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	Alberto Santos-Dumont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alberto Santos-Dumont — seriously ill, and said to be depressed over his multiple sclerosis and the use of aircraft in warfare — is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself in the city of Guarujá in São Paulo, on July 23, 1932.
		Santos Dumont serves as the inspiration and namesake for a small Coffee and Ice Cream Shop in Milford, New Hampshire which doubles as a small museum with a collection of photographs and biographical information about him and related turn of the century aviators.
		The Rodovia Santos Dumont is a highway in the state of São Paulo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont (3736 words)

	Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazil
		Alberto Santos Dumont was born July 20, 1873, in the village of Cabangu, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
		It was on November 12th, 1906 that Santos Dumont’s airplane, the 14-BIS, flew a distance of 220 meters at the height of 6 meters and at the speed of 37,358 km/h.
		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 and mechanics.
	www.smithsonianeducation.org /scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html (697 words)

	Santos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rodovia Santos Dumont, highway in São Paulo, Brazil.
		Santos is a common surname in Portuguese and Spanish.
		Vicente Abad Santos, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santos (376 words)

	Alberto Santos-Dumont Biography / Biography of Alberto Santos-Dumont Main Biography
		Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was a Brazilian inventor of dirigibles and airplanes.
		Alberto Santos-Dumont the grandson of a French emigrant to Brazil, was born in the state of Minas Gerais.
		Alberto Santos-Dumont Biography / Biography of Alberto Santos-Dumont Main Biography
	www.bookrags.com /biography-alberto-santos-dumont (599 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org Ask Us - Alberto Santos-Dumont
		Alberto Santos-Dumont was born in Brazil in 1873, the youngest off 11 children.
		Your history of the aileron omits Alberto Santos-Dumont who had ailerons on his planes before Farman.
		Alberto is said to have taken the 14-bis on a short hop of 23 ft (7 m) on 13 September 1906, but the plane was damaged on landing.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/history/q0189.shtml (1319 words)

	Alberto Santos-Dumont, Pioneering Balloonist -- Outsports.com
		Alberto wrote later, “Musing on the exploration of the vast aerial ocean, I too devised airships and flying machines in my imagination.” For the moment, the closest he could get to the “aerial ocean” was flying the box kites so popular at the time.
		Alberto was determined to win the race for that prize, and finally he and his busy crew came up with model No. 14 -bis (or b).
		Throwing caution to the winds, Alberto took his airship up to 1,000 feet and as far away as the Longchamps race course, turning her this way and that way, before he finally returned and crash-landed softly on a lawn in the Bois.
	www.outsports.com /history/santosdumont.htm (5787 words)

	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - History - Alberto Santos-Dumont
		Alberto Santos Dumont was born on July 20th, 1873, in the village of Cabangu, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
		Alberto Santos Dumont, seriously ill and disappointed, it is said, over the use of aircraft in warfare, committed suicide in the city of GuarujÃ¡ in SÃ£o Paulo on July 23, 1932.
		Alberto Santos-Dumont at the helm of one of his airships.
	www.aiaa.org /content.cfm?pageid=428 (1262 words)

	Brazilian Historic characters - Alberto Santos Dumont
		For Brazilians and French, Alberto Santos Dumont is the inventor of airplane.
		Santos Dumont was born on July 20th 1873 in a city today called Santos Dumont, state of Minas Gerais.
		On Oct. 23rd 1906, in the Bagatelle Field, hundreds of people witnessed Santos Dumont take off with the 14-bis, the first "machine" heavier than air capable of flying by their own means; 14-bis flew a distance of 60 m, at a height between 2 and 3 meters.
	www.v-brazil.com /culture/historic-characters/santos-dumont.html (275 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Santos
		Santos-Dumont, Alberto (1873-1932), Brazilian aeronaut and designer of dirigible balloons, born in Palmyra (now Santos Dumont), Minas Gerais State....
		Santos, city and port in southeastern Brazil, in São Paulo State, on the island of São Vicente, near São Paulo.
		General Santos, chartered city of the southern Philippines, in South Cotabato Province, on the southern coast of Mindanao Island at the head of...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Santos.html (99 words)

