Blériot XI

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aircraft monoplane pioneer aircraft

The Blériot XI is an early French monoplane famous for Louis Blériot’s pioneering 1909 flight across the English Channel, marking a milestone in aviation history.

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Blériot XI canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft ⓘ
monoplane ⓘ
pioneer aircraft ⓘ
category Early 1900s aircraft ⓘ
controlSystem wing warping ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 60 km/h ⓘ
designer Louis Blériot ⓘ
Raymond Saulnier ⓘ
emptyWeight 230 kg ⓘ
engineConfiguration single-engine tractor ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
firstChannelCrossingPrize Daily Mail ⓘ
surface form: Daily Mail £1000 prize
firstChannelCrossingTime 37 minutes ⓘ
firstFlight 1909-01-23 ⓘ
firstFlightYear 1909 ⓘ
grossWeight 500 kg ⓘ
height 2.70 m ⓘ
historicalSignificance first practical monoplane to achieve worldwide fame ⓘ
laterPowerOutput 50 hp ⓘ
laterPowerplant Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine ⓘ
surface form: Gnome Omega rotary engine
length 7.62 m ⓘ
manufacturer Blériot Aéronautique ⓘ
maximumSpeed 75 km/h ⓘ
museumDisplay Musée des Arts et Métiers ⓘ
surface form: Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris

Royal Air Force Museum London ⓘ
surface form: Royal Air Force Museum, London

Science Museum, London ⓘ
notableEvent First airplane crossing of the English Channel ⓘ
notableFlightDate 1909-07-25 ⓘ
notablePilot Louis Blériot ⓘ
notableRoute Dover–Calais ⓘ
surface form: Calais to Dover
numberBuiltApproximate 100 ⓘ
powerOutput 25 hp ⓘ
powerplant Anzani 3-cylinder fan engine ⓘ
productionEndYear 1914 ⓘ
productionStartYear 1909 ⓘ
range 200 km ⓘ
registrationOfChannelAircraft No. 11 ⓘ
role military reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
racing aircraft ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling 1000 m ⓘ
structure fabric-covered ⓘ
wooden frame ⓘ
usedBy French Army ⓘ
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
surface form: Italian Army

Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
usedInConflict Balkan Wars ⓘ
Italo-Turkish War ⓘ
early World War I ⓘ
wingConfiguration high-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan 7.79 m ⓘ

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Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace → hasExhibit → Blériot XI ⓘ
Ottoman air units → usedAircraftType → Blériot XI ⓘ
Jorge Chávez Dartnell → aircraftUsed → Blériot XI ⓘ