Blériot
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The sleek Blériot, wrote The Post, was a “real, live habitue of the aerial levels.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022
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 brought two planes to Benning, a Farman biplane and a Blériot monoplane.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022
Jackson said the sky rained hats, market baskets, and wooden shoes for five minutes after his Blériot had come to rest on the steps of the bureau de poste.
From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman
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