	Santos
		Alberto is the son of Henrique Santos-Dumont, the wealthy Brazilian planter known as “the Coffee King.” As a boy Alberto is a dreamer who sits on the porch of his father’s estate home reading Jules Verne’s Clipper of the Clouds, and gazing at the sky, dreaming of airships.
		This is a story about the first man to fly, a Brazilian named Alberto Santos-Dumont.
		Alberto has three choices: deflate now and fall into the city, try to maneuver into the Seine River and perhaps drown, or drop all his ballast and be slammed back into the sharp-sided tower.
	www.lighterthanair.net /Santos.htm (2451 words)

	ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT: AVIATION PIONEER
		Alberto Santos-Dumont considered himself a son of France; but he was born on July 20, 1873 in the village of Cabangu, part of Manas-Gerais (a Brazilian state).
		Santos returned to Brazil in 1916 or 1928 (the date is in question), and he never came back.
		In spite of the controversy between Santos and the Wrights, there was (and is) a very high regard in the United States for Santos’ achievements.
	www.workersforjesus.com /dumont.htm (1380 words)

	Telegraph Arts He went up, tiddly up up
		Alberto Santos-Dumont may be a forgotten man now, but in the early years of the 20th century he was one of the most renowned and revered figures in Paris.
		Guests at his dinner parties would be surprised to find themselves dining at a table set 5ft off the ground.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/06/29/bohof22.xml (884 words)

	Santos Dumont - First Flight Watch
		Alberto Santos-Dumont, an aviation pioneer flew his dirigible around the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1901 winning the Deutsch Prize.
		His friend happened to be Louis Cartier, and his answer to Santos Dumont came in 1904 as the first pilot watch.
		The popularity of the Santos Watch by Cartier led to men wearing wristwatches.
	www.flightwatch.com /santos.cfml (158 words)

	BBC NEWS Americas Brazil's 'father of flight'
		But Santos Dumont was brought down to Earth with a bump in 1908, when the American Wilbur Wright arrived in Paris.
		Today, Santos Dumont is cherished as one of the greatest Brazilians of all time.
		Santos Dumont is cherished as one of the greatest Brazilians of all time
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3320713.stm (533 words)

	Santos Dumont - France/Brazil
		Alberto Santos-Dumont, scion of a rich Brazilian coffee planter, was born July 20, 1873 in the district of Joao Aires, state of Minas Gerais.
		He came to Paris at the age of eighteen, filled with youthful enthusiasm for the twin novelties of balloons and automobiles.
		This unconventional affair, which appeared to fly backward, gave the nickname canard ("duck") to machines of similar type.
	www.aviation-history.com /early/dumont.htm (251 words)

	GIREP-2002
		Alberto Santos-Dumont was the youngest son of a Brazilian plantation owner, Henrique Dumont, engineer and adventurer of sorts, known as the Coffee King of Brazil.
		Alberto Santos-Dumont continued to experiment with motors, fuel, ballast, steering, rigidity and size, usually working against all the established principles of the day.
		Santos-Dumont was born in the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, on July 20th 1873.
	www.pet.dfi.uem.br /girep2002/artigo.html (3232 words)

	FilmonAviatorwMS.html
		Alberto Santos-Dumont was born in Brazil in 1873, the son of a coffee baron.
		Three years later, her new documentary, "Heavier Than Air: My Search for Alberto Santos-Dumont," acknowledges the Wrights' 1903 achievement.
		He inspired jeweler Louis Cartier to design the first wristwatch so that Santos would not have to dip into his pocket for the time while piloting his aircraft.
	www.mult-sclerosis.org /news/May2003/FilmonAviatorwMS.html (1023 words)

	A forgotten hero with a passion for the sky csmonitor.com
		Alberto Santos-Dumont took to the air in a hot-air balloon, but was overtaken by the Wright brothers
		Outside his native Brazil, where he is celebrated as nothing short of a national hero, Alberto Santos-Dumont has been all but forgotten.
		Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0731/p15s02-bogn.htm (716 words)

	Amazon.com: Wings of Madness : Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight: Books: Paul Hoffman
		Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian who emigrated to Paris at the age of 19, was perhaps the most celebrated man in France in the early 20th century.
		Wings of Madness : Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (Hardcover)
		Paul Hoffman has given us a biography of a man who seems to be relatively unknown here in the United States, although he is very well known in his native Brazil- Alberto Santos-Dumont.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786866594?v=glance (2012 words)

