Bleriot in his cross-channel machine. Photograph, courtesy The Sherman Fairchild Collection of Aeronautical Photographs.
In July 1909, French aviation pioneer Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly across the English Channel, traveling in his 25-horsepower Model...
Louis Bleriot taking off at Calais to fly across the English Channel on July 25, 1909. Illustration in Belles images d histoire by H. Geron et A....