Louis Bleriot

His flight across the Channel is the identical route taken by French aviator Louis Bleriot almost a century ago.

Man with Jet Wings crosses English Channel 2008

Fewer Americans know about Louis Bleriot, the first person to fly over the English Channel.

Archive 2006-11-01 Tripp 2006

Fewer Americans know about Louis Bleriot, the first person to fly over the English Channel.

Good airplane book for kids Tripp 2006

The trophy was named for Louis Bleriot, the first man to fly across the English Channel.

Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990

T.e first certificate in England was that of J.T. C. Moore-Brabazon, while Louis Bleriot was first on the French list and Glenn C.rtiss, first holder of an American certificate, also held the second French brevet.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

The next day, Louis Bleriot, in flying from Toury to Artenay, made two landings en route, this being the first cross-country flight with landings.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

It may be said that Louis Bleriot was responsible for the second great landmark in the history of successful flight.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

Louis Bleriot came into the ring on April 5th, 1907, with a first flight of 6 seconds on a

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

During 1907 and 1908 a new type of machine, in the monoplane, began to appear from the workshops of Louis Bleriot, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, and others, which was destined to give rise to long and bitter controversies on the relative advantages of the two types, into which it is not proposed to enter here; though the rumblings of the conflict are still to be heard by discerning ears.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

As great a figure in the early days as either Ferber or Santos-Dumont was Louis Bleriot, who, as early as 1900 built a flapping-wing model, this before ever he came to experimenting with the Voisin biplane type of glider on the Seine.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914