Amanda Aparecida da Silva

Santos DumontThe Father of Aviation

In the three following years For example, at that time steam and electric

engines were used in dirigible balloons. Santos Dumont was the first one to use an internal combustion engine in a lighter than air machine.

On October 19, 1901 Predetermined 11 km Thus winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe

Prize. 100.000 francs

The airplane is born

“It has never been done,but that is the distinctive sign of all innovations!”-Santos Dumont 1905

In 1906, the milionaire Ernst Archdeacon offered the Archdeacon cup and a prize of 3.000 francs for the first who could take off and fly a distance of at least 25m in a self propelled heavier than air machine

Why 14-bis?

183 cubic meters that used a helix at the bow

During the first tests of the new heavier than air machine, the aircraft was attached to the balloon No. 14, thus originating the name 14-bis.

On October 23,1906 Bagatelle field, France 61m Reaching na altitude of about

2m/3m

So, at exactly 4:45 p.m. on that day, in a moment that become known as “ a memorable minute in air navigation history”, a man was able to fly a heavier than air machine for the first time.

The brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright said that they flew on December 17,1903,but even considering that it was true, they had flown only in a motorized glider,launched by a catapult, and this claim had not been official recorded and witnessed.

Santos Dumont was the first man who successfully flew a heavier-than air machine taking off without any external assistance.

Cosme Degenar Drumond, “Alberto Santos-Dumont: Novas Revelações”

Luiz Mott, Isto é Gente

Alberto Santos Dumont ,1932 Guarujá, São Paulo.

After a hundred years, we all have to celebrate the audacious deed of a man who gave wings to the world and glory to Brazil