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World's first aerial speed record by Santos Dumont in 1906
The Brazilian pilot-inventor Santos Dumont achieved the world's first aerial speed record of 25 miles per hour in 1906. Born in Sao Paulo and educated in France, he advanced navigable balloons and early airships, winning the Deutsch prize in 1901 and contributing to early air navigation before WWI.
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