History of AirplanesThe first sustained flight of a powered airplane in Europe was made by Santos-Dumont on November 12th, 1906, in a biplane of his design. In 1907 he began work on a monoplane, and after much alteration, he finally developed the highly successful little monoplane, the “Demoiselle,” the smallest aeroplane in [...]
On the fall day of November 12, 1906, Parisians saw something that they had become accustomed. The Brazilian engineer, Alberto Santos-Dumont was attempting to fly again.
He continued his series of experiments with his nearly-perfected aeroplane, the 14-Bis (also known as the ‘Bird of Prey’), in the Bois de Boulogne that morning, making two flights of [...]