Many people have been very pleased to see the white cliffs of Dover come into sight. Only one of them won a £1,000 prize by crash-landing just above them! Louis Blériot undertook what is ...

In 1909, during an era when short, low flights over open fields were considered major victories, French inventor Louis Blériot stunned the world by crossing the English Channel in his Blériot XI ...

Bleriot XI Simulation Engineers at the University of Liverpool's Flight Simulation Laboratory take their virtual Blriot XI racer for a test run. The simulation was created in 2009 to mark the ...