My review of Nova: A Daring Flight – Aviation Exploits Beyond the Wright Brothers #DVDReview #EnglishChannel #historyofflight #LouisBleriot #Nova #PBS #PBSdocumentaries #WrightBrothers
While many of us grew up knowing the story of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, why that was such a remarkable feat is something we don’t always understand. Although not specifically about t…
This date in 1909 saw Louis Blériot's historic flight across the English Channel.
Louis Blériot's day job before he got into flying was making car headlamps. In fact, he had developed the world's first practical headlamp for automobiles and was supplying them to the biggest car manufacturers of the day.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2015/07/25th-july-louis-bleriots-flight.html
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Je ĉi dato en 1872 naskiĝis Louis Blériot, aviadanto, kiu faris la unuan stirilaron (kies aranĝo estas ankoraŭ uzita) por stiri aviadilon, la unuan monoplanon (t.e. aviadilo kun unu paro de flugiloj), kaj la unuan flugon trans la Markolon inter Francio kaj Anglio per pli-peza-ol-aero maŝino. https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bl%C3%A9riot
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