[JoeF]

We have some notes scattered in the USHawks forum that have touched upon some of his works. This topic thread could focus on the man, inventor, aviator, builder, ...
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Starting now with a good find and offer from USHawks member Tony Prentice (ARP) in a neat find of a paper by Stuart Wier, August 29, 2017, Boulder, Colorado: Superbly Small: the Demoiselle Airplanes, of Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1907 – 1909. Thanks for the link, Tony.
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A distinct cable-braced triangle control frame via the foot-launch hang glider of W. Simon at a sport hang gliding sporting meet in 1908 signal that at least by 1908 sport hang gliding in a battened flexible foot-launch hang glider was evident for the world to know. It is a fun exercise to see Alberto Santo-Dumont's use of the cable-braced queenposting triangle control frame in his various versions of the Demoiselle airplanes. And more.

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[Rick Masters]

Alberto Santos-Dumont