On this day in 1906, Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who spent most of his adult life in Paris, became the first to set a world record recognized by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. He flew a kite-like biplane structure called 14-Bis for a total of 722 feet.

https://x.com/airandspace/status/2121056207058215179

I posted the whole story 10 years ago https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/02/in-early-marvelous-days-of-heavier-than.html