Santos-Dumont
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noun
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More than a century ago, The New York Times reported that an aviation pioneer named Alberto Santos-Dumont had “coined a word.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2019
“Kitty Hawk, we have a problem,” Lauer said: the Brazilians believe that Alberto Santos-Dumont invented flight.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 6, 2016
It's a homage to the Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who flew the first practical dirigible around the Eiffel Tower in 1901.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2015
On October 19, 1901, Santos-Dumont flew his gasoline-powered dirigible around the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2013
Though before losing his interest in dirigibles Santos-Dumont carried the number of his construction up to ten, he cannot be said to have devised any new and useful improvements after his "No. VI."
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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