LOUIS BLERIOT
1872-1936
  
 
ONLINE VIDEO
Suggested by HMS Foundation, 2-12-07
     I'm interested in encouraging a CENTENNIAL BLERIOT Channel Crossing 2009.

Check Bleriot.org and YouTube for the newest FLYING BLERIOTs.

I'm also in finding more information about #2 crossing by JACQUES de LESSEPS.

de LESSEPS, Jacques
de LESSEPS, Paul
de LESSEPS, Robert
Final question. Do you have any information of BLERIOTs SAND YACHT? http://arizonamodels.com/reference/Thumbs/Misc/Misc.html

Thanks,
HMS Foundation 		 

 
 
Bleriot Sand Yacht
  
 
Blériot No. 8 Sand Yacht
     The drawing is by Mike deLesseps, Grandson of Ferdinand deLesseps and son (I think direct) of the Blériot flying Jacques deLesseps who flew in Canada and the second person the cross the English Channel in an airplane.
Image and text courtesy of Don Campbell, 3-21-07
  
 
COMMENTS
via email from Mike deLesseps, 12-11-07-07
     Ferdinand deLesseps, of Suez Canal fame ( my Great Grandfather ) was the father of Jacques deLesseps famous French aviator. ( my Grandfather )The second to fly the English channel and very early in Canadian Aviation with demonstration flights.
     I hope the No.8 Bleriot sand Yacht appeals to you, it looks like a lot of fun on a windy day. The drawing was done only to demonstrate to Don Campbell that the rig had an engine and prop in the early photo which had gone un-noticed.
Cheers,
Mike deLesseps		  

 
 
ONLINE RESOURCES
     If you search for "Louis Bleriot +aviation using the Google search engine, (2-25-07), you will find about 34,400 links!!! Perhaps the best place to start is the website described immediately below.		  

 
 
The Blériot XI Monoplane-1909
HISTORY WITH WINGS
     Roger Freeman, a Pilot and president of the Vintage Aviation Historical Foundation, flies a replica of a 1909 French Blériot airplane during the organization's second annual meeting Saturday at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome near Seguin, where there are plans to build a museum.
 
     A visit to this site is a must for all fans of early aviation. You can see below a listing of the many subsections of the site. You will want to visit and enjoy each of the sections. They are a online treasurehouse of stories and photographs. Of special interest is a three minute video clip of Roger Freeman flying a replica of a 1909 French Blériot airplane.		  

 
Background
and History
History
The Others
First
AirMail
Bleriot and
the Wright
Brothers
Chicago Air
Meets
1911 1912
Bleriot
Articles
Photos and
Experiences
Antique Aero
Pictures
More
Pictures
Bleriot#1
Bleriot#2
New Photos
Construction
Plans/Advice
Hayward
Plans
Prince Plans
Wylan Plans
Rozendaal
Drawings
Junge
Details
Original 1911
Bleriot Manual
Projects
Underway
Australian
Bleriot
Belgian Bleriot
Canadian
Bleriot
Wille's
Progress
Hans Furrer
Technical
Details
Anzani
Engines
Gnome
Engines
Learn to Fly
French Inter
Microcar
Bleriot Hydro
Museum
Displays
List of
Museum
Bleriots
College Park
Aviation
Museum
Mikael
Carlson
Fort
Rucker
Collection
Stampe
Museum
Toothpick
Aircraft
Additional
Resources
Artworks
Books
Postcards
Movies
Models
Links/Contact
 
Thanks to Don Campbell for this priceless link.
To visit the site, just click on the title above.
  

 

 
 
THE UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENT
Image of the Month: September 2003		  
 
British
  
 
Luncheon Party for distinguished French and English Aviators
at the House of Commons, 1909.
(HC/LB/1/111/20/88)
The photograph features:
Back row, left to right: Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, George Renwick (MP), John Martin (Daily Telegraph), Mr Robins (press), Dr Macnamara, Mr Renwick Jnr, Sir Reginald Ambrose Cave-Browne-Cave, T P O'Connor (MP), Hon Charles S Rolls, Hon William Lygon, Dr Lockyer.
Front row, left to right: Edward Purkis Frost, Louis Bleriot, Samuel Cody, William Du Cros (MP), Frank Hedges Butler and Colonel Massy.
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) is probably the most well known person in this picture. He was an aviator who made the world's first over-the-ocean flight in a heavier-than-air craft in July 1909 when he crossed the English Channel in a monoplane.
Also featured are: Frank Hedges Butler (1855-1928), who was a balloonist and pioneer of flying; Charles S Rolls (1877-1910), who was an engineer and aviator; and Samuel Cody (1861-1913), who was a cowboy, showman and areonautical pioneer.
Reproduced by the kind permission of
the Licensing Division of Her Majesty's Stationery Office
  

 
 
 
 
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