a 1915 Bleriot
His experimentation and development in aircraft led to fame, fortune and one of the world’s first monoplanes (fixed-wing format with one main set of wing surfaces).
In 1909, he was the first to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft (others before had flown across in a balloon).
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After 1918, with the demand for aircraft slowing down (end of WWI), Bleriot Aeronautique took on contracts to build fishing boats, a motorcycle and a cyclecar. The motorcycles would be manufactured in Paris, the cyclecars in their England factory. Toward the end of its operation, the company would tackle projects to develop a four-engine floatplane (1929), twin-engine airliner with twin fuselages (1931) and a single-engine amphibian flying boat (1931) among many others.
photos and info found on http://goodsparkgarage.com/the-bleriot-motorcycle-and-early-flight/
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