My Airships (Illustrated)

by Alberto Santos-Dumont

Overview

Alberto Santos Dumont 1904 biography on his life dedicated to aviation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016271880
Publisher:	Infinite Beacon Publishing
Publication date:	03/17/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos Dumont dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, France, where he spent most of his adult life.
Santos-Dumont designed, built, and flew the first practical dirigible, demonstrating that routine, controlled flight was possible. This "conquest of the air", in particular his winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on 19 October 1901 on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower,made him one of the most famous people in the world during the early 20th century.