The History of the Portuguese Aviation—A Summary
Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 2016, 6, 667-695 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojapps ISSN Online: 2165-3925 ISSN Print: 2165-3917 The History of the Portuguese Aviation— A Summary Fernando M. S. P. Neves, Jorge M. M. Barata, André R. R. Silva Aerospace Sciences Department, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal How to cite this paper: Neves, F.M.S.P., Abstract Barata, J.M.M. and Silva, A.R.R. (2016) The History of the Portuguese Aviation—A This article is intended as a summary of a new area of study on the History of the Summary. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, Portuguese Aeronautics and Aerospace and addresses issues such as: the forthcoming 6, 667-695. of the aircraft at Portugal, its military and civilian use; the scope of early days con- http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2016.610063 cerning Portuguese intercontinental flights and their authors; the development of air Received: July 14, 2016 navigation devices by Portuguese inventors in the 1920s and 30s; the Aeronautics Accepted: September 23, 2016 industry and the need to develop expertise in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering in Published: September 27, 2016 Portugal during the centuries XX and XXI. Copyright © 2016 by authors and Keywords Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Admiral Coutinho Precision Sextant, Gago Coutinho, Sacadura Cabral, Commons Attribution International Sarmento Beires, Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, UBI, IST, AFA License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access 1. Background Introduction The aviation education and training has of similar age the first powered flight of the Wright Brothers.
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