Louis Blériot was born in Cambrai, France, on 1st July, 1872. While studying engineering in Paris he developed an interest in aviation. Since the early 19th century Frenchmen such as Jean Pierre François Blanchard and Jacob Degen had building ornithopters, a machine that flies by flapping its wings. In 1900 Blériot built his own ornithopter, but like Blanchard and Degen he failed to get it off the ground.
In 1903, Blériot joined up with Gabriel Voisin, another aircraft designer, to form the Blériot-Voison Company. The company built a floatplane glider, which flew during 1905. The following year Blériot left Voison and started his own company.
Blériot now built a monoplane with a tractor propeller. The plane had low cantilever wings, covered fuselage, a rudder, and a large, all-moving tailplane. The enclosed Antoinette engine drove a four-blade metal propeller. The Blériot VII was tested in 1907, and managed to cover more than 1,640 feet (500 m) at a speed of about 50 mph (80 kpm).
Louis Blériot was born in Cambrai, France, on 1st July, 1872. While studying engineering in Paris he developed an interest in aviation. Since the early 19th century Frenchmen such as Jean Pierre François Blanchard and Jacob Degen had building ornithopters, a machine that flies by flapping its wings. In 1900 Blériot built his own ornithopter, but like Blanchard and Degen he failed to get it off the ground.
In 1903, Blériot joined up with Gabriel Voisin, another aircraft designer, to form the Blériot-Voison Company. The company built a floatplane glider, which flew during 1905. The following year Blériot left Voison and started his own company.
Blériot now built a monoplane with a tractor propeller. The plane had low cantilever wings, covered fuselage, a rudder, and a large, all-moving tailplane. The enclosed Antoinette engine drove a four-blade metal propeller. The Blériot VII was tested in 1907, and managed to cover more than 1,640 feet (500 m) at a speed of about 50 mph (80 kpm).
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