Alberto Santos-Dumont: The Forgotten Aviation Pioneer
When you think of people who significantly contributed to aviation, you probably don't think of Alberto Santos-Dumont. Instead, you probably think of someone like Orville or Wilbur Wright, or maybe even Charles Lindburgh.
Despite this, Santos-Dumont is arguably as instrumental as them, if not more so! Where the Wright Brothers made a completely new form of travel, Santos-Dumont expanded upon it, not to mention his works on airships.
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Before Aviation
Alberto Santos-Dumont was born on July 20 1873 in Palmira in the then-Empire of Brazil. He was the youngest of seven children born to Franco-Brazilian coffee plantation magnate Henrique Dumont.
His mother, Francisca de Paula Santos came from a wealthy, land-owning...