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Alberto Santos-Dumont

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alberto Santos-Dumont , 1873-1932, Brazilian aeronaut. The son of a wealthy coffee grower, he was a flamboyant bon vivant and lived in France from 1891 to 1928. A pioneer in the development of aircraft, he was the first person to construct and fly (1898) a gasoline-powered airship , the predecessor of the modern blimp. He built several other lighter-than-air craft, winning in one a prize for a round-trip flight between Saint-Cloud and the Eiffel Tower (1901). At Neuilly, France, he established in 1903 the first airship base. In 1905 he turned to the construction of airplanes, and in the first... Read more
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was...motorized plane. Alberto Santos-Dumont the grandson of...family. In 1891 Alberto was sent to Paris...few years later Santos-Dumont turned his attention... Read more
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...led to construction of the rigid zeppelin (1900). The nonrigid helium-filled blimp was principally developed by Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932). In 1928 Germany began regular transatlantic airship passenger service. Several explosions... Read more

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Tuesday's Book: Man Flies: the story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Master of the Balloon by Nancy Winters
; Alberto Santos-Dumont was to ballooning what Richard...Born in Brazil in 1873, Alberto spent much of his boyhood...problem was to steer it. Santos- Dumont used the internal combustion...beneath its explosive bladder, Santos-Dumont maintained a superb sang-fro...through the ... Read more
Profile: Aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont
; ...Profile: Aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont Host: LIANE HANSEN Time...entitled "My Airships." Alberto Santos-Dumont was the toast of Europe...flying machine. However, Alberto Santos-Dumont had not been experimenting... Read more
A forgotten hero with a passion for the sky; Alberto Santos-Dumont took to the air in a hot-air balloon, but was overtaken by the Wright brothers.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
; ...of a national hero, Alberto Santos-Dumont has been all but forgotten...illustrates, however, Santos-Dumont's preoccupation with...so secret that when Santos-Dumont flew his first airplane...technology in Europe. Santos- Dumont eventually fell into...of the ... Read more
Flights of fancy: aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont was a real-life George Jetson with his very own flying machine. (Biography).(Biography)
; ...Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), they'll undoubtedly...make the one-hundred-pound Santos-Dumont a bit bigger, too. But, even...flying machine other than Santos-Dumont. In Wings of Madness, Hoffman... Read more
Wrights and wrongs? David Jordan recalls the career of the man Brazilians claim to have been the true pioneer of powered heavier-than-air flight.(Frontline)(Albert Santos-Dumont)
; ...fellow-countryman Albert Santos-Dumont has the more reliable...brothers were claiming. Santos-Dumont was heralded as the...Visoni for his book, Santos-Dumont and the Wright Brothers...technical information about Santos-Dumont's aircraft before their...propulsion as with ... Read more
Wright vs. Santos-Dumont.(De Viaje)
; Una replica del famoso avion de Alberto Santos-Dumont esta en exhibicion en el Museo Aeroespacial de Rio de Janeiro. Mientras Estados Unidos...quien se le pregunte en Brasil sobre el inventor del aeroplano contestara que fue Santos-Dumont. Read more
Cartier sponsors Santos-Dumont watch exhibit. (Watch World).(Brief Article)
; Cattier this summer sponsored a special exhibition of the Demoiselle ( dragonfly ) monoplane, flown by Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian aviation pioneer who, in 1906, became the first person to fly over Paris. The plane, on loan from... Read more
In Brazil, Wrights' feat overshadowed by revered native son
; SANTOS DUMONT, Brazil -- December...of 46,000 is named, Alberto Santos-Dumont, a millionaire coffee...the boxy biplane that Santos-Dumont twice flew before cheering...three years before, Santos-Dumont advocates say the two... Read more
He went up, tiddly up up John Preston on the sad story of the eccentric but forgotten French flight pioneer, pipped at the post by the Wright brothers
; ...pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222 ALBERTO Santos-Dumont may be a forgotten man now...5ft off the ground. This, Santos-Dumont insisted, would enable them...to suppose they ever would. Santos-Dumont, however, was quite serious... Read more
Homegrown hero was first to fly, Brazilians say.
; ...Wright but homegrown hero Alberto Santos-Dumont. In my opinion, he was the...Wright Flyer into the air. Santos-Dumont's plane flew under its own...engine-powered flight of 197 feet by Santos-Dumont in his 14 bis along the Champs... Read more

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