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FWIW when I was an aerospace major, one of the first lessons in “fundamentals of flight” as the class was named, was about the race to flight that was heating u
by preciousoo 2y ago
FWIW when I was an aerospace major, one of the first lessons in “fundamentals of flight” as the class was named, was about the race to flight that was heating up around the time of the Wright brothers. But this was in an aerospace class, so I guess it’s less relevant. Never heard about the Brazilian guys though
- brabel 2y agoInteresting, given Dumont performed "the first officially observed flight in Europe that was longer than 25m was performed in Paris (FRA)" in 1906. It was also the first flight in front of a crowd, so pretty relevant to history. Sources: https://old.fai.org/news/personalities/42650-12-november-1906-the-first-flight-by-santos-dumont https://old.fai.org/news/personalities/42650-12-november-190... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/10-milestone-flights-4056259/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/10-milesto...
- lupusreal 2y agoIn 1906, Santos-Dumont flew 220 meters for less than half a minute. In 1905, Wilbur Wright flew 38.9 km for more than 39 minutes. This isn't one of those cases, like light bulbs, where it can be reasonably debated who was first. The Wrights were in front of the competition by literal miles.
- brabel 2y agoNot sure why you feel the need to point that out when I just listed some relevant facts about why Dumont was relevant to aviation history.