João Torto

João de Almeida Torto was a Portuguese man, probably a legendary figure, who purportedly made an unsuccessful attempt at flight, jumping from the top of Viseu Cathedral with the aid of a self-designed flying apparatus on 20 June 1540. The traditional retelling of the legend refers to João Torto as the "protomartyr of aviation" or "the modern Icarus".

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