Louis Bleriot - First English Channel Crossing Flight 1909
Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, inventor and engineer. Several photographs taken in England of the first successful flight across the English Channel, from Calais to Dover in about forty minutes. Winning Bleriot the Daily Mail prize of £1, 000 and also receiving the Cross of the Legion of Honour
Picture No
13795860
Media ID
46798002
Size
7109px x 10752px
(15.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page photographs by Illustrations Bureau and Topical in The Illustrated London News', 31 July 1909, page 163
Date
25th July 1909
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