Alberto Santos-Dumont
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 Alberto Santos-Dumont facts

• 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 hot air balloons and early dirigibles, his rising fame in this field culminating in his winning of the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on 19 October 1901 on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower
• Following his pioneering work in airships, Santos-Dumont constructed a heavier-than-air aircraft, the 14-bis
• On 23 October 1906 he flew this to make the first powered heavier-than-air flight in Europe to be certified by the Aéro Club de France and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)
• In his homeland, Brazil, Santos-Dumont is a national hero, having his name inscribed on the Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom
• He is credited in Brazil as the "father of aviation" and "father of flight"
• Santos-Dumont occupied the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1931 until his death in 1932