XX SITRAER – Air Transportation Symposium

Concorde inaugurated the first two supersonic flights (Air France and British Airway) with passengers on January 21, 1976. The Air France flight flew from Paris to Rio de Janeiro (with two stopovers), landing at Galeão Airport.

Teresa de Marzo (1903 – 1986) decided to become a pilot at seventeen years of age. When she revealed her desire, she faced strong opposition from family, immigrants from Naples, Italy, especially her father who wanted to see her daughter married.

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In 1946, Panair received the first Lockheed Constellation 049,being the first airline outside theUnited States to operate this aircraft.The first Brazilian transatlantic flight took offon April 27, 1946, from Rio de Janeiro,bound for Recife, Dakar, Lisbon, Paris and London.Panair was also the irst international airline to land (on April 12) at London Heathrow Airport, which officially opened for commercial operation on May, 31, 1946.

Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense or better known as Varig, would complete its 96th anniversary on May 7, 2023.
The Brazil’s first airline began its first international route from Porto Alegre to Montevideo on 5 August 1942.
Varig was formerly the largest in Latin America and stopped flying in july 2006.

Em 1o. de junho de 1943 iniciavam as operações da primeira torre de controle do Brasil, no principal aeroporto da época, o Santos Dumont.
Hoje, 1o. de junho de 2023, as operações da torre de controle do Santos Dumont completam 80 anos 🎂.
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In the month of July, 03 important personalities in the history of aviation have a birthday.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who was born on July 8, 1838 in Germany, built his first airship in 1900 with a rigid frame, serving as the prototype for many subsequent models. By 1910, Zeppelin had created the first commercial air service for passengers using its airship, which traveled more than 40 miles per hour.
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The successful completion of the KC-390’s first operational AAR (lair-to-air refuelling) exercise was announced by the FAB on August 18, 2022.
The KC-390 Millennium is a medium-size, twin-engine jet-powered military transport aircraft under development by Embraer.
Since June 2023, the KC-390 has been operating with NVG (Night Vision Goggles), which amplifies ambient light by up to 50,000 times and takes advantage of moonlight and starlight allowing flights with high operational capacity, even in very low lighting conditions.
Until June 2023, the FAB operates with 6 KC-390s.