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Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (/ ˈ b l ɛr i oʊ / BLERR-ee-oh, also US: / ˈ b l eɪ r i oʊ, ˌ b l eɪ r i ˈ oʊ, b l ɛər ˈ j oʊ / BLAY-ree-oh, - OH, blair-YOH, French: [lwi bleʁjo]; 1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a ...
Louis Blériot was a French airplane manufacturer and aviator who made the first flight of an airplane between continental Europe and Great Britain. Blériot, a graduate of the École Centrale in Paris, met and married Alice Vedène while performing military service as a lieutenant of artillery.
Jul 25, 2009 · Early in the morning of July 25th, 1909 - a hundred years ago - Louis Blériot (1872-1936) crossed the English Channel, a distance of 22 statute miles (36.6 km) from Les Barraques (near Calais) to Dover. There had been longer flights and further flights, but the conquest of the Channel by air was a sensation and brought Blériot instant fame.
Jul 25, 2022 · On July 25, 1909, French aviator Louis Bleriot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft. This week, we celebrate the 113th anniversary of this historic accomplishment. From engineer to aviator.
Number built. 103. The Blériot XI is a French aircraft from the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909.
Blériot XI, monoplane built and first flown by the French aviation pioneer Louis Blériot in 1909. Blériot took to the air with his model number XI for the first time at Issy-les-Moulineaux (near Paris) on Jan. 23, 1909. Principally designed by Raymond Saulnier, the Blériot XI was a tractor.
The Blériot Type XI was designed primarily by Raymond Saulnier, but it was a natural evolution from earlier Blériot aircraft, and one to which Louis Blériot himself made substantial contributions. Blériot achieved immortality in the Type XI on July 25, 1909, when he made the first airplane crossing of the English Channel, covering the 40 km ...
