Santos=Dumont arrives with his 14-Bis dismantledAt exactly 106 yearsago Santos=Dumont lived the happiest day of his life; he had made the firstflight with an airplane heavier than air.leia este artigo em PortuguesContrary to manybeliefs Santos=Dumont perform the first flight, differently from the Wrightbrothers, Santos=Dumont flew in front of a technical committee, with thepresence of several witnesses and therefore, was homologated as the firstflight of history.In his book Dans l'airSantos Dumont reports:"Shortlythereafter, on October 23, before the Scientific Committee of the Aero Club andthe large crowd, I've made the famous flight of 250 meters, which fullyconfirmed the possibility of a man fly.This last experienceand the one of July 12, 1901, gave me the two of the happiest moments of mylife".A fan is photographed next to his idol Santos = Dumont shortly after being the first man to fly an aircraft heavier than air - Bagatelle, Paris on October 23, 1906. On that date, Santos=Dumont took off withhis 14-Bis and flew 60 meters in 7 seconds, at a height of 2 meters above the ground, in front of more than a thousand spectators and the Official Committee of the Aero Club of France.(i.e. mounting illustrative)Article published inthe Brazilian magazine O Cruzeiro" recounting the picturesque case inwhich a donkey called Kuignot help Santos=Dumont in his experiments.14-bis being transported amid the crowdThe fact was remindedon several different dates, the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes in hismission to space, did the most significant homage.At 23h30 min of March29, 2006, Brazilian astronaut, Lieutenant Colonel Marcos Cesar Pontes, leavingthe Baikonur Base, in Kazakistan, aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-7,went to the International Space Station, in company of North American AstronautWilliam McArthur and Russian Valery Tokariov. It wascalled Centennial Mission in honor of the first flight of Santos=Dumont.Marcos Pontes and his homage to Santos=Dumont (with a Panama Hat and a handkerchief that belonged to the aviator)On April 3, 2006 wassent a interview with a tribute to Santos Dumont, in which Marcos Pontes usedaboard the International Space Station a Panama hat equal to the inventor and ahandkerchief that belonged to Santos=Dumont.Handkerchief that belonged to Santos=Dumont with the stamps of the International Space Station and the dated stamp (April 8, 2006) from the Russian segment of the ISS ( )Marcos returned to Earth on thenight of April 8, at 20h56 Brasilia time, April 9th Kazakhstan time.configuration of the 14-Bis on its first flight.with this model S=D won the cup Archdeacon - flew on October 23 1906 60m at 3m highWith this model S=D has addapted his latest invention, the Aileron - On November 12 1906, flew 220m at 60 m highS=D also invented the engine starter device for 14-Bis The meeting of two ofthe most inventive minds in the world at the beginning of last century showedgreat promise, however proved to be somewhat inconclusive.Emmanuel Aime - Santos=Dumont - ChapinLeia este artigo em portuguesI believe the mainpoint of divergence between these two geniuses was that Santos=Dumont madehis inventions in order to create global integration, with a certain "Wiki"approach , inspiring the next inventors to use their ideas free of patent(mankind took almost 100