_role author
author2 Barata, Jorge M M
Silva, André
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv uBibliorum
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Neves, Fernando M. S. P.
Barata, Jorge M M
Silva, André
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Wright Brother
Aircraft NavigationTransport Aircraft
Aviators
Geography
Astronomy
Navigation Instruments
Biplane
Aviation
Aeronautics
topic Wright Brother
Aircraft NavigationTransport Aircraft
Aviators
Geography
Astronomy
Navigation Instruments
Biplane
Aviation
Aeronautics
description Gago Coutinho was one of the two Portuguese navigators that crossed by air the South Atlantic in the beginning of the 20th century. He developed a new model of sextant that could be used to measure the altitude of a star when flying without the need of the sea horizon. This new instrument was called "precision sextant" and used an artificial horizon line which was defined with the help of a water bubble. Due to his knowledge of Navigation, Astronomy, Geography and Mathematics he received from the Portuguese King D. Carlos I several assignments in Africa and Asia. Gago Coutinho received several important official medals and prizes, including the PhD Honoris Causa from the Universities of Lisbon and Oporto, and authored several scientific publications. He received the distinct position of Admiral of the Portuguese Navy in 1958, and died in the following year.
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