- a Brasilia; World heritage listing; patrimônio mundial pela UNESCO; Welterbestätte in Brasilien</nowiki>. Pilot Plan of Brasília.
- Lucio Costa’s presentation in 1957 of his hastily assembled plan for Brasilia, with pics.
- With a lot of people comes the need for quick and efficient transportation through the city. Brasília is known for their master city plan called the “Pilot Plan.”
- Costa envisaged Brasília as an aircraft seen from above. (Courtesy the Arquivo Público do Distrito Federal). Source publication.
- Abstract The Competition for Brasilia’s Pilot Plan, 1957, brought together 26 projects for the Federal Capital.
- Brasilia, Brazil - June 6, 2015: Aerial view of Pilot Plan of Brasilia City. Example of a modern urban planning by Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa.
- How it is drawn? Brasilia's Pilot Plan has two main road axis. The first, shorter and straight, is the Monumental Axis, representing the body of the airplane.
- From above the “Plano Piloto”—or the designed “Pilot Plan” of Brasilia—resembles the shape of an airplane or a soaring bird.
- The pilot plan for Brasília was built to conform to Le Corbusier's Letter of Athens, which, according to the Modernists, embodied the ideal qualities of a city.