Louis Blériot

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Louis Charles Joseph Blériot

Louis Blériot, or "Louis Charles Joseph Blériot"[1], (1872–1936) was a prominent inventor and aviator whose airplanes were widely displayed and used.

Diagram of Blériot's record-setting 17-mile flight from Toury to Artenay and back on 31 October 1908. (A monument commemorating this flight still stands in Toury.)[2]
Patent GB-1908-2588 Original Diagram
Patent GB-1908-9069 Original Diagram

In 1909, he flew the the Blériot XI across the English Channel and thereby won a £1000 prize from the Daily Mail.

The second individual to make this crossing was Jacques de Lesseps, 21 May 1910. Jacques' piloting debut had been aboard a Louis Blériot monoplane, in September 1909.[3]

(We are looking into the specifics of collaboration between Blériot and the Raymond Saulnier of Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier.)

The Institut de France awarded Blériot and Gabriel Voisin the Prix Osiris, worth 100,000 francs.

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Names Louis Blériot; Louis Charles Joseph Blériot
Birth date July 1, 1872
Death date August 1, 1936
Countries US, GB, FR, HU, IT, US, ES
Locations 56 boule Maillot, Neuilly-sur-Seine, département Seine, France
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Tech areas Airship, Airplane, Wings, Aileron, Stability, Gyroscope, Rudder, Steering, Navigation, Landing, Control
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