Louis Bleriot - First English Channel Crossing Flight 1909
Bleriot French aviator, photographed with his elated wife in Dover, in front of his aeroplane Bleriot XI that he designed and built by himself. Completing the first successful aviator to flight across the English Channel, from Calais to Dover in about forty minutes. Winning the Daily Mail prize of £1, 000 and also receiving the Cross of the Legion of Honour
Picture No
13795855
Media ID
47842947
Size
7252px x 3131px
(6.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Bystander', 28 July 1909, page 167
Date
25th July 1909
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