, ▁in ▁Made ira , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁Art ur ▁de ▁Sac ad ura ▁Cab ral ▁had ▁already ▁del ine ated ▁by ▁them ▁the ▁project ▁of ▁making ▁the ▁first ▁aer ial ▁crossing ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁Atlantic , ▁meant ▁to ▁take ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁the ▁year ▁of ▁the ▁cent enn ial ▁of ▁the ▁independence ▁of ▁Brazil . ▁ ▁First ▁aer ial ▁crossing ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁Atlantic ▁ ▁The ▁F aire y ▁III B ▁se ap lane ▁named ▁L us it â nia ▁used ▁by ▁G ago ▁C out inho ▁and ▁Sac ad ura ▁Cab ral ▁for ▁their ▁trans at l antic ▁flight ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁enough ▁fuel ▁capacity ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁entire ▁trip ▁una ided ▁so ▁various ▁stops ▁were ▁made ▁along ▁the ▁way ▁and ▁the ▁av i ators ▁were ▁shadow ed ▁by ▁a ▁support ▁ship , ▁República . ▁On ▁the ▁journey ▁down ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁coast ▁a ▁heavy ▁rain ▁storm ▁caused ▁the ▁aircraft ' s ▁engine ▁to ▁fail ▁and ▁the ▁av i ators ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁d itch ▁in ▁the ▁ocean . ▁Real izing ▁that ▁something ▁was ▁wrong , ▁the ▁República ▁sent ▁out ▁a ▁dist ress ▁signal ▁asking ▁other ▁ships ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁to ▁look ▁out ▁for ▁the ▁se ap lane . ▁After ▁some ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁water , ▁the ▁av i ators ▁were ▁found ▁by ▁a ▁British ▁fre ighter . ▁The ▁Paris ▁City ▁of ▁the ▁Re ardon ▁Smith ▁Line , ▁under ▁Captain ▁A . E . ▁Tam lyn , ▁en ▁route ▁from ▁Card iff