2. SANTOS DUMONT
• He was born in Palmira,MG in July 20 1873.
• He was an aviation pioneer.
• Son of rich family,who have farms in São Paulo
countryside,he went to study in Paris,France.
3. Inventors
• He had designed,built and flew guided dirigible.
• He had demonstrated that was posible to control a flight.
• In 1901 he rounded the Eiffel Tower with his dirigible.
• With this he won an award,and became one of the most
famous person in twentieth century.
4. • He was the first men to fligh with an airplane,by
engine aircraft .
• On Octuber 23,1906,he flew about 60m to a height
about 2 or 3m with his 14 Bis,in the field of
Bagatelle,Paris.
• Less a month later ,on November 12,he flew about
220 meters to a height about 6 meters.
• The 14 Bis was the first verified by the Aero Club of
France of heviest thing flew by their own means.
5. Killed himself
• Santo Dumont lived in Guarujá-SP.
• In 1932 occurred the constitutionalist revolution,but
that conflict happened with airplanes.Possibly any
airplane flew over Guarujá and this had caused a
anguish at Santos Dumont,and he killed himself,on
July 23 1932,at 59 years old.
• His heart is exposed at the Museum of Air Force in
the field of Afonsos,in Rio de Janeiro-RJ,
6. Awards
• On July 31,1932,decree nº10.447 changed the
name of town of Palmira-MG to Santo Dumont.
• On October 16, 1936, the first airport in Rio de
Janeiro was named of Santos Dumont.
• Law 7243 of 4 November 1984, awarded him the
title of Patron of the Brazilian Air Force.
