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| Bust of Alberto Santos-Dumont | |
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 Bust in 2006 | |
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| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | Alberto Santos-Dumont |
| Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
| 38°54′46″N77°02′55″W / 38.912707°N 77.048685°W Coordinates: 38°54′46″N77°02′55″W / 38.912707°N 77.048685°W | |
The outdoor bust of Alberto Santos-Dumont is installed near the Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C., at the corner of 22nd and R Street NW. The bust is made out of bronze.
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Alberto Santos Dumont was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the very few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos-Dumont dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life. He designed, built, and flew the first gasoline-powered dirigible balloons and won the Deutsch Prize in 1901, when he flew around the Eiffel Tower in his airship No. 6, becoming one of the most famous people in the world in the early 20th century.
Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, 9.6 kilometres from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest towns, with the second-highest average household income of communities with 10,000 to 50,000 households. In 2006, it had a population of 29,981.
Santos Dumont is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population (2020) is estimated to be 46,421 and the total area of the municipality is 639.1 km2 (246.8 sq mi). It lies at an elevation of 839 m (2,753 ft) just off the main interstate highway, BR040, between the urban centers of Barbacena (north) and Juiz de Fora (south). It is 240 km (150 mi) from the state capital, Belo Horizonte, and 220 km (140 mi) from Rio de Janeiro. It became a city in 1889.
Dumont is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 10,023 in an area of 111 km². The elevation is 595 m. It is named in honor of aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont.Is also knowing for producing the world famous sausage of Dumont.
The 14-bis, , also known as Oiseau de proie, was a pioneer era, canard-style biplane designed and built by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. In 1906, near Paris, the 14-bis made a manned powered flight that was the first to be publicly witnessed by a crowd.
Rodovia Santos Dumont is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
The Peugeot Type 15 was an early Peugeot model built from 1897 to 1901. Its production run of 276 vehicles was the highest by the company up to that point, and in excess of all previous models combined.
The Santos-Dumont Demoiselle was a series of aircraft built in France by world aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. They were light-weight monoplanes with a wire-braced wing mounted above an open-framework fuselage built from bamboo. The pilot's seat was below the wing and between the main wheels of the undercarriage. The rear end of the boom carried a tailwheel and a cruciform tail. The name is a synonym for "jeune fille"—young girl or woman—but also the common name in French for a Damselfly.
Sport Club Santos Dumont, commonly known as Santos Dumont, was a Brazilian football club based in Salvador, Bahia state. They won the Campeonato Baiano once.
Alberto Santos Dumont Airport is an airport serving Tiltil, a town in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile. The airport is named in honor of Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian aviation pioneer.
Events in the year 1936 in Brazil.
A bust of Vasil Levski is installed outside the Embassy of Bulgaria, near Sheridan Circle, in Embassy Row, Washington, D.C., United States.
Santos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship to the Hon. C.S. Rolls is a short film made using a sequence of frames that shows the Brazilian inventor and pioneer aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont explaining the operation of his airship to Charles Rolls, the future founder of Rolls-Royce. It was filmed while Santos-Dumont visited London between 22 and 28 November 1901 and was screened on 3 December the same year, at London's Palace Theatre.
The Santos Dumont Collection, also known as Alberto Santos Dumont Collection, is a collection of about 1,500 items linked to Santos Dumont, under the guard of the Museu Paulista. The collection includes several types of material, including texts, objects and iconographies of the Brazilian inventor, in particular 323 images about the aeronautical trajectory of Santos Dumont. It is one of the best known funds of at least 123 that make up the Coleção do Museu Paulista. The collection was donated by the family after the inventor's death in 1932.
Conversor marciano, or transformador marciano, is an invention of Alberto Santos Dumont to assist climbers. The equipment was placed on the back, like a backpack, and when a motorized propeller was connected, it reduced the weight of the body in the ascent of mountains. The name of this one that was considered a "strange device" comes from the idea of Santos Dumont to reproduce the gravity of Mars, lower than that of the Earth.
On 3 December 1928, a Dornier Do J seaplane named after the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont crashed into Guanabara Bay, Brazil, during the celebrations for the return of the aviator to his homeland.
Henrique Honoré Dumont was a Brazilian engineer, coffee farmer and father of Alberto Santos Dumont. A son of French immigrants, he is considered one of the three kings of the coffee of his time, introducing modern methods to coffee farming.
Santos Dumont is a Brazilian mini-series produced by HBO Brazil that dramatizes the life of inventor Alberto Santos Dumont.
The Taça Jorge Chavéz/Santos Dumont, was a friendly football match realized between Brazil and Peru, on July 14 and 17 of 1968. The series, played in a two-legged format at Estadio Nacional in Lima, was similar to others played at the time, such as the Copa Roca.
