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In this companion Web site to the NOVA program Wings of Madness, read about Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont's first experience with balloon flight, take an audio tour of his 1909 ...
- Tour The Demoiselle
Tour the Demoiselle. Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto...
- Tale of The Damselfly
Alberto Santos-Dumont stands proudly before the Demoiselle...
- Radical Designs
Radical Designs. Alberto Santos-Dumont was not the only...
- Credits
Image: (Alberto Santos-Dumont and No. 19) Public domain TV...
- Links & Books
by Alberto Santos-Dumont. University Press of the Pacific,...
- TV Program Description
Alberto Santos-Dumont looking typically relaxed and...
- Antique Aviation
(Flash) In this audio feature, hear 11 astrophysicists...
- Program Participants
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- Program Overview
NOVA profiles Alberto Santos-Dumont, a legendary inventor...
- Tour The Demoiselle
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.
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Alberto Santos-Dumontwas the force behind the project. The Palmira-born aviator built the first Demoiselle, the No. 19, in a bid to win the Grand Prix d'Aviation, with the goal being a one-kilometre closed-circuit flight. The Demoiselle was an innovation for its time. The plane is viewed as one of the first ultralight aircraft across the globe. The...
The Old Rhinebeck Museum in Red Hook, New York, which houses a reproduction of the Demoiselle, shares the following about Santos-Dumont and the series:
Santos-Dumont made the most out of his time in France Notably. He befriended Louis Cartier and influenced the jewelry industry, as he highlighted that timekeeping during flight with a pocket watch was a nuisance. Thus, Cartier soon developed the concept of a wristwatch for such matters. The Santos de Cartier is still a product today. Santos-Dumont ...
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Alberto Santos-Dumont. 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.
Dec 28, 2021 · Brazilian-born, French-educated Alberto Santos-Dumont achieved the first officially observed powered European flight on October 23, 1906, in France. By flying nearly 200 feet in the “14-bis,” he won the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize of 3,000 francs for surpassing 25 meters (about 80 feet).
Feb 7, 2017 · Alberto Santos-Dumont’s First Balloon Flight Alberto Santos-Dumont’s first balloon design, the Bresil. Alberto met Alexis Machuron and took off from Vaugirard, Paris and flew the balloon for two hours and 100km, eventually coming down at the Château de Ferrières. It was love at first flight.
Sep 4, 2023 · Santos-Dumont gave up flying in 1910 On January 4, 1910, Santos-Dumont made his final flight as a pilot when a bracing wire snapped at an altitude of 25 meters (80 feet). This caused one of the plane's wings to collapse and left Santos-Dumont bruised, but other than that, unhurt.
