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34cm
actual image size: 26cm x 32cm
Description
French aviator Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) made the first cros-Channel heavier-than-air flight in his No XI monoplane on 25 July 1909. Though his small, air-cooled three-cylinder Anzani motor was barely adequate for the task, he bravely presed on, landing in Dover to immense acclaim. Bleriot was one of the pioneers of the standard-control layout still used today and patented his system in 1908.
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