Below, Taylor guides you through a tour of this pioneering aircraft, giving you a detailed view of its key systems and aeronautical innovations. Many of the early airplanes carried very ...

Blériot: Yes, of course. “I was also mortified that I had crashed the plane in front of a crowd of people and television cameras.” NOVA: Did he loom large in your imagination? Blériot ...

Bleriot XI Simulation Engineers at the University of Liverpool's Flight Simulation Laboratory take their virtual Blriot XI racer for a test run. The simulation was created in 2009 to mark the ...

A pilot flying a World War I replica plane in upstate New York died on Saturday ... Recently he’s been instrumental in returning our Bleriot XII, Hanriot, SPAD VII, and Fokker Triplane to ...

Gustav Hamel flew in his Bleriot airplane, covering 21 miles in just 18 minutes Royal Mail has launched an online gallery marking the first airmail flight in 1911. The collection includes ...

He used the money from his business to experiment with towed gliders on the Seine River, learning about aircraft and flight dynamics. His interest in aviation manifested itself when, in 1900 ...