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- In 1932, when planes were used to attack insurgents in the Brazilian civil war, Santos-Dumont, now back in his native country, hanged himself in despair. Such was the reverence felt toward Santos-Dumont that the war stopped for three days, while combatants from both sides filed by his coffin to pay tribute.
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Dec 13, 2016 · According to “Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight” by Paul Hoffman, the high-flying bon vivant even had a personal airship that he would fly from his apartment...
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Apr 5, 2024 · Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aviation pioneer who captured the imagination of Europe and the United States with his airship flights and made the first significant flight of a powered airplane in Europe with his No. 14-bis.
It is popularly held in Brazil that their native citizen Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first successful aviator, discounting the Wright brothers' claim because their Flyer took off from a rail, and in later flights would sometimes employ a catapult.
110 years ago, exactly today, the first officially observed flight in Europe that was longer than 25m was performed in Paris (FRA) by the Brazilian Aviation Pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, resident in France and famous for his experiments with small airships and balloons.
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), the son of a wealthy Brazilian coffee farmer, arrived in Paris in 1897 to study engineering. Fascinated by flight, he made headlines piloting a series of small powered airships around Paris, becoming one of the Air Age’s first true celebrities.
In 1904, Europeans appeared to lead the way in human flight. The exploits of aviation pioneers Otto Lilienthal, Alberto Santos-Dumont, and Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin were well known in the...
Jul 20, 2018 · In 1932, when planes were used to attack insurgents in the Brazilian civil war, Santos-Dumont, now back in his native country, hanged himself in despair. Such was the reverence felt toward Santos-Dumont that the war stopped for three days, while combatants from both sides filed by his coffin to pay tribute.
