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My Airships
Alberto Santos-Dumont
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The delightful tale of "le petit Santos" as he dances through the sky above the City of Light at the dawn of the aerial age.
A note to the listener: Throughout this story the author makes several references to helpful figures and illustrations.
The delightful tale of "le petit Santos" as he dances through the sky above the City of Light at the dawn of the aerial age.
A note to the listener: Throughout this story the author makes several references to helpful figures and illustrations.
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[29] It was a curiosity. In those days there were no automobile licenses, no "chauffeurs'" examinations. We drove our new inventions through the streets of the capital at our own risks and perils. Such was the curiosity they aroused that I was not allowed to stop in public places like the Place de l'Opra for fear of attracting multitudes and obstructing traffic.
Immediately I became an enthusiastic automobilist. I took pleasure in understanding the parts and their proper interworking; I learned to care for my machine and to repair it; and when, at the end of some seven months, our whole family returned to Brazil I took the Peugeot roadster with me.
Returning to Paris in 1892, with the balloon idea still obsessing me, I looked up a number of other professional aeronauts. Like the first, all wanted extravagant sums to take me up. . . Read More
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Originally published in 1904 (one year after the Wright brothers' first heavier-than-air powered flights at Kitty Hawk), this memoir of one of the early pioneers of powered lighter-than-air flight is an interesting account of the development of airships in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The opening
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Highly entertaining account of the adventures of one of the foremost pioneers of flight, Alberto Santos-Dumont, which covers almost all of his years flying balloons and dirigibles (airships). The technical descriptions are accessible, the flight stories often wild, and Santos-Dumont's attitude a per
Esta pequena obra divide-se em duas partes. Na primeira ("o que vi") ele basicamente resume o seu primeiro livro (Meus Balões), porém traz mais detalhes relacionados ao 14 Bis. Na segunda parte ("o que nós veremos") é bem interessante ver os prognósticos que ele fez sobre o futuro da aviação no pós-
O livro reúne dois textos de Alberto Santos-Dumont, publicados originalmente em 1918. “O que eu vi” descreve o processo de criação e testes de seus aeróstatos e aeroplanos. É um relato bastante autobiográfico, na qual o inventor discorre sobre a sua formação, revela seus ideais, fala de sua inspiraç
What a fascinating character! Alberto Santos-Dumont was an eccentric, courageous and independent thinker and innovator who, at the beginning of the 20th century developed flying air ships that were self-propelled. Born and raised in Brazil (where he is a national hero), he moved to Paris and was wel
Cresci com a lenda de que Santos Dumont havia cometido suicídio por causa do uso de sua invenção na guerra. Nesta autobiografia, ele comenta ter aceitado convite de militares franceses para discutir o uso bélico do seu nº 9, o pequeno dirigível com que ele famosamente atravessou a Champs Elysées e o