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Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral, GCTE (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 over the English Channel, along with his Co-Pilot Mechanical Corporal José Correia, due to fog and his shortening eyesight which never kept him from flying. The remains of the plane were found four days later but with no sign of the bodies. It's believed that he died. He was the grand-uncle of Miguel Portas and Paulo Portas.
