Alberto Santos-Dumont

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1899

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Alberto Santos-Dumont, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Santos-Dumont's Airship No. 2 destroyed on trial

   1899

   Role: Aeronaut and Inventor

   1. 111 May 1899 · Unresolved test siteAirship No. 2 Destroyed on Trial

      At the first test, scheduled for 11 May 1899, rain made the balloon heavy; the roped aircraft ended in adjacent trees, folded by hydrogen contraction and wind.

Sources

1. Alberto Santos-Dumont Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-11