Abstract:Brazilian-born Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first person to create and operate a practical powered flying machine, an airship that he flew around the Eiffel Tower in 1899. Repeating this in 1901 along a specified route in a specified time won him a large cash prize along with worldwide fame. Later, he was widely feted as the first to successfully fly a heavier-than-air craft, the prior success of the Wright Brothers being unknown at the time. He can also be credited as the first "homebuilder" for his worldwid… Show more
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