| Alberto Santos Dumont | |||
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| The Santos-Dumont canard was the first (and perhaps the only) aircraft in history in which the pilot manipulated the controls while standing up. A position scarcely conducive to poise or comfort. This unconventional affair, which appeared to fly backward, gave the nickname canard ("duck") to machines of similar type. | |||
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