Thursday, January 13, 2011

Blériot, Louis

Blériot, Louis (lwē blārēō') [key], 18721936, French aviator and inventor. He devoted the fortune acquired by his invention of an automobile searchlight to the invention and construction of monoplanes. After making several short-distance records, he was the first to cross (July 25, 1909) the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine.


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