Louis Blériot

Louis Charles Joseph Blériot

Louis Blériot, or "Louis Charles Joseph Blériot", (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.)

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.

(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.

Companies:

• Ateliers d'Aviation Édouard Surcouf, Blériot et Voisin (1905-1906)
• Blériot Aéronautique a.k.a. Recherches Aéronautiques Louis Blériot (1907-1914)
• Blériot Aeronautics (English branch, after 1912)
• Blériot and Spad Manufacturing Co. / SPAD (1914-1919)
• Air Navigation and Engineering Co. Ltd. (1919-?)

Memberships:

• Aero Club, Society for Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion --> Aero Club of France
• French Society of Aerial Navigation
• Chamber of Commerce of Aeronautic Industries
• Aero Club of Bearn
• Society Aerial of Picardy
• Blackpool and Fylde District Aero Club

Other appearances:

• Reims Air Meet
• Prix de Voyage, from Aero-Club of France

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Louis Blériot

• Patent FR-1901-310240 (English title: Support system for airplanes, Filing date: 1901)
• Patent FR-1907-374494 (English title: Control by way of cardan, Filing date: 1907-02-09)
• Patent FR-1907-374737 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1907-02-11)
• Patent DE-1907-244158 (English title: Apparatus for simultaneous adjustment for separate helms on aircraft and submarines, Filing date: 1907-03-02)
• Patent FR-1907-377174 (English title: Navigation system, Filing date: 1907-04-26)
• Patent FR-1907-380098 (English title: Airship equilibrium system, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-374494 • Patent FR-1907-377174, Filing date: 1907-07-20)
• Patent FR-1907-382530 (English title: Ascension-in-place of airplanes and analogous apparatus, Filing date: 1907-10-04)
• Patent FR-1907-377174.8323 (English title: Control system, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-377174, Filing date: 1907-10-15)
• Patent FR-1908-377174.8770 (English title: Steering system, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-377174 • Patent FR-1907-377174.8323, Filing date: 1908-01-11)
• Patent FR-1908-386257 (English title: Mounting system for carrying wheels of airplanes and similar machines, Filing date: 1908-01-15)
• Patent CH-1908-44159 (English title: Device for the control of several rudders, in submarines, airships and aviation devices, Filing date: 1908-01-27)
• Patent US-1908-1009017 (English title: Balancing and steering apparatus, equilibrium achieved via gyroscope, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-374494, Filing date: 1908-01-31)
• Patent IT-1908-93691 (English title: Improvements made to the control of balancing and steering components of submarine aircraft and similar devices, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-377174, Filing date: 1908-02-03)
• Patent GB-1908-21497 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Balancing and Steering Apparatus for Aerial Machines, Sub-marines and the like, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-377174.8323 • Patent GB-1908-9069 • Patent FR-1907-377174, Filing date: 1908-02-05)
• Patent GB-1908-2588 (English title: Improvements in or relating to balancing and steering apparatus, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-374494, Filing date: 1908-02-05)
• Patent GB-1908-9069 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Balancing and Steering Apparatus for Aerial Machines, Sub-marines and the like, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-377174, Filing date: 1908-02-05)
• Patent DE-1908-246147 (English title: Apparatus for simultaneous adjustment of separate helms on aircraft and submarines, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1907-244158 • Patent FR-1908-377174.8770, Filing date: 1908-02-19)
• Patent FR-1908-400578 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and similar devices improvements to wings and rudders among other things, Filing date: 1908-06-11)
• Patent DE-1908-226074 (English title: Control means for airplanes and airships and the like, Filing date: 1908-07-24)
• Patent GB-1908-20785 (English title: standing start with propellers sending air over wings, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-382530, Filing date: 1908-10-02)
• Patent DE-1908-232159 (English title: Device for launching hang-gliders on the spot, Filing date: 1908-10-02)
• Patent IT-1908-98327 (English title: Ascension-in-place of airplanes and analogous apparatus, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-382530, Filing date: 1908-10-02)
• Patent CU-1909-8469 (English title: Machines and metal parts of all kinds and more particularly utensils such as those for aerial navigation, their accessories, their loose parts, products or materials constituting or intended for their use)
• Patent CU-1909-8470 (English title: Machines and metal parts of all kinds and more particularly utensils such as those for aerial navigation, their accessories, their loose parts, products or materials constituting or intended for their use)
• Patent GB-1909-463 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Aerial Machines, that islanding gear, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1908-386257, Filing date: 1909-01-07)
• Patent US-1909-987540 (English title: Means for supporting aerial machines, Filing date: 1909-01-11)
• Patent DE-1909-226853 (English title: Suspension for tractors of aircraft, Filing date: 1909-01-13)
• Patent DE-1909-225788 (English title: Liquid coolers for engines of airships and flying machines, Filing date: 1909-03-22)
• Patent US-1910-967712 (English title: Radiator for flying-machine motors, Filing date: 1909-03-25)
• Patent FR-1909-415214 (English title: Improvements brought to airplanes and related machines, Filing date: 1909-07-06)
• Patent CH-1909-49064 (English title: Ribbed wing for aircraft and method of manufacturing the wing, Filing date: 1909-08-14)
• Patent DE-1909-240462 (English title: Framework for drag-surfaces and steering-surfaces of aircraft and the like, Filing date: 1909-08-17)
