List of Santos-Dumont aircraft

Basket and engine used in No. 1, 2 and 3

Through his career, aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont designed, built, and demonstrated a variety of aircraft balloons, airships (dirigibles), monoplanes, biplanes, and a helicopter.

1898

Santos-Dumont No. 1

1899

No. 3

1900

Keel of No. 4
Engine later replaced by a 9 kW (12 hp) four-cylinder air-cooled unit, and envelope lengthened to 33 m (108 ft).[7]

1901

Santos-Dumont No. 6

1902

There was no "No. 8"; Santos-Dumont was superstitious about the number.

1903

No. 9
Trial of No. 10 without the passenger gondola

1905

The No. 12 helicopter under construction

1906

1907

No. 16

1908

1909

Notes

  1. Santos-Dumont 1904, p.46
  2. "Airship Pioneers". Flight: 957. 2 November 1916.
  3. Santos-Dumont 1904, pp.77-81
  4. Santos-Dumont 1904, p.114
  5. Santos-Dumont 1904, p.117
  6. Santos Dumont 1904, pp.136-7
  7. Santos-Dumont 1904, p.137-8
  8. Santos-Dumont 1904,pp. 148-9
  9. Santos-Dumont 1904, pp. 171-7
  10. "M. Santos Dumont's Airship" (News). The Times (London). Wednesday, 29 June 1904. (37433), col D, p. 10.
  11. "Airship Pioneers". Flight: 958. 2 November 1916.
  12. Santos-Dumont 1904, p. 285
  13. "Santos-Dumont, Aviateur". l'Aérophile (in French): 27. January 1906.
  14. "Les Prochaines Expériences de Santos-Dumont". l'Aérophile (in French): 200–4. September 1903.
  15. "Aeroplano Número 11" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  16. "History of Santos-Dumont's Inventions". Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  17. "Santos-Dumont, Aviateur". l'Aérophile (in French): 27. January 1906.
  18. "Le Thermo-Balon de Santos-Dumont". l'Aérophile (in French): 20. January 1905.
  19. "Un Nouveau Racer Aérien". l'Aérophile (in French): 87–8. April 1905.
  20. "Le Santos-Dumont XIV á Trouville". l'Aérophile (in French): 200–1. September 1905.
  21. "Le Nouvel Aéroplane Santos-Dumont". l'Aérophile (in French): 92–4. April 1907.
  22. Gibbs-Smith, C. H. (1974). The Rebirth of European Aviation. London: HMSO. p. 237. ISBN 0 11290180 8.
  23. "Le Nouvel Engin de Santos-Dumont". l'Aérophile (in French): 161. June 1907.
  24. "Aeroplano Número 18". Retrieved 17 April 2014.

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