The history of the transatlantic flights began in 1919 when Albert C. Read’s team flew between Newfoundland and Lisbon, with a stopover at Azores, for fuel and repairs. The flight was made following a chain of 60 U.S. warships in order to guide it along its route and to provide assistance if needed. Two weeks later, John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to County Galway, Ireland, covering more than 3000 km in just 16 hours of flight. In 1922, Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral crossed the South Atlantic Ocean by air, for the first time using only internal means of navigation: a modified sextant and a course corrector; both devices proved its effectiveness. The Portuguese Aeronautics rejoiced auspicious days that time, with its aviation pioneers trying consecutively to reach more distant places along intercontinental flights. Several Around-the-World Flight Attempts were made in 1924: United States, England, France, Portugal, Argentina and Italy. However the circumnavigation purpose was only officially confirmed before the general public, when a considerable flying progress was achieved. In 1923, Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral were contemplating to perform an Around the World Flight, a dream pursued also by Sarmento de Beires in 1924 and 1927. In 1927 and by following the knowledge obtained by Coutinho and Cabral, four Portuguese Airmen started an Around the World Flight Attempt in a mission that ended with seaplane sunk at the Ocean; however this mission was renamed after the seaplane loss and became known in the World as the First Aerial South Atlantic Night Crossing. For the first time in history, during the night of 16 to 17 March 1927, a Portuguese crew flew 2595 km over the Atlantic Ocean from Guinea, Africa to Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil. The flight was made only by astronomical processes navigation resources that proved again to be absolutely feasible and trustworthy, regardless day or night lighting conditions.
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机译：跨大西洋飞行的历史始于1919年，当时阿尔伯特·C·雷德（Albert C. Read）的团队在纽芬兰与里斯本之间飞行，并在亚速尔群岛中途停留，进行燃料和维修。飞行是按照60艘美国军舰的链条进行的，以引导其沿途航行并在需要时提供协助。两周后，约翰·阿尔考克（John Alcock）和亚瑟·惠特·布朗爵士（Arthur Whitten Brown）进行了从纽芬兰到爱尔兰戈尔韦郡的首次跨大西洋飞行，仅16个小时的飞行时间就超过3000公里。 1922年，加戈·库蒂尼奥（Gago Coutinho）和萨卡杜拉·卡布拉尔（Sacadura Cabral）首次空运，仅使用内部导航手段：经过改良的六分仪和航向校正器，横渡了南大西洋。两种设备都证明了其有效性。那时，葡萄牙航空喜庆吉祥的日子，其航空先驱们不断尝试着沿着洲际航班到达更遥远的地方。 1924年进行了几次环球飞行尝试：美国，英国，法国，葡萄牙，阿根廷和意大利。然而，绕行飞行的目的只是在向公众公开后才正式确定，当时飞行取得了可观的进步。 1923年，加戈·库蒂尼奥（Gago Coutinho）和萨卡杜拉·卡布拉尔（Sacadura Cabral）考虑进行一次环球飞行，这也是1924和1927年萨门托·德·贝雷斯（Sarmento de Beires）追求的梦想。1927年，在库蒂尼奥和卡布拉尔（Coutinho）和卡布拉尔（Cabral）获得知识的基础上，四名葡萄牙飞行员开始一次世界飞行尝试，其任务以水上飞机沉没在海洋中而告终;但是，此任务在水上飞机失事后被重新命名，并在世界上被称为“第一个空中南大西洋夜间穿越”。 1927年3月16日至17日夜间，葡萄牙机组人员从非洲几内亚飞越大西洋2595公里，到达巴西费尔南多·迪诺罗尼亚岛，这是历史上第一次。该飞行仅通过天文过程导航资源进行，无论白天或黑夜的照明条件如何，导航资源再次被证明是绝对可行和可信赖的。
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