GOOGLE made a tribut to Santos Dumont on the last July 20th...
Do you know who was Santos Dumont???
He was a Brazilian aviation pioneer, who had an important contribution on the expropriation of the Iguassu Falls, which on that time (1916), belonged to the Uruguayan Farmer Mr. Jesus Val.
"The Iguassu, without any exaggeration, is a marvel!", said passionately Dumont to the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, during his visit to Foz do Iguaçu.
In tribute to Santos Dumont it was created a square at the end of the Brazilian side of the Iguassu National Park trail, next to Porto Canoas Space, where visitors can contemplate the Statue of the Illustrious aviation pioneer with the lush Iguassu Falls in the background.
Alberto Santos Dumont, was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos Dumont dedicated himself to science studies in Paris, France, where he spent most of his adult life.
He designed, built, and flew some of the first practical dirigibles, demonstrating that routine, controlled flight was possible. This "conquest of the air" in particular his winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on October 19, 1901on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower, made him one of the most famous people in the world during the early 20th century.
In addition to his pioneering work in airships, on 23 October 1906 Santos-Dumont, flying the 14-bisor Oiseau de proie (French for "bird of prey"), made the first flight of an airplane to be witnessed by the European press and certified by the Aéro Club de France and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).
Picture: Google and Jackson Lima
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