Frustrated early on in his aviation career by the inability of a pilot to steer a balloon, Alberto Santos-Dumont had turned to ‘dirigible (steerable) balloons,' and soon was designing airships himself.
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Frustrated early on in his aviation career by the inability of a pilot to steer a balloon, Alberto Santos-Dumont had turned to ‘dirigible (steerable) balloons,' and soon was designing airships himself. |
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