at a glance

rua paul redfern, beginning at rio de janeiro's trendiest and most prized beach, praia de ipanema, was named after an american aviator, paul redfern (1902-1927) who died in a 1927 plane crash whilst on route to rio de janeiro.

whilst still at high school, redfern built a glider type biplane from cardboard and spare parts and flew it around his school's land, and later built a small biplane with a small wwi aircraft engine - once he graduated from high school redfern became a professional aviator, establishing the first commercial airfield in columbia.