Louis Bleriot in London with Lord Northcliffe after Channel
Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), French aviator, engineer and inventor and the first person to cross the Channel in an aircraft. Lord Northcliffe's paper, the Daily Mail had offered a ?£1000 prize to whoever could perform this feat. Bleriot beat off two rivals (Hubert Latham and Charles de Lambert) to claim the prize, crossing the 22 mile distance from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes. Bleriot became an instant celebrity and this photograph shows him arriving in London with Lord Northcliffe with cheering crowds lining the route
Picture No
10528250
Media ID
46046225
Size
4000px x 4244px
(2.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Bystander, 4 August 1909
Date
1909