	Dumont
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	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0816309.html (105 words)

	Firefly: Aviation Pioneers - Brazil
		A young innovative Brazilian, Alberto Santos-Dumont, was the first person to fly in Europe.
		At the time, few people believed that it would ever be possible to fly heavier-than-air machines, but the courageous Santos-Dumont was one of them.
		She has made numerous international flights and in 1951 flew with presidential greetings on a good will tour throughout the Americas.
	www.fau.edu /solopoletopole/pio_brzl.htm (315 words)

	Follow Your Dreams: The Story of Alberto Santos Dumont
		My cousin Jack Waugaman, who sells old books and prints, told me the story of Alberto Santos-Dumont and said it would make a wonderful children's book.
		Never have I read such beautiful descriptions of flight and the sky, and Alberto's spirit and accomplishments are breathtaking.
		The power of Alberto's spirit, deeply affected me; and I know that this amazing story can do the same for others.
	www.followyourdreams.cc /eng (555 words)

	Santos-Dumont 14bis
		The boxed elevator is shown in the 'up' position, Alberto Santos-Dumont trying to stretch his airborne time as long as possible.
		Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian aristocrat living in Paris, designed several airships and aircraft.
		His first succesful heavier-than-air machine is depicted here, the aircraft that made the first official flight in Europe, at Bagatelle/Paris on September 13, 1906.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /clyde/808/sd14.html (125 words)

	Illustration Artwork for the Graphic showing Alberto Santos-Dumont inspecting the Wreckage of his Dirigible on the Roof of the Trocadero Restaurant, Paris. : PAGET, (H[enry], M[arriott])
		Illustration Artwork for the Graphic showing Alberto Santos-Dumont inspecting the Wreckage of his Dirigible on the Roof of the Trocadero Restaurant, Paris.
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	www.maggs.com /title/MI21049.asp (439 words)

	NPR : The Race for Flight
		Although little known in the United States, Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was the toast of Europe at the time, called by some "The Napoleon of the Air." When the Wright Brothers were just getting ready to make their first flight, Santos-Dumont had already built a personal flying machine.
		In the second part of Weekend Edition's series on rivals to the Wright Brothers, NPR's Liane Hansen talks to Paul Hoffman, author of Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight.
		The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Europe's Air-Ship Architect
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1516810 (516 words)

	First Flight Shrine: Alberto Santos-Dumont - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society
		razilian-born, French-educated Alberto Santos-Dumont achieved the first officially observed powered European flight on October 23, 1906, in France.
		First Flight Shrine: Alberto Santos-Dumont - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society
		In 1928 Santos-Dumont returned to Brazil where, depressed over the use of aircraft in war, he committed suicide.
	www.firstflight.org /shrine/santos_dumont.cfm (319 words)

	MSN Encarta - Related Items - Ballooning
		(1873-1932), Brazilian aeronaut and designer of dirigible balloons, born in Palmyra (now Santos Dumont), Minas Gerais State.
	encarta.msn.com /related_761576250_13.11/Santos-Dumont_Alberto.html (17 words)

	Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Dumont, a Brazilian Aviation Pioneer the World Forgot
		I find it odd that there is no mention in the article or subsequent discussion about the excellent book on Santos-Dumont written a few years ago by Paul Hoffman: "Wings of Madness : Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight" Not only is it an exhaustive biography, it is a well-written and fascinating read.
		Lets face it guys, Santos Dumont was the father of aviation, but of course, nations like the United States like to claim what ever they can for themselves.
		When Alberto died, thousands of pilots in the air all over the world dipped the wings of their planes in his honor at the precise moment his coffin was lowered into the ground.
	www.brazzil.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9496&Itemid=76 (5222 words)

	To the Best of Our Knowledge
		Paul Hoffman is the author of "Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight." Hoffman tells Jim Fleming that Santos-Dumont's craft (which he tethered to a light-post outside Maxim's while he had dinner) was a motorized hot air balloon.
		Alberto Santos-Dumont, who flew around the Eiffel Tower while Jules Verne and H.G. Wells watched and wondered.
		Paul Hoffman, Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (Theia)
	www.wpr.org /book/030727a.html (487 words)

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