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Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936) started experimenting with heavier-than-air flight as early as 1900. His trial and error approach and numerous crashes ruined him financially until one day of July 1909 when he became the first man to cross the English Channel in an airplane, and more generally the first man to fly across a large body of water. Bleriot's carreer as a pilot didn't last very long after the Channel crossing but he became one of the founders of an organized aviation industry in France. |
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Bleriot VIII bis Airplane in F... |
Bleriot VIII Monoplane Crash A... |
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