Inside of a faux Japanese pagoda in the Dreamland Park on Coney Island, visitors would find a unique airship on display: the Santos-Dumont No. 9. But who was Alberto Santod-Dumont? Did he, and not those poseurs the Wright Bros., actually fly the first heavier-than-air craft? And how did he influence the transition from pocket watches to wrist watches?
Read: Wings of Madness by Paul Hoffman.
amazon.com/Wings-Madness-Alberto-Santos-Dumont-Invention/dp/0786885718
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