Santos Dumont

Alberto Santos-Dumont was a brazilian inventor who created the first self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft in 1906. The 14-bis could take-off and land without any additional devices.

Sites about Santos-Dumont in english:

http://www.maria-brazil.org/sdumont.htm http://educate.si.edu/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html