Blériot
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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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