There are two reasons for his fame.
He was the first person to cross the English Channel in an airplane. He designed and built the 1909 Bleriot airplane. It was a single wing design, unusual when most planes of the day were biplanes. It had a top speed of 10 miles per hour.
He was the first person to build a successful single wing plane, a monoplane. He proved the success by his flight across the English Channel.
Hommage a Bleriot was painted to honor Louis Bleriot, Louis Bleriot was the first peron to fly across the English channel.
Louis Bleriot died from a heart attack in Paris in 1936.
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Louis Bleriot studied engineering at École Centrale in Paris and obtained a degree in Arts and Trades.
Bleriot married Alice Védères, the daughter of a retired army officer.
Louis Bleriot's parents were Clarence and Clemence Bleriot. Louis was the oldest of their five children. His given birth name was Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot.
Hommage a Bleriot was painted to honor Louis Bleriot, Louis Bleriot was the first peron to fly across the English channel.
Louis Bleriot died from a heart attack in Paris in 1936.
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Louis Bleriot studied engineering at École Centrale in Paris and obtained a degree in Arts and Trades.
Bleriot was the first man to fly across the English Channel.
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Bleriot married Alice Védères, the daughter of a retired army officer.
Because he was the first to fly over the Channel (the sea between France and UK) in 1909 with its "Bleriot XI" airplane.
Louis Bleriot was a MAN - that may have made a little difficult to be queen of anything. He was the first man to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel.
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