Louis Bleriot - First English Channel Crossing Flight 1909
Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, inventor and engineer. Photographed on the front cover of The Sphere Bleriot with his wife, after the surprise announcement that he had just flown across the English Channel, winning the prize of £1, 000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper
Picture No
13792950
Media ID
47842931
Size
4122px x 6384px
(5.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Front cover of The Sphere', 31 July 1909
Date
25th July 1909
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