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Alberto Santos Dumont
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Brazilian aviator who flew hot air balloons, planes and dirigibles.
Before Fame
He spent his childhood driving steam tractors and locomotives on his family's coffee plantation.
Trivia
- He was famous for his daring flights and received the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize for his 1901 flight around the Eiffel Tower.
Family Life
He was a lifelong bachelor who was, at one point, so smitten with Aida de Acosta that he let her pilot his No. 9 airship.
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He was invited to meet Theodore Roosevelt.
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