• Patent GB-1909-19208 (English title: Improvements in aeroplanes and similar apparatus, Filing date: 1909-08-20)
• Patent FR-1909-418560 (English title: Method and device for making it possible to modify the curvature of active surfaces, such as for example airfoils, of airplanes and the like during the journey, Filing date: 1909-09-30)
• Patent FR-1909-377174.11850 (English title: Control system, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-377174, Filing date: 1909-12-02)
• Patent GB-1910-4095 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Securing Propellers, Fly Wheels and the like of Aeroplanes and other similar Apparatus upon their Spindles, Filing date: 1910-02-18)
• Patent FR-1910-423883 (English title: Method and devices for remedying breakdowns of engines used for purposes such as air navigation and of engines used for the control of the thruster of airplanes especially, Filing date: 1910-02-26)
• Patent HU-1910-54168 (English title: Innovations on aeroplanes, Filing date: 1910-05-03)
• Patent ES-1910-48028 (English title: An airplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-05-16 Louis Blériot, Filing date: 1910-07-01)
• Patent FR-1910-418867 (English title: Improvements brought to the landing pads of airplanes and related machines, Filing date: 1910-08-03)
• Patent FR-1910-418867.13489 (English title: Improvements brought to landing pads of airplanes and related vehicles, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-418867, Filing date: 1910-11-26)
• Patent RU-1910-23976 (English title: Monoplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1910-12-12 Louis Blériot, Filing date: 1910-12-17)
• Patent LU-1910-8770 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1910-12-17)
• Patent DE-1910-263061 (English title: Aircraft with propulsion generated in its hull, Filing date: 1910-12-18)
• Patent HU-1910-55422 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1910-12-19)
• Patent GB-1911-343 (English title: Improvements in Aeroplanes and similar Apparatus, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1910-08-22 Louis Blériot, Filing date: 1911-01-05)
• Patent GB-1911-344 (English title: Improvements in Aeroplanes and like Apparatus, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1910-12-12 Louis Blériot, Filing date: 1911-01-05)
• Patent US-1911-1045666 (English title: Aeroplane, Filing date: 1911-01-07)
• Patent BE-1911-232184 (English title: Improvements to the wings of airplanes and related craft, Filing date: 1911-01-20)
• Patent FR-1911-430234 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and similar devices, Filing date: 1911-05-29)
• Patent FR-1911-435764 (English title: Improvements brought to airplanes and related machines, all having to do with among other things frame and steering and weight differential of component parts, Filing date: 1911-10-27)
• Patent BE-1911-240352 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and related machines, Filing date: 1911-11-11)
• Patent FR-1911-436568 (English title: Improvements brought to airplanes and related machines, Filing date: 1911-11-20)
• Patent FR-1911-437405 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and similar devices, Filing date: 1911-12-09)
• Patent GB-1911-28638 (English title: Improvements in Aeroplanes and the like, in the folding body aiding in transport, in a varaiable pitch propeller, Filing date: 1911-12-19)
• Patent FR-1912-452058 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and similar devices, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1911-240352, Filing date: 1912-09-30)
• Patent BE-1912-240352.250131 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and related machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1911-240352, Filing date: 1912-10-28)
• Patent GB-1912-25877 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Aerial Machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1911-240352, Filing date: 1912-11-11)
• Patent FR-1913-452058.18081 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and similar devices, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1912-10-28 Louis Blériot • Patent FR-1912-452058, Filing date: 1913-08-08)
• Patent FR-1915-400578.23309 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and similar devices, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1908-400578, Filing date: 1915-04-28)
• Patent FR-1916-502839 (English title: Improvements to airplanes or similar devices, Filing date: 1916-02-24)
• Patent FR-1916-492342 (English title: Improvements made to assemblies, such as, in particular, those for air navigation devices, that is, a metallic plaque serving in the joining of other airplane component parts, Filing date: 1916-06-26)
• Patent GB-1916-127005 (English title: Improvements in the Propulsion of Aeroplanes or the like, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1916-502839, Filing date: 1916-12-29)
• Patent GB-1917-127671 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Joints, particulary for Aerial Machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1916-492342, Filing date: 1917-05-19)
• Patent FR-1917-502839.21604 (English title: Improvements to airplanes or similar devices, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1916-502839, Filing date: 1917-06-18)
• Patent GB-1918-130372 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Aeroplanes or the like, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1916-502839 • Patent GB-1916-127005 • Patent FR-1917-502839.21604, Filing date: 1918-02-04)
• Patent US-1918-1441056 (English title: Aeroplane or the like, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1916-502839, Filing date: 1918-02-16)
• Patent FR-1918-502839.23888 (English title: Improvements to airplanes and similar devices, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1916-502839 • Patent FR-1917-502839.21604, Filing date: 1918-06-18)

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