Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship

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The Santos-Dumont No. 5 was an early experimental non-rigid airship built and flown in 1901 by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont during his attempts to win the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize for controlled flight around the Eiffel Tower.

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instanceOf experimental airship
non-rigid airship
airshipType non-rigid
associatedWithPerson Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe NERFINISHED
associatedWithPrize Deutsch de la Meurthe prize NERFINISHED
basedAt Paris airship sheds used by Santos-Dumont
builder Alberto Santos-Dumont NERFINISHED
category early airships
pioneer aviation experiments
controlGoal demonstrate navigability and control in urban airspace
countryOfOrigin Brazil
designer Alberto Santos-Dumont NERFINISHED
developedDuring Pioneer era of aviation
firstFlightYear 1901
flightObjective controlled flight around the Eiffel Tower
followedBy Santos-Dumont No. 6 NERFINISHED
hasControlSystem rudder and elevator for steering
hasCrewCapacity 1 person
hasEngineLocation mounted on the gondola
hasEnvelopeShape cigar-shaped envelope
hasGondola open framework gondola
hasPropeller driven by engine for forward thrust
hasStructure non-rigid gas envelope without internal framework
historicalSignificance contributed to development of controlled powered airship flight
influenced subsequent Santos-Dumont No. 6 design
innovationAspect refinement of earlier Santos-Dumont airship designs
liftGas hydrogen
locationOfFlights France NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
mediaAttention attracted European press coverage in 1901
namedAfter its sequence number in Santos-Dumont’s airship series
notableEvent used in 1901 attempts to circle the Eiffel Tower within a time limit
operatedBy Alberto Santos-Dumont NERFINISHED
operatedEra pre-World War I aviation
operationalPeriod early 1900s
partOfSeries Santos-Dumont numbered airships NERFINISHED
precededBy Santos-Dumont No. 4 NERFINISHED
primaryPilot Alberto Santos-Dumont NERFINISHED
propulsionType internal combustion engine
registration No. 5
relatedTo Deutsch de la Meurthe NERFINISHED
Eiffel Tower NERFINISHED
safetyFeature ballast and valve system to control altitude
usedFor attempts to win the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize
usedIn public demonstration flights in Paris

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Alberto Santos-Dumont hasWork Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship