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  1. 5 days ago · Alberto Santos-Dumont, self-stylized as Alberto Santos=Dumont, [1] (20 July 1873 – 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, [2] [3] and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft.

  2. May 12, 2024 · BRAZILIAN ALBERTO SANTOS=DUMONT (the “=,” his stylized choice) was a Deutsch-Prize-winning balloonist (1901) who went on to demonstrate his 14 bis aeroplane on October 23, 1906 before a large crowd at Bagatelle, Paris.

  3. May 12, 2024 · Alberto Santos-Dumont with Augusto Severo and Georges Saché, 12 May 1902. Very early on the morning of 12 May 1902, Augusto Severo took his new airship on its first flight. It soon reached approximately 1,200 feet (365 meters).

  4. May 23, 2024 · A public flight in Paris - Three years after the Wright brothers' historic flight, Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont made a public flight in Paris with the 14-bis, also known as Oiseau de proie (French for "bird of prey"), on September 13, 1906. The era of pioneering aviation had arrived.

  5. May 13, 2024 · Santos=Dumont experimented with a variety of powerplants (and locations) in the Demoiselle. Indeed, early versions had propellers of fabric-covered frameworks; only later versions used wooden props. Image from “Superbly Small: Alberto Santos-Dumont and his Demoiselle Airplanes,” by Stuart Wier.

  6. May 23, 2024 · Aviation history is full of outsize characters. But few are as colourful or as interesting as Brazilian pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. Born to a wealthy coffee planting family, young Alberto dreamed of emulating the birds in flight. His dreams became reality when he moved to the exciting, vivid wo…

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  8. May 14, 2024 · Brazilian-born aviator Alberto-Santos Dumont took his first balloon flight in 1898 soon after moving to Paris. He was hooked. Over the next three years, he built and flew balloons and then dirigible airships throughout the city, becoming well-known locally for his flights around town.

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