Alberto Santos-Dumont
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saopaulo1
S 23° 30.870 W 046° 37.759
23K E 333649 N 7398579
Bust of the early Brazilian aviator. In the middle of a roundabout plaza in Sao Paulo.
Waymark Code: WM19FD
Location: Brazil
Date Posted: 03/04/2007
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Santos-Dumont designed, built, and flew the first practical dirigible balloons. In doing so he became the first person to demonstrate that routine, controlled flight was possible. This "conquest of the air", in particular winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on 19 October 1901 on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower, made him one of the most famous persons in the world during the early 1900s.
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