title: Lavaud S. Paulo
text: # Lavaud S. Paulo
  
  The S. Paulo was a Brazilian single-engine, single seat aircraft, was the first airplane to fly in Latin America.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  It was the first airplane with a totally national project manufactured in Brazil. Lavaud began work on it in 1908, and the engine was cast and machined in São Paulo. The skeleton of the aircraft was made of sarrafo de pinho and peroba, and the outer shell was varnished with cretonne. The propeller was made by carpenter Antônio Damasso, using jequitibá wood.
  
  It flew for the first time in January 1910, in Osasco. The event was followed by dozens of people, documented by Estadão. It flew for 6 seconds over a distance of 103 meters, at a height of 3 or 4 meters.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from Pereira 1986, p. 2
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
  * Upper wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
  * Wing area: 18 $m^2$ (190 sq ft)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Nacional 6-cylinder rotary engine, 34 kW (45 hp)
  * Propellers: 2-bladed, 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) diameter
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 54 km/h (34 mph, 29 kn)
  