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ON December 21, the State funeral of Santos Dumont, the Brazilian pioneer of aviation, took place in Rio Janeiro. His death occurred on July 23 at São Paulo, and owing to the disturbed state of the country he was first interred there. On December 18, after the body had lain in state in the crypt of the Cathedral of São Paulo for some time, it was removed to the capital, where on arrival it was met by an escort of military and naval aircraft which performed evolutions during the transit from the station to the Cathedral of Rio Janeiro. The public were afterwards admitted to pay their last respects to one who is proclaimed by his country as the father of aviation, and on December 21 the final rites took place at the St. John the Baptist cemetery.
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M. Santas Dumont. Nature 130, 995 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130995d0
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