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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.
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.
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...
Learn about the life and achievements of Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aviation pioneer who made the first flight around the Eiffel Tower and the first heavier-than-air machine to take off by its own means. See his models, blueprints and records of his balloons and airplanes.
Alberto Santos-Dumont, a pioneering Brazilian pilot and builder, has a powerful claim as the first to fly. Learn more about This Incredible Pilot. Skip to content
May 29, 2018 · Learn about the Brazilian inventor who pioneered airships and made Europe's first sustained airplane flight in 1906. Find out his biography, achievements, and challenges in this comprehensive article.
Alberto Santos Dumont was a small man, barely five feet tall and weighing only 90 pounds. But he more than made up for his small stature with his personal energy and charisma. The initial test of the 14-bis in the summer of 1906. It was suspended from Santos Dumont's dirigible No. 14.
