Alberto Santos-Dumont Quote

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.


The Lutheran Observer (15 April 1904)


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...

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...

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...

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...