Alberto Santos-Dumont Quotes

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As all our sensations of movement are practically in two dimensions, this is the extraordinary novelty of aerial navigation, that it affords us experiences — not in the fourth dimension, it is true, but in what is practically an extra dimension — the third, so that the miracle is similar.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

The ordinary balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

My first impression of aerial navigation was surprise to feel the airship going straight ahead. It was astonishing to feel the wind in my face. In spherical balloons we go with the wind, and do not feel it.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Now my playmates never failed to wink and smile mockingly at me when one of them called 'Man flies!' for at the word I would always lift my finger very high, as a sign of absolute conviction; and I refused with energy to pay the forfeit. The more they laughed at me, the happier I was, hoping that some day the laugh would be on my side.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Alberto Santos-Dumont

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Born: July 20, 1873

Died: July 23, 1932 (aged 59)

Bio: 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.

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