Many hackers are also aviation fans, and the name of Alberto Santos Dumont may be familiar, but if not, here we talk about his role and accomplishments in the field. Santos Dumont is one of the ...

While the Wright brothers are widely recognized as the fathers of flight, Brazilians believe the true inventor of the airplane was one of their own.

When Alberto Santos-Dumont built his first balloon, in 1898, there were already aeronauts in the skies of Europe. Young, rich and unmarried, the Brazilian could have been just one more to enjoy the ...