Louis Bleriot - First English Channel Crossing Flight 1909
Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, inventor and engineer. Several photographs 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
13795852
Media ID
47842937
Size
3755px x 6061px
(4.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page in The Bystander', 28 July 1909, page 167
Date
25th July 1909
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