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Exploding Boundaries.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Our Oct. 13 report on high-tech travel spurred both praise and thoughtfulness. "Excellent," cheered one; another rejected such expensive hobbies when "people dying of curable diseases can't afford care."
New Frontiers for Fun
Your Oct. 13 cover package on high-tech adventure was excellent. It is fantastic when we can realize innumerable benefits from technology. Unfortunately, however, simple but important issues like health care, human misery and peace are not given the same attention in our world.
Silvio Sandro Cornelio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I've loved aviation and anything to do with flying since I was a little kid. I ...
- A forgotten hero with a passion for the sky; Alberto Santos-Dumont took to the...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor July 31, 2003 700+ words
...a national hero, Alberto Santos-Dumont has been...the same year the Wright brothers launched their first...evaporated after the Wright brothers demonstrated their...outdated as soon as the Wright brothers flew their airplane...Wings of Madness: Alberto ...
- Hoffman, Paul. Wings of madness; Alberto Santos-Dumont and the invention of...
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Puffer, Raymond September 1, 2004 700+ words
...Paul. Wings of madness; Alberto Santos-Dumont and the invention of...the dapper little figure of Alberto Santos-Dumont, the irrepressible...pioneer paved the way for the Wright brothers' wild success in Europe, his...
- Man Flies: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Master of the Balloon, Conquerer...
- Magazine article from: New Criterion Carduff, Christopher November 1, 1998 700+ words
...Winters Man Flies: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Master of the Balloon...a real-life fairy story, Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was...independent of those of the Wright brothers, whose unpublished experiments...
- New books on flight: `To Conquer the Air,' `First Flight: The Wright Brothers...
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) August 1, 2003 700+ words
...centennial of the Wright Brothers' exploits at the...First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention...played into it, Alberto Santos-Dumont had it all...paragraph. "The Wright brothers were not idealists...
- All-Time Top 100 Stars of Aerospace & Aviation Announced; Wright Brothers,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 18, 2003 700+ words
...year commemorating the 100th anniversary of The Wright Brothers historic flight, Wilbur and Orville Wright, followed...Elbert "Burt" Rutan 30 Theodore von Karman 31 Alberto Santos-Dumont 32 James Van Allen 33 Alexander Graham...
- Hudson County Executive, Thomas Oegise; Kearny Mayor, Alberto Santos and Ethnic...
- Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly May 23, 2007 700+ words
...Hudson County Executive, Thomas Oegise; Kearny Mayor, Alberto Santos and Ethnic Grocery Brands CEO, Gaby Glas welcome local...Gaby Glas, CEO of Ethnic Grocery Brands; Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos; Hudson County Executive Thomas Oegise; Kearny Councilwoman...
- Histórico vuelo brasileño.(Alberto Santos Dumont, piloto)(Biografía)
- Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition) Holston, Mark March 1, 2007 700+ words
...nacional, no tienen ms que mirar al cielo. La razn? Consideran que <<el padre de la aviacin>>, Alberto Santos Dumont, conquist los cielos de Europa cuando realiz el primer vuelo exitoso en una aeronave de propulsin en Pars, en octubre...
- Flights of fancy: aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont was a real-life George Jetson...
- Magazine article from: Book Langer, Adam July 1, 2003 700+ words
...HOLLYWOOD GETS ITS mitts on Wings of Madness, Paul Hoffman's riveting biography of iconoclastic Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), they'll undoubtedly change some things. The ending, for one. Test audiences probably won...
Source: HighBeam Research, Exploding Boundaries.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)