Louis Bleriot Collection

Louis Bleriot about to make the first successful flight across the English Channel, 1909. French aviator Bleriot (1872-1936)

Bleriot monoplane used by the British army, 1914. This aircraft was essentially the same as the one in which Louis Bleriot made the first successful flight across the English Channel in 1909

Bleriot XI, 1914. Creator: Bleriot Aeronautique
Tractor monoplane with one 50-horsepower Gnome seven-cylinder rotary engine. Wing warping laterial control. Castering landing gear. Natural finish overall with black markings

Bleriots monoplane, 1909, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Bleriots monoplane, 1909, (1932). French aviator, inventor and engineer Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) made the first successful flight across the English Channel in 1909

Louis Bleriot leaving Calais to cross the English Channel in 1909
Louis Ble riot (1872-1936) leaving Calais to cross the English Channel in 1909 (b/w photo)

Adolphe Pegoud and Louis Bleriot, French aviators, Brooklands, Surrey, 1913
Adolphe Pe goud and Louis Bleriot, French aviators, Brooklands, Surrey, 1913. Adolphe Ce lestin Pe goud (1889-1915) was a test pilot for Bleriot (1872-1936)

The conqueror of the Channel: Louis Bleriot, 1909 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The conqueror of the Channel: Louis Bleriot, 1909 (1933). Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, inventor and engineer

Advertisement for Bleriot headlamps, c1905. Artist: Philippe Chapellier
Advertisement for Bleriot headlamps, c1905

Louis Bleriot on his way to the Savoy Hotel, London, 25 July 1909. French aviator Bleriot (1872-1936) passes cheering crowds after making the first successful powered flight across the Engliah

Louis Bleriot on the pier at Dover after his flight across the English Channel, 25 July 1909. French aviator Bleriot (1872-1936)

Hubert Latham prepares to take off after Louis Bleriot, near Calais, France, 25 July 1909. Flying an Antoinette aircraft, French aviator Hubert Latham (1883-1912)

Louis Bleriot, pioneering French aviator, 1909. Bleriot (1872-1936) made his fortune through manufacturing acetylene headlamps for motor cars but he is famous for being the first person to fly across

Louis Bleriot (right) 1872-1936, French aviator and the French air ace Adolphe Pegoud
Louis Bleriot (right) 1872-1936, French aviator and first man to cross English Channel in an airplane, July 1909. With him is the French air ace Adolphe Pegoud who was killed during World War I

Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les Boraques near Calais, France, in his monoplane Bleriot XI on 25 July 1909

Evolution of the airfoil, 1908-1944. Creator: Unknown
Evolution of the airfoil, 1908-1944. Diagrams showing the historical evolution of airfoil sections. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of

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