[DOC] [TLE] Louis Blriot - Wikipedia [PAR] Louis Charles Joseph Blriot (1 July 1872  1 August 1936) was a French aviator
, inventor and ... In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first flight 
across the English Channel .... He then fitted a 50 hp (37 kW) V-16 Antoinette 
engine. ... On 25 June he made a flight lasting 15 minutes and 30 seconds, his 
longest to... [DOC] [TLE] The American Experience | Lindbergh | Aviation Milestones (1903 ... [PAR] 1909, 1909 July -- French aviator Louis Bleriot, flying the "Bleriot XI," makes the 
first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air ... Traveling at an 
average speed of 36 miles per hour, Bleriot covered the 23-mile distance in 37 
minutes. ... 1933, July -- The first round-the-world, solo flight is completed by 
Wiley Post. [DOC] [TLE] Louis Blriot - First Flight Society [PAR] First To Pilot A Plane Across The English Channel, 1909. 1872  1936. 
Frenchman Louis Blriot successfully flew across the English Channel in a small, 
... 23 miles, Blriot landed near England's Dover Castle 37 minutes after setting 
out. ... Blriot built aircraft for the French government during World War I and 
played a role... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Guinness book of Air Facts & Feats" - Internet Archive [PAR] This brings us straight back to flying, because excessive noise is now ..... hr 20 
min 23 s, to win Michelin prize and set up new world record As a measure of ... 
Covered 1 2-4 miles (20 km) in 20 min 20 s. .... The first aeroplane flight in 
Rumania was made by Louis Bleriot in. his monoplane at Bucharest on 30th 
October 1909. [DOC] [TLE] Sig Deperdussin SIGRC92 Instruction Manual - SIG Mfg. Co., Inc. [PAR] At daybreak on July 25, 1909, Frenchman Louis Bleriot succeeded in making the 
... His small monoplane made the 23 mile flight to Dover in 37 minutes despite an 
... a Deperdussin, setting a new world speed record of 126 mph in the process. 
...... Mount the electric motor assembly to former F1 using the four #2 x1/4" Sheet
... [DOC] [TLE] The Courage to Soar - NASA [PAR] Students fly their kites and then write and illustrate a story about the ... Students 
read a biography of Louis Blriot, identify the character traits, which led to ...... 
around the world, 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers), ...... taking off from a body of 
water ...... 1 electric fan. ...... crossing of the English Channel in 37 minutes in 
1909. [DOC] [TLE] A History of Aeronautics by E. Charles Vivian - Full Text Free Book ... [PAR] lies with the machine that comes nearest to natural flight. This still remains for the 
.... speed and Rougier put up a world's height record of 645 feet. The Blackpool 
.... It may be said that Louis Bleriot was responsible for the second ... flight of 20 
miles in 37 minutes, he probably had a slight following wind. .... over 23 1/2 hours
. [DOC] [TLE] The First Flight Above Egypt: The Great Week of Aviation at ... - JStor [PAR] This content downloaded from 66.249.79.181 on Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:47:50 UTC 
... month after Louis Bleriot stunned the world by flying from France to England, 
the city .... Hotel and Heliopolis House, which would rival the best in Egypt.5 In 
1909, ..... the world in a few minutes, sending the spoken word hundreds of miles,
. [DOC] [TLE] July 1 - Today in Science History - Scientists born on July 1st, died ... [PAR] Who said: Every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving 
uniformly ... Born 1 Jul 1903; died 5 Jan 1941 at age 37. ... Thumbnail - Louis 
Blriot ... piloting his Blriot XI, a monoplane with a 28-h.p. engine in 37 minutes. 
This was the world's first international overseas airplane flight Blriot made the 
historic... [DOC] [TLE] S M I T H S O N I A N I N S T I T U T I O N

Question: In 1909 Louis Bleriot electrified the world by flying the 23 1/2 miles of this body of water in 37 minutes
Answer: the English Channel