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1. aviationoiloutlet.com › blog › who-really-inventedSantos-Dumont vs The Wright Brothers: Who Really Invented the ...

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   Oct 16, 2020 · Santos-Dumont vs The Wright Brothers: Who Really Invented the Airplane? By Sarah Simonovich on Oct 16th 2020 The 2016 Rio Olympics sparked some historic controversy: During the Opening Ceremony, Brazil paid homage to Alberto Santos-Dumont, the man the country credits with inventing the airplane.

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3. owlcation.com › humanities › Who-Flew-the-First-AirplaneWright Bros. vs. Santos-Dumont: Who Flew the First Airplane?

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Did a Brazilian named Alberto Santos-Dumont, who declared himself to be the “first sportsman of the air,” beat the Wright brothers to practical flight?

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4. airandspace.si.edu › explore › storiesFlight Before the Airplane | National Air and Space Museum

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   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.

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   Who is Alberto Santos-Dumont?

   • Depending on where you live, you might have a different answer. Was it the Wright Bros as most Americans believe, or Alberto Santos-Dumont who was honored by his home country Brazil during the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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   How did Santos-Dumont become a pilot?

   • He had the mechanical bug from a young age and, as a young adult, traveled with his parents to France, where he began studying engineering alongside chemistry, physics and mechanics. While Santos-Dumont was studying in Paris, he became infatuated with the idea of flight. He contacted a balloonist in the hopes of making a flight.

   Alberto Santos-Dumont: Pioneering Brazilian Pilot And Builder

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   Why did Santos-Dumont want to make a flight?

   • While Santos-Dumont was studying in Paris, he became infatuated with the idea of flight. He contacted a balloonist in the hopes of making a flight. The balloonist was agreeable, but the price was steep, so Santos-Dumont talked himself out of it, believing, “I shall find it either good or bad. If it is bad, the money will be lost.

   Alberto Santos-Dumont: Pioneering Brazilian Pilot And Builder

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   Who was Santos-Dumont?

   • Santos-Dumont was born July 20, 1873, in Cabangu, Brazil. His father managed a coffee plantation, although he was, in fact, an engineer. Santos-Dumont, much like his father, had developed an intense love of machinery.

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6. www.smithsonianmag.com › air-space-magazine › kingsTwo showmen, one dirigible, and the flight that changed ...

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   The Wright brothers had already triumphed, privately, and were approaching a public debut. In the meantime, Santos-Dumont briefly recaptured headlines when he hopped his first airplane, the 14 ...

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7. www.chicagotribune.com › 1995/09/17 › braziliansBRAZILIANS DISPUTE PLANE FACTS ON WRIGHT BROTHERS

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   Sep 17, 1995 · PUBLISHED: September 17, 1995 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2021 at 4:20 a.m. Alberto Santos-Dumont stood barely 5 feet tall, weighed perhaps 100 pounds and invented the airplane. You...

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   Dec 9, 2003 · Ask anyone in Brazil who invented the airplane and they will say Alberto Santos-Dumont, a 5-foot-4-inch bon vivant who was as […] As Americans prepare to celebrate the centennial of the...

10. www.planeandpilotmag.com › news › pilot-talkAlberto Santos-Dumont: Pioneering Brazilian Pilot And Builder

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    Jan 19, 2022 · But once again, Santos-Dumont’s attention turned to the next thing. He had heard of the Wright Brothers’ successes with heavier-than-air flight and decided to give it a go. Many remained skeptical about the Wright Brothers, as all their flights happened privately, away from the public. After Oct. 23, 1906, no one doubted Santos-Dumont.