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Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936, French aviator and inventor. He devoted the fortune acquired by his invention of an automobile searchlight to the invention and construction of monoplanes. After making several short-distance records, he was the first to cross (July 25, 1909) the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine.

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BLERIOT'S MACHINES IMPROVED AFTER WRIGHT EXHIBITION AT LEMANS.(LOCAL)

Mar 16, 2003; Byline: CHRIS KIDDER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Louis Bleriot was born a year after Orville Wright. An engineer educated in Paris at the...

100 years on ... a Bleriot graces the sky again

Jul 26, 2009; IT WAS a cruel blow that killed a pilot's dream. At 5.30pm yesterday, Mikael Carlson was waiting near Calais to fly to Dover in...

Avaitors to re-enact Louis Bleriot's crossing of the English Channel; A dream flight centennial ; Aviators are gearing up to re-enact first crossing of English Channel by air

Jul 24, 2009; NICOLA CLARK International Herald Tribune 07-24-2009 Avaitors to re-enact Louis Bleriot's crossing of the English Channel; A...

Pilot repeats Bleriot feat in quick time.(News)

Jul 26, 1999; An admirer of Louis Bleriot, the first man to fly across the English Channel, yesterday repeated the endeavour on its 90th...

Bleriot fails to cross the Channel

Jul 27, 1998; IT WAS almost 90 years ago that Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly across the English Channel. Yesterday, his grandson was...

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