The project was fostered by an enthusiastic admirer of the airman, Antonio Waldomiro de Oliveira
Text by José Raphael Toscano (May 15th, 1997)
Translator: René Loncan Filho
Project co-ordinator and WebMaster:
A. Charles Rodrigues -
Sources:
- "Heroic History of Aviation" (José Ribeiro de Barros)
- "Wings Spread in the Wind" (Newton Braga)
- "João Ribeiro de Barros" (José Raphael Toscano)
- "The Jahú Epopee" (Congressman Hilário Freire)
- "Brazilian Wings" (Gerson Mendonça)
- Newspapers and magazines (from the twenties, Twentieth Century)
For more information, contact historian and journalist José Raphael Toscano: Rua Saldanha Marinho, 1025. Telephone (005514) 622-2853. CEP 17201-310, Jaú, SP, Brazil.
Suggestions and information by historians and researchers will be most
welcome through fax nº (005561) 364-1839, or through E-mail
or else through telephone
(005561) 364-1714 - Brasília-DF/Brasil
This Home Page is a tribute from the members of the extinct Orquestra Continental de Jaú (1942-1968) "the most famous dance orchestra of the hinterlands of the State of São Paulo".