About 10 results for ‘Louis Blériot’
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Louis Blériot
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1 July 1872 – 2 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of the money he made to finance his attempts to build a successful aircraft. In 1909 he became world famous for making the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft, winning the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. Blériot was also the first to make a working, powered, piloted monoplane. and the founder of a successful aircraft manufacturing company.
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- Artist(s):
- Sarreguemines
aéronautique (l')(Série décorative)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aviation
- Aviator
- English Channel
- Louis Blériot
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 20th century
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aéronautique (l')(Série décorative)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aviation
- Aviator
- English Channel
- Fixed-wing aircraft
- Louis Blériot
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Arrivée de Blériot à Douvres
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- Field(s):
- Philately
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aviation
- Aviator
- Dover
- Louis Blériot
- Monoplane
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
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- Designation:
- mosaïque
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aviator
- Louis Blériot
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Blériot traversant la Manche, 25 Juillet 1909
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- Field(s):
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aviation
- English Channel
- Louis Blériot
- Monoplane
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Blériot aux commandes de son monoplan
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- Field(s):
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aviation
- Aviator
- Louis Blériot
- Monoplane
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Blériot et son aéronef
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- Field(s):
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aviation
- Louis Blériot
- Monoplane
- Propeller (aircraft)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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