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Picture No 10528250
Date 1909
Description Louis Bleriot in London with Lord Northcliffe after Channel
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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 ?ú1000 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.
Source Unattributed photograph in The Bystander, 4 August 1909
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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