Louis Blériot

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Louis Blériot was a pioneering French aviator and engineer best known for making the first successful airplane flight across the English Channel in 1909.

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instanceOf aerospace engineer
aviator
human
arrivalPoint Dover, England NERFINISHED
awardReceived Cross of the Legion of Honour NERFINISHED
Daily Mail prize for Channel crossing NERFINISHED
burialPlace Cimetière des Gonards NERFINISHED
Versailles, France NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1872-07-01
dateOfDeath 1936-08-01
departurePoint Les Barraques near Calais NERFINISHED
designed Blériot XI monoplane NERFINISHED
early monoplane aircraft
educatedAt École Centrale Paris NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French
familyName Blériot NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering
aviation
mechanical engineering
flightDistance approximately 37 kilometres
flightDuration approximately 36 minutes
founded Blériot Aéronautique NERFINISHED
fullName Louis Charles Joseph Blériot NERFINISHED
givenName Louis NERFINISHED
knownFor first airplane flight across the English Channel
founding Blériot Aéronautique
pioneering monoplane designs
mannerOfDeath natural causes
militaryService French Army (reserve officer, engineering)
nativeLanguage French
notableWork Blériot VIII NERFINISHED
Blériot XI NERFINISHED
Blériot monoplane designs
numberOfChildren 6
occupation aircraft designer
aviator
engineer
industrialist
participatedIn first airplane flight across the English Channel
placeOfBirth Camboin, France NERFINISHED
Camboin, Hauts-de-France NERFINISHED
Camboin, Pas-de-Calais NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
sexOrGender male
significantEvent crossed the English Channel by airplane on 1909-07-25
spouse Alice Védère NERFINISHED
usedAircraft Blériot XI NERFINISHED

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Blériot XI designer Louis Blériot
Blériot XI notablePilot Louis Blériot