his year marks 100 years since two men and three airplanes accomplished what had up to then seemed impossible - they crossed the South Atlantic by air. In partnership with the Naval Air Commission 100 TAAS and distribution partner Watchers, Graham is unveiling the Chronofighter Centenario TAAS to commemorate this great milestone in aviation and human history.

This first ever South trans-Atlantic flight was actually intended to commemorate itself another centennial, that of Brazil’s independence. March 30, 1922 saw Lusitânia, a Fairey F IIID MkII single engine seaplane, take off from the Tagus river in Portugal. On board were two members of the Portuguese Naval officers - Admiral Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho and Commander Artur Sacadura Freire Cabral, destination was to be Brazil.