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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.
- Louis Blériot and Raymond Saulnier
- Civil tourer/trainer/military
- 23 January 1909
- Louis Blériot
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 ...
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Sep 4, 2023 · The Bleriot XI gets its name from the French engineer, Louis Bleriot. Bleriot manufactured auto parts, but around 1901, he took an interest in aviation and began to experiment with airplane...
The first Blériot XI in early 1909. Three of his aircraft were displayed at the first Paris Aero Salon, held at the end of December: the Blériot IX monoplane; the Blériot X, a three-seat pusher biplane; and the Blériot XI, which went on to be his most successful model. The first two of the designs, which used Antoinette engines, never flew ...
- Inventor and engineer
On July 25, 1909, he piloted his Blériot XI, a monoplane with a 25-horsepower engine, across the English Channel from Calais, France, to Dover, Eng. This feat won him a prize of £1,000 offered by the London Daily Mail and resulted in his emergence as one of the leading aircraft pilots and manufacturers of the era.
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.
