Artur de Sacadura Cabral

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Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral (23 May 1881–15 November 1924), known simply as Sacadura Cabral (pron. IPA: [sɐkɐ'duɾɐ kɐ'bɾaɫ]), was a Portuguese aviation pioneer who, together with Gago Coutinho (1869-1959), was the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air in 1922, from Lisbon, in Portugal, to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. He disappeared in a flight in 15 November 1924. It´s believed that he died.