Louis, which suggested that some foul play might have occurred. His interest then turned to fixed winged aircrafts and helicopters; he designed and flew his first aircraft in October while a large crowd gathered to watch him.
He also set the first world record by flying a distance of meters in Alberto Santos-Dumont played a role in popularizing wrist watches among men. At that time men wore pocket watches while women wore wrist watches as jewelry. Alberto needed a watch to measure his speed and performance during flights, so he asked his friend Louis Cartier to design a watch for him that would allow him to keep both hands free for steering.
Cartier made him a watch with leather bands and buckle to tie around the wrist, which was the first wrist watch as we know in its present form. Alberto never married and is reported to have suffered from severe depression for most of his life. He died in July 23, in mysterious circumstances; he might either have committed suicide or been murdered, but this was never confirmed. He was a pioneer in the field of aviation and given several awards such as Officer, Commander and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor.
But Santos-Dumont's flight did meet the criteria, which in essence meant he took off unassisted, publicly flew a predetermined length in front of experts and then landed safely. Brazilians also claim that the Wrights launched their Flyer in with a catapult or at an incline, thereby disqualifying it from being a true airplane because it did not take off on its own.
Even Santos-Dumont experts like Lins de Barros concede this is wrong. But he says that the strong, steady winds at Kitty Hawk were crucial for the Flyer's take-off, disqualifying the flight because there was no proof it could lift off on its own. Peter Jakab, chairman of the aeronautics division at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington and a Wright brothers expert, says such claims are preposterous.
By the time Santos-Dumont got around to his maiden flight the Wright brothers had already flown numerous times, including one in which they flew 24 miles 39 km in 40 minutes. If it's not sustaining itself under its own power it's not going to stay up that long," Jakab says.
Even in France -- never a country too eager to agree with the U. Every country wants to claim priority. But that is not to say that Santos-Dumont does not deserve recognition for his other contributions. By rounding the Eiffel Tower in a motorized dirigible in , he helped prove that air travel could be controlled and a practical means of transportation.
At his summer home in the Brazilian mountain town of Petropolis, tour guides perpetuate myths about Santos-Dumont -- such as how he invented the wristwatch. Santos-Dumont experts deny that assertion, although they concede he was probably the first male civilian to use a watch after asking his friend Louis Cartier to make him a timepiece he could use while flying. Previously, only royalty and soldiers had used watches. To this day, you can still buy the Santos-model Cartier watch for only a couple of thousand dollars.
Was the airplane's inventor Brazilian? Story Tools. He would keep his dirigible tied to a gas lamp post in front of his Paris apartment at the Champs-Elysees and every night he would fly to Maxim's for dinner.
Putting aside the aerostation, he began to devote himself towards solving the problem of steering the balloons. His first steered balloon, "Santos Dumont no. Balloons "Santos Dumont no. It circled a few times the Eiffel Tower, headed to the Park and from there finally headed towards the Bagatelle field where it landed flawlessly.
In view of the success of no. Deutsch de La Meurt instituted the "Deutsch Prize" to be awarded to the balloonist who, taking off from Saint-Cloud, circumnavigated the Eiffel Tower and returned to the starting point in less than thirty minutes. This prize was conquered by Santos Dumont on October 19th, , with dirigible no.
Besides this prize, Santos Dumont received the sum of , francs which he distributed in equal parts to his workers and the beggars of Paris.
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