Editing Alberto Santos-Dumont (section)

====''Oiseau de Proie II''====
[[File:Le Petit Journal Santos Dumont 25 Novembre 1906.jpg|thumb|upright|The flight of the Oiseau de Proie III shown on the cover of ''[[Le Petit Journal (newspaper)|Le Petit Journal]]'', 25 November]]

On 23 October, Santos-Dumont presented himself at Bagatelle with the ''Oiseau de Proie II'', a modification of the original model. The plane had been varnished to reduce the porosity of the fabric and increase lift. The rear wheel had been removed. In the morning he limited himself to manoeuvring the aircraft across the field, until the propeller shaft broke. It was repaired in the afternoon, and the plane was moved into position for an official attempt. An expectant crowd was present. At 4:45 pm, Santos-Dumont started the engine.{{sfnm|1a1=Hoffman|1y=2010|1p=283|2a1=Barros|2y=2006a|2p=41}} The plane lifted off and flew for 60 metres,<ref name=Studart2006 />{{rp|p=18}} without taking advantage of headwinds, ramps, catapults, slopes, or other devices. The flight had taken place solely by the aircraft's own means, and Europeans at the time believed it was the first such achievement.<ref name=AerophileOctober>{{Cite journal|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65512906/f26.item.r=Dumont|title=La Deuxième Envolée de Santos-Dumont|date=October 1906|journal=L'Aérophile|language=fr|publisher=Aéro-Club de France|pages=245–247|author=Capitain Ferber|ref={{harvid|''Le A'érophile'', outubro de|1906}}|number=10}}</ref>{{rp|p=245}}

The crowd celebrated, ran up to the pilot and carried him off in triumph. The judges had been overcome with emotion and forgot to time and track the flight, and due to this the record was not made official.<ref name="ADH">{{cite web|url=https://super.abril.com.br/historia/santos-dumont-as-asas-do-homem/|title=Santos Dumont: As Asas do Homem|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215221259/https://super.abril.com.br/historia/santos-dumont-as-asas-do-homem/|archive-date=2017-12-15|url-status=live|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref name=OCruzeiro19741016>{{Cite magazine|url=http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=003581&pagfis=194075|title=Vida e Morte de Santos Dumont (final)|lang=pt-br|last=Morel|first=Edmar|magazine=O Cruzeiro|date=1974-10-16|issue=42|volume=46|pages=53–57|ref={{harvid|''O Cruzeiro'', 16 de outubro de|1974}}}}</ref>{{rp|p=53}} {{harvnb|Brandão|2018}} says that because the Aeroclub Committee was partially present, a new test was scheduled for 12 November.<ref name="Brandão2018"/>{{rp|p=8}}

{{Blockquote|I struggled at first with the greatest difficulties to achieve complete obedience of the airplane. It was like shooting an arrow with the tail forward. On my first flight, after sixty meters, I lost direction and crashed... I didn't stay in the air any longer, not because of the machine's fault, but exclusively my own.|Santos-Dumont.<ref name=Studart2006 />{{rp|pp=18–19}}}}