Louis Blériot was born in the Pas de Calais in 1872. After studying sound engineering at the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. It will become an engineer in the car and made his fortune in automobile headlamps acetylene before beginning his experiments with the complicity aéronautiques brothers Neighbors. ”
In 1900, Louis Blériot decided to study and learn all the theories. He drew his own conclusions and decided to build these models on its own assumptions. In 1906, he founded his own team and miscellaneous equipment, try it himself with many accidents. With the help of a young engineer Raymond Saulnier, he directed the single Blériot XI.
On this device, on 25 July 1909, Blériot took off near Calais, at 4 am for crossing the English Channel. He joined Dover in England after 37 minutes of flight and about 38 Km This success earned him multiple orders from around the world which will ensure the future of the firm. Blériot continually drive itself at the end of 1909 to devote himself to the company Blériot Aéronautique,
In 1914, Louis Blériot acquires Devices Deperdussin “SPAD. Many factories had come Blériot SPAD. In July 1936 the health of Louis Blériot deteriorate and he died on 1st August 1936 of a heart attack.
Note that the first pilot’s license issued by the Aero Club of France in 1910, was given Blériot, not for his exploits, but simply he was the first alphabetically.
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