The "cloche," a bell-shaped piece of metal attached to the control stick, operated lines leading to the elevators and ailerons (the moveable ... The Blériot XI was a small monoplane, primitive ...

As covered by Adam Estes’ article ‘Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Blériot XI‘, the story of the ... Bristol ...

Dan Taylor knows the Blériot XI inside and out. As a pilot and historian at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York, he helped restore an original 1909 model to flyable condition and ...

Il fut le premier à traverser la Manche en avion avec son Blériot XI le 25 juillet 1909. Ingénieur de l'École Centrale (promotion 1895), il a volé pour la première fois en 1907 dans un avion de sa ...