A Morning in Petropolis Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-08-20-a-petro/20050820_001_3661 2005-08-20-a-petro/20050820_007_8611 2005-08-20-a-petro/20050820_015_2612 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-08-20-a-petro/20050820_005_7645 2005-08-20-a-petro/20050820_011_3909 2005-08-20-a-petro/20050820_008_2612 2005-08-20-a-petro/20050820_025_8823 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Petropolis, an hour and a half from Rio de Janeiro, the former residence of the Emperor of Brazil, with canals, [azulejos](http://www.newmediarepublic.com/azulejos/), goats and a museum dedicated to Santos Dumont -- the man who, many Brazilians believe, invented the airplane. (According to the Wikipedia article on [Santos Dumont](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont#Disputed_title), his first flight in Paris in October 1906 was accepted at the moment by the Aero Club of France as the first flight due to doubts about Wrights brothers' flight of 1903, now accepted as valid by most aeronautics historians. Of course, the discussion of whether a Brazilian or two Americans invented the airplane is somewhat silly, since in fact it [was done by a Russian in 1884](http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/mozhaisky.html). :) The first picture above shows Santos Dumont's crazy staircases that would prevent people from starting with the wrong foot. Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
