After a successful career as a naval geographer and cartographer Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho made the first flight across the South Atlantic in 1922. Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral flew a Rolls Royce powered Fairey FIII-D flying boat. Because of excess fuel consumption they were forced to ditch the plane twice. On the third attempt they completed their flight from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via Cape Verde ..