Blériot
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Times indirectly blamed the brothers’ looming presence for a crash that broke a wing on a Bleriot model plane.
From Los Angeles Times
Grahame-White ordered a plane from France’s Louis Blériot — who in 1909 became the first person to fly across the English Channel — and even worked in the factory to familiarize himself with it.
From Washington Post
He brought two planes to Benning, a Farman biplane and a Blériot monoplane.
From Washington Post
The Blériot was as different from the Wright Brothers’ creation as Grahame-White was from the Wrights themselves.
From Washington Post
He didn’t want to disappoint the Benning crowd, so his crew wheeled out the Blériot.
From Washington Post
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