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Santos-Dumont No. 14-bis, airplane designed, built, and first flown by the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont in 1906.Inspired by rumours that the Wright brothers had made flights of over half an hour in the relative seclusion of a pasture near Dayton, Ohio, Santos-Dumont began work on his first airplane at Neuilly-Saint-James (near Paris) early in 1906.
Santos-Dumont, Alberto (1873-1932) Alberto Santos Dumont (20 de julio de 1873 - 23 de julio de 1932) fue un pionero de la aviación, inventor e ingeniero brasileño. Santos Dumont fue el primer hombre en despegar a bordo de un avión, impulsado por un motor aeronáutico. Si bien algunos consideran a los hermanos Wright como los primeros en ...
The next day, Santos-Dumont went for his first balloon flight. After constructing his own, very small balloon, the Brazil, which he flew in 1898, Santos-Dumont turned his attention to powered airships, and over the next decade, 11 dirigibles emerged from his shop. In 1901, Santos-Dumont claimed an aviation prize for flying a dirigible around ...
The Santos-Dumont watch features, for the first time, a skeleton movement: a tribute to the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, for whom Louis Cartier designed the first modern wristwatch in 1904. This new skeleton movement incorporates a functional miniaturized oscillating weight in the form of a replica of the Demoiselle, a precursor aircraft designed by the pilot in 1907.
En este año del centenario del vuelo del 14-Bis, Alberto Santos-Dumont es protagonista de una exposición que muestra un lado aún poco conocido del inventor genial. El artista plástico Guto Lacaz trató de mostrar un talento del brasileño volador que, para el ojo del artista, es obvio. Santos-Dumont es uno de los pioneros del design de producto, afirma Lacaz. Él proyectó, construyó y ...
Born on the 20th of July in 1873, Alberto Santos-Dumont was the heir of a rich family who produced coffee. His birthplace was in the village of Cabangu in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Today, this farm still exists and is called the Santos-Dumont farm. He was the 6th out of eight children, and while he was still young, he was taught how ...
Alberto Santos Dumont, nado en Palmira o 20 de xullo de 1873 e finado en Guarujá o 23 de xullo de 1932, foi un pioneiro da aviación, inventor [1] [2] e enxeñeiro brasileiro.. Santos Dumont foi o primeiro home en engalar a bordo dun avión, impulsado por un motor aeronáutico. Aínda que algúns consideran os irmáns Wright como os primeiros en realizar esta fazaña, debido á engalaxe que ...
