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Interesting, 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
by brabel 2y ago
Interesting, 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.