Municipality of Southern SC installs replica of the original size of the 14 Bis

Built with recycled materials from the Hercílio Luz Bridge and old road signs, an original-size replica of the 14 Bis, the first airplane, created by Santos Dumont, was installed in Pedras Grandes. The attraction promises to become another tourist attraction in the city.

Replica is the original size of the 14 Bis – Photo: Disclosure/Prefeitura de Pedras Grandes

The idea of ​​reproducing the plane and placing it for public viewing with Casa dos Arcos, another tourist attraction in Pedras Grandes, came from Mayor Agnaldo Filippi, who is an enthusiast for building an aerospace park there.

Replica of 14 Bis was built by city hall employees

The first piece of the project is the replica of 14 Bis, built by city hall employees themselves. The person at the forefront was Johny Bona Portão, who went to São José dos Campos, in São Paulo, to see other replicas of the pioneering device of world aviation.

It took more than two months of work to build the historical reproduction, which is 12 meters wide and eight meters long. The 14 Bis was installed next to Casa dos Arcos, on the SC-390 highway, in the town of Ilhota, close to the Center of Pedras Grandes.

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