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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Alberto Santos-Dumont Frontispiece
Santos-Dumont Coffee Plantation—Railway 11
Santos-Dumont Coffee Plantation—The Works 15
Henriques Santos-Dumont 25
The "Brazil"—Smallest of Spherical Balloons 43
Motor "of No. 1" 62
The "Santos-Dumont No. 1"—First Start 75
"No. 4"—Free Diagonal Movement up 83
"No. 6"—Free Diagonal Movement down 86
"The Housetops look so Dangerous" 94
Over the Bois de Boulogne. "An Ocean of Greenery soft and safe" 97
The Question of Physical Danger 101
"No. 9" catches Fire over the Ile de Puteaux 111
Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 (First Phase) 115
Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 (Second Phase) 119
Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 (Third Phase) 123
Accident to "No. 2," May 11, 1899 (Finale) 127
Start of "No. 3," November 13, 1899 131
"No. 4" 135
Motor of "No. 4" 139
Visit of Professor Langley 143
"No. 4"—Flight before Professor Langley 147
"Santos-Dumont No. 5" 152
"No. 5" leaving Aëro Club Grounds, July 12, 1901 158
"No. 5" returning from the Eiffel Tower 161
"No. 5"—Accident in the Park of M. Edmond de Rothschild 165

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