Santos-Dumont 14-bis
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Top speed | 40 km/h |
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Length | 9. 6 m |
Range | 200 m |
First flight | September 7, 1906 |
Designers | Alberto Santos-Dumont |
Engine types | Antoinette 8V |
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ID | 1876203 |
About Santos-Dumont 14-bis
The 14-bis, also known as Oiseau de proie, was a pioneer era canard biplane designed and built by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. In 1906 near Paris the 14-bis made a manned powered flight that was the first to be publicly witnessed by a crowd and the first by an aeroplane outside the U. S.