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
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
He didn’t want to disappoint the Benning crowd, so his crew wheeled out the Blériot.
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
In the afternoon, I went to the flying school with H. Our guide, Captain P., showed us as special attraction a Blériot, which he had.
From An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 by Oswald Boelcke
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