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Blériot

American  
[bley-ryaw, blair-ee-oh] / bleɪˈryɔ, ˈblɛər iˌoʊ /

noun

  1. Louis 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.


Blériot British  
/ blerjo /

noun

  1. Louis (lwi). 1872–1936, French aviator and aeronautical engineer: made the first flight across the English Channel (1909)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He demonstrated both to crowds, but it was the Blériot that wowed onlookers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

The Blériot was as different from the Wright Brothers’ creation as Grahame-White was from the Wrights themselves.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

He brought two planes to Benning, a Farman biplane and a Blériot monoplane.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

Shortly before his death in 1910, just shy of his 90th birthday, he was able to telegraph his congratulations when Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel in a monoplane.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2017

The Blériot pushed Mac contemptuously aside, lifted its tail and rushed away.

From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman

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