ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15486
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| Date: | Monday 12 November 1906 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Santos-Dumont No.14bis |
| Owner/operator: | Alberto Santos-Dumont |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 14-bis |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Bagatelle, Paris 75 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Plaine de Jeux de Bagatelle |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot: Alberto Santos-Dumont.
First flight of the 14-bis airplane.
First flight to be publicly witnessed by a crowd.
First machine self-propelled to flight
The aircraft landed in a nose-up attitude, breaking the propeller in his third flight.
- Brazilien Alberto Santos-Dumont performed the first powered flight in Europe with his unortodox Type 14bis, lacked of lateral control, only able to hop a distance in the air (60m 23th October 1906). This day, after several jumps, the machine covered 220m.
Sources:
Wikipedia and historical data.
- VOLAR El Mundo de la Aviación EGC Ediciones 1982 Vol V Pag 873
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2008 10:06 | Bleiente | Added |
| 15-Jan-2018 14:13 | TMApoa | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2018 14:15 | harro | Updated [Date, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2018 15:15 | Brzhist | Updated [Date, Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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