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- ↑ "O Avião Nacional" [The National Aircraft]. Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. 19 May 1920. Retrieved 14 Mar 2022.
- ↑ "O Aeroplano Construido Pelo Capitão Lafay" [The Airplane Built by Captain Lafay]. A Noite (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 May 1920. Retrieved 14 Mar 2022.
- ↑ "No Campo dos Affonsos" [At Campo dos Affonsos]. Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. 19 May 1920. Retrieved 16 Mar 2022.
- ↑ "Um Avião Quasi Todo de Material Nosso" [An Airplane Almost All of Our Own Material]. Correio da Manhã (Brazil) (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 Apr 1920. Retrieved 14 Mar 2022.
- ↑ "Os Progressos da Aviação Nacional" [The Advances in National Aviation]. Gazeta de Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. 12 May 1920. Retrieved 16 Mar 2022.