Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão explained

Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão
Birth Place:Macaíba, Brazil
Death Place:Paris, France
Death Date:12 May 1902
Nationality:Brazilian
Occupation:Aviator, inventor
Death Cause:Pax airship disaster

Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão (11 January 1864 – Paris, 12 May 1902) was a Brazilian politician, journalist, inventor and aeronaut.

Severo was born in Macaíba. On 12 May 1902 he died, together with his French mechanic, Georges Saché, when they were flying over Paris in an airship called Pax. A marble plaque at number 81 of the Avenue du Maine in Paris, commemorates the location of Augusto Severo accident.[1] [2] The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" is a 1902 short silent film recreation of the wreck.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death of the aeronaut Auguste Severo and his mechanic George Sache. lookandlearn.com. 4 October 2016.
  2. Web site: La belle époque. 1890–1905.. e-monsite.com. 4 October 2016. 5 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005121233/http://cabanus.e-monsite.com/pages/les-dirigeables/la-belle-epoque-1890-1905.html. dead.