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	Louis Blériot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Blériot (July 1, 1872 – August 2, 1936) was a French inventor and engineer, who performed the first flight over a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft.
		Born in Cambrai, Louis Blériot studied engineering at the École Centrale Paris.
		He developed an early interest in aviation and, in 1900, built a motor-powered machine called an ornithopter, which was intended to fly by flapping its wings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Bleriot (449 words)

	Louis Bleriot
		Louis Bleriot made his fortune manufacturing acetylene lamps for automobiles, although he spent nearly all of this profit on his aviation ventures; a total of nearly 780,000 francs, and by the beginning of 1909 he was bankrupt.
		Bleriot's only financial reward for being the first was Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail purse of 1,000 pounds to the first person to complete a Channel crossing between sunrise and sunset in a heavier than air vehicle.
		At 4:41, Bleriot received the message that dawn had officially broken, and in 37 minutes, Louis Bleriot was the first person to have ever flown across the English Channel in a heavier than air vehicle, a mark that can never be surpassed, nor forgotten.
	www.ohtm.org /lbleriot.html (383 words)

	Louis Blériot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Louis Blériot (July 1, 1872 in Cambrai - August 2, 1936 in Paris) was a French aviation pioneer.
		The aeroplane used was one of his own design, designated the Bleriot XI, of which copies were also manufactured in Stockholm, Sweden, called Thulin A.
		Louis Blériot was born in Cambrai, France on July 1, 1872, and studied engineering in Paris, at the Ecole Centrale Paris.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/l/lo/louis_bleriot_1.html (482 words)

	Louis Bleriot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The French press immediately interpreted Bleriot's exploit as a triumph of the monoplane--a French solution to flight--over Wright's American biplane, which, it was now remembered, had the additional defect of having to be catapulted into the air by means of a cumbersome derrick and rail.
		Bleriot's flight marked the high point of a feverish summer in which the public had been gripped with aerial hysteria and fear of invasion from foreign hordes.
		Bleriot may well have been the first to cross the Channel, but just two months before his flight newspapers had suggested that the Channel had been crossed secretly, and at night, by a far more sinister aircraft - the German Zeppelin airship.
	www.bleriot.org /docs/ChannelCrossing.htm (1557 words)

	A History of Aeronautics - Chapter XV.
		In a way, Louis Bleriot ranks before Farman in point of time; his first flapping-wing model was built as early as 1900, and Voisin flew a biplane glider of his on the Seine in the very early experimental days.
		Bleriot had studied Langley's work to a certain extent, and his sixth construction was a double monoplane based on the Langley principle.
		Bleriot's state, with an abscess in the burnt foot which had to control the elevator of his machine, renders his success all the more remarkable.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/tech/engineering/AHistoryofAeronautics/chap15.html (1462 words)

	NOVA \| Transcripts \| A Daring Flight \| PBS
		Louis Blériot, a French aviator, sets out to do what no one has done before, to cross from France to Britain over the English Channel, an expanse of water that had held Napoleon at bay.
		LOUIS BLÉRIOT: The problem was not the ditching, the problem was the blast of the helicopter blades overturned the Blériot.
		Louis Blériot, himself, in a French newspaper, was described as one of the "militant aviators." They really were just determined to do it.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/transcripts/3207_bleriot.html (5021 words)

	Louis Bleriot XI Monoplane, Bleriot and the English Channel Crossing 1909 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bleriot's chances hung on his tiny power plant; it was the creation of an Italian named Alessandro Anzani, a rough-cut and foulmouthed former bicycle racer who now produced engines for motorcycles.
		Bleriot had gradually worked up from five-minute flights to a quarter hour and then to half an hour, the point at which he figured he could trust the engine on a Channel crossing.
		Bleriot, on the other hand, knew his plane intimately, but he was less sure of finding a landing place on the unfamiliar English side of the Channel.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /aircraft/WWI/bleriot/bler_info/bler_info.htm (3410 words)

	Louis Bleriot's Record-setting Flight Across the English Channel
		Bleriot was born in Cambrai, France, in 1872, and obtained a degree in Arts and Trades from École Centrale Paris.
		Bleriot's earliest real aircraft design was for a glider, built in 1905 by another aircraft manufacturer, and he experimented with many biplane and monoplane configurations.
		Bleriot did not invent the monoplane; a Romanian lawyer turned inventor who lived in Paris, Trajan Vuia, built the first one that achieved successful flight, flying 40 feet (12 meters) on March 18, 1906.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Bleriort_1909/EX1.htm (1434 words)

	The Pioneers : An Anthology : Louis Charles-Joseph Blériot (1872 - 1936)
		Louis Blériot (1872-1937) was born in the north French town of Cambrai.
		Louis Blériot connut une gloire immédiate, et les commandes de Blériot XI affluant bientôt, il se lança dans la construction en série, en faisant toutefois appel au départ à des sous-traitants.
		Louis Blériot, a French engineer and manufacturer of automobile head lamps and other accessories, first became interested in aeronautics in 1901, when he constructed an experimental ornithopter.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/bleriot.html (5456 words)

	Louis Bleriot
		Louis Bleriot graduated with a degree in Arts and Trades from Ecole Centrale Paris.
		In only two years his new aviation company was producing a line of aircraft known for their high quality and performance.
		Louis Bleriot achieved world acclaim by being the first to fly an aircraft across the English Channel, a feat of great daring for those times.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/bleriot.htm (326 words)

	Bleriot First To Fly Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bleriot crash landed his monoplane, Blériot XI, in the dawn hours of this morning in the English countryside behind the White Cliffs of Dover.
		The Bleriot team had managed to get their man's plane up into the air in far from ideal conditions and before the Latham camp had even stirred.
		Bleriot was given the use of the French Navy destroyer Escopette which he had ordered to sea just before taking off.
	www.dailypast.com /technology/bleriot.shtml (831 words)

	Those Magnificent Men \| The Rheims Aviation Meeting 1909 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Following hard on the heels of Louis Blériot's successful crossing of the English Channel, the first ever international aviation meeting was organised at Rheims in August 1909.
		Louis Blériot then took up his Type XI and set a new world speed record of 42.9 mph (69 kph) by completing a lap in 8 min.
		Louis Blériot's 'consolation prize' for failing to win the Gordon Bennett Cup was that he was able to win the speed prize over 10 km, the Prix de Tour du Piste, later that evening.
	www.thosemagnificentmen.co.uk /rheims (4639 words)

	Louis Bleriot
		Bleriot, a motorcar headlamp manufacturer, had injured his foot and walked to his plane with the aid of crutches.
		Turning towards Dover he was caught by the wind and made a crash landing in Northfall Meadow, behind the Castle, breaking the undercarriage and propeller.
		A memorial in the form of a stone silhouette of Bleriot’s plane is set into the ground at the place where he landed.
	www.dover-kent.co.uk /people/bleriot.htm (157 words)

	Bleriot XI Master AJBS Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis GB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bleriot XI Master AJBS Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis GB The Blériot XI plane - Mascot of the Salis Collection, the Blériot XI is also the older and the most touching among the museum.
		In July 1998, the small son of Louis Blériot, Louis also, tries to republish his big father's feat, but after several minutes of flight, Louis was in trouble with the Blériot XI, fortunately with little damage, Louis remains definitively decided to reattempt this crossing, it is a matter of honour, Louis JR.
		She is quasily unchanged from origin, only fabrics, were changed several times, they will be integrally redone for our 2000 meeting.
	www.ajbs.com /Anglais/MuseeGB/BleriotXIGBHtml/Bleriot-XI-MasterGB.htm (253 words)

	History of Airplane Hangars and REIDsteel - Why are hangars called hangars?, History of REIDsteel.
		When Louis Bleriot Crash landed in Northern France in the early 1920's, he put his plane into a farmer's steel cattle pen made by REIDsteel.
		Louis Bleriot phoned REIDsteel and ordered the first three 'Hangars', which were built at Lamotte-Beuvron.
		Louis Bleriot achieved world acclaim when he became the first person to fly across the English Channel in a powered aircraft on the 25th July 1909.
	www.reidsteel.aero /history.htm (311 words)

	Bleriot Monoplane on display at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Bleriot monoplane is one of the most significant of pre-WW I aircraft.
		By 1915, Bleriots were outclassed by more advanced airplanes and they were relegated to training Allied aviators including many Americans who joined the British and French flying services prior to U.S. Air Service entry into the war.
		At full throttle, the fledgling pilots bounced across the airfield, learning to control the rudder with their feet; once they could keep the Bleriot on a fairly straight course, they advanced to an airplane which could leave the ground.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/early_years/ey1a.htm (232 words)

	Louis Bleriot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Meanwhile, Brodie has a Bleriot monoplane sent down from Chicago, but as this was minus the engine, it was used to give ground instruction.
		Ray made a verbal deal with me. He would pay my fare to St. Louis and pay my room and board while his plane was being built and he learned to fly.
		Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) is probably the most well known person in this picture.
	www.earlyaviators.com /ebleriot.htm (1194 words)

	Science Museum - History of Flight - Bleriot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Louis Bleriot made the first cross-Channel heavier-than-air flight in his No XI monoplane on 25 July 1909.
		motor was barely adequate for the task, Bleriot bravely pressed on, landing in Dover to immense acclaim.
		Louis Bleriot was one of the pioneers of the standard-control layout still used today and patented his system in 1908.
	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk /on-line/flight/flight/bleriot.asp (127 words)

	Bleriot XII
		Louis Bleriot is seen here flying his model XII with 'race' number 23.
		The picture was taken on the occasion of Louis Bleriot's passenger-accompanied flight of 6 km at Issy Les Moulineaux on June 12, 1909.
		His Bleriot XII is seen here in what must be the definitive version.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /clyde/808/bleriot12.html (192 words)

	The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 (Picture Puffins) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Voila, Monsieur Louis Bleriot (who, for purposes that remain unclear, is referred to here as a very un-French "Mr.").
		In 1901 Louis Bleriot had made a fortune off of his invention of an automobile searchlight.
		This children's book is an account of the famous French aviation pioneer, Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) who was the first person to fly across the English Channel (on July 25, 1909).
	construction-directory.org /construction-books/isbn0140507299.html (875 words)

	Prelude to War
		On July 25, 1909, the Frenchman Louis Bleriot, in an aircraft he designed and built, became the first to fly across the English Channel.
		Even though Louis had been deathly sick with an infected foot (the result of a gasoline explosion), he was forced into making the flight when he did.
		The Bleriot XI, Louis's plane, proved to be a superior flying machine and distinguished itself in many events preceding the war.
	www.wwiaviation.com /prelude.shtml (660 words)

	French Aircraft Designers WW1 - Louis Bleriot
		August Louis Bleriot graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris with a degree in Arts and Trades.
		In two years his aviation company was producing aircraft known for their quality and performance.
		Louis Bleriot became famous for being the first to fly an aircraft across the English Channel.
	www.wwiaviation.com /designers/designer_Bleriot.shtml (190 words)

	PBS - Chasing the Sun - Louis Blériot
		Excerpt from episode 1 of “Chasing the Sun” about French aviation hero, Louis Bleriot.
		After his famous flight, Blériot formed a plane company which became quite successful, first manufacturing copies of his Blériot XI, and later producing the S.P.A.D. fighter flown by the Allies during WWI.
		Louis Blériot would continue to make contributions to the field of aviation until his death on August 2, 1936.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/lbleriot.html (524 words)

	Bleriot XI - Milestones of Flight - Louis Bleriot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On 25 July 1909 Louis Blériot, a determined and courageous Frenchman, became the first person to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane.
		His feat drew great popularity for him and his aircraft but also coined the phrase "Great Britain is no longer an Island".
		The Blériot XI was not the only monoplane in a contemporary aviation world populated by increasing numbers of biplanes, but one of the first dependable, reliable and versatile examples of this design; at a time when many of its contemporaries were dangerous, difficult to control and unstable.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/exhibition/bleriot-xi.html (125 words)

	Louis Bleriot Monoplane - Military and Aircraft Scale Models
		25th July 1909: Louis Bleriot becomes the first person to make a "heavier than air" crossing of the English Channel.
		Designed by Louis Blériot with the aid of Raymond Saulnier, the X1 was first flown on January 23rd, 1909.
		The X1 had a 28hp REP engine and a wire braced shoulder-mounted wing using a wing-warping system for lateral control, similar to the Wright Flyer.
	www.militarymodels.com /product_page.asp?code=CG90111 (98 words)

	Louis Bleriot and his Bleriot monoplane XI English Channel flight.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Louis Bleriot and his Bleriot monoplane XI English Channel flight..
		Louis Bleriot and his Bleriot model XI crosses the English Channel
		This monumental feat won Louie many orders for his 'flying machine' which was looked upon as 'state of the art' until and just after the onset of the 'Great War 1914-1917.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /aircraft/WWI/bleriot/bleriot.htm (337 words)

	Famous Flights of 1907 - A Chronology of Aviation History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The craft was built by Louis Peyret, the foreman at Blériot's works.
		he brothers Louis and Jacques Breguet demonstrated their strange "gyroplane" Nº I by lifting itself about two feet off the ground.
		This initial flight was approximately 262 feet in length.
	www.skytamer.com /Aviation-History-Famous-Historical-Flights-of-1907.htm (310 words)

	Famous Flights of 1909 - A Chronology of Aviation History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		he Aéro-Club de France grants its first 15 pilots' licenses: number 1 is Louis Blériot and number 15 is Wilbur Wright.
		Louis Blériot therefore wins the £1,000 Daily Mail prize for the first Channel crossing by airplane in daylight.
		1909 Blériot XI irst official aeroplane flight in Romania made by Louis Blériot flying a Blériot monoplane.
	www.skytamer.com /Aviation-History-Famous-Historical-Flights-of-1909.htm (627 words)

	Science and Society Picture Library - Search
		Bleriot crossing the English Channel in his monoplane, 1909.
		Bleriot took off from Les Barraques, Calais, France, on 25 July 1909, in his self-made 'Type XI' 25 hp monoplane, and made the crossing to Dover, Kent, in approximately 37 minutes.
		Bleriot claimed a £1000 prize from the Daily Mail for his achievement.
	www.scienceandsociety.co.uk /results.asp?image=10314968 (159 words)

	First Flight Shrine: Louis Blériot - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society
		renchman Louis Blériot successfully flew across the English Channel in a small, 25-horsepower monoplane of his own design.
		He beat rival Hubert Latham, who had aborted an earlier attempt, thereby winning the London Daily Mail prize of 1,000 pounds.
		Considered the "father of the modern monoplane" and "the pilot of the first epochal flight," he died a forgotten man in 1936, his contributions buried by an avalanche of progress in flight.
	www.firstflight.org /shrine/louis_bleriot.cfm (287 words)

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