Orig­i­nal­ly known as ”Cam­po dos Afon­sos” air­field, the cra­dle of Brazil­ian mil­i­tary avi­a­tion and site of the first aero­nau­ti­cal orga­ni­za­tion cre­at­ed in Brazil: the ”Aero­clube do Brasil” (Fly­ing club of Brazil), on Octo­ber 1911. Nowa­days, the area is one of the Brazil­ian Air Force’s main air­bas­es, with the adja­cent muse­um, that hous­es a good col­lec­tion of planes, engines, etc. includ­ing repli­cas of San­tos-Dumon­t’s main machines, the ”14-bis” and the ”Demoi­selle”.