Blériot created the world's first successful monoplane, the Blériot V, but this model crashed easily.
However, in 1909, he created the Blériot XI, which was more stable.
Blériot took off just after dawn, at 04:30 on 25 July 1909, an flew at an altitude of about 250 feet (76 m).
Soon after take off the weather deteriorated and Blériot lost sight of any landmarks, and rapidly outpaced the destroyer escort.
He flew 36.6 km from Les Baraques near Calais, to Dover. The flight took 37 minutes.
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot
Born 1 July 1872 Cambrai, France
Died 2 August 1936 (aged 64) Paris, France
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