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evidence: NOTOC. The Bleriot VIII was a French pioneer era aeroplane built by Louis Bleriot , significant for its adoption of both a configuration and a control system that were to set a standard for decades to come .. French. France. pioneer era. Aviation in the pioneer era. Louis Bleriot. Louis Bleriot. The previous year , Bleriot had experimