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  1. Dec 13, 2016 · The Case for Alberto Santos-Dumont. Tens of millions of people around the world received their first introduction to Alberto Santos-Dumont when they tuned into the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 ...

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  2. 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. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers ...

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  4. Apr 5, 2024 · Alberto Santos-Dumont (born July 20, 1873, Cabangu, near Palmyra [now Santos-Dumont], Minas Gerais, Braz.—died July 23, 1932, Guarujá, São Paulo) 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.

  5. Santos Dumont called the airplane the 14-bis, meaning "14-encore" since the airplane made its first appearance suspended from the belly of Santos Dumont's No. 14 dirigible. He flew it without the dirigible on September 13, 1906, making a hop of between 23 and 43 feet, depending on who you talked to. On October 27, he managed to fly 197 feet.

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  6. May 29, 2018 · Alberto Santos-Dumont. Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was a Brazilian inventor of dirigibles and airplanes. He was the first man to successfully combine the internal combustion engine with ballooning, and Europeans long believed him to be also the first to fly a heavier-than-air motorized plane.

  7. Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aviation pioneer, deemed the Father of Aviation by his countrymen. Alberto Santos Dumont was born July 20, 1873, in the village of Cabangu, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. At the age of 18, Santos Dumont was sent by his father to Paris where he devoted his time to the study of chemistry, physics, astronomy ...

  8. Sep 4, 2023 · Alberto Santos-Dumont is regarded as a national hero in Brazil thanks to his pioneering works in early aviation. Airports, museums, avenues, and more are named after him. One does not have to look further than Rio de Janeiro's Santos-Dumont Airport (SDU), which is the major airport serving this iconic city.

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