Blériot
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He brought two planes to Benning, a Farman biplane and a Blériot monoplane.
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 didn’t want to disappoint the Benning crowd, so his crew wheeled out the Blériot.
From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022
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 • Dec. 31, 2022
The Blériot monoplane was the first flying-machine to cross the English Channel.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
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