Louis Blériot
Pilot, Inventor
1872 – 1936
Who was Louis Blériot?
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot 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.
Famous Quotes:
- "I am alone. I can see nothing at all. For ten minutes, I am lost."
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- Born
- Jul 1, 1872
Cambrai - Also known as
- Louis Bleriot
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- École Centrale Paris
Engineering
- École Centrale Paris
- Died
- Aug 2, 1936
Paris - Resting place
- Cimetière des Gonards
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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