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I just read the book "What I saw, what we'll see," written beacons closet in 1917 (published beacons closet in 1918) by Alberto Santos Dumont, the father of aviation for Brazilians and Europeans. Impossible not to admire this inventor, scientist, project manager and entrepreneur (born July 20, 1873).
SD came from family and rich, and this gave him more opportunities. Funding to study, go to Paris to see the great exhibitions and implement their projects and experiments. Perhaps Gladwell and others are right in saying that "rich get richer".
It was meticulous and planned solutions. We got to stay three years without lifting a prototype. After this time, came the famous 14 Bis. Studies before the problems that could happen, and tried to improve each item. And chose his assistants. Those who had already burned balloons were not chosen.
And it was well mechanical and workers. When he won the Deutsch prize, he gave half for those. The other half asked to be distributed among thousands of poor families in Paris. Indeed, his aim was not to profit from airplanes.
It was visionary because also advised the President of Brazil to invest in the aircraft, both for aircraft construction and for pilot training and air armies. We also saw the possibility of unifying the Americas against European power. The planes could cross from north to south the Americas, and still pass over the Andes.
He won several awards, medals, decorations and distinguished letters, as Princess Elizabeth. But perhaps the biggest consideration came from a letter-named Thomas Edison, beacons closet calling it "The Bandeirante of Ares".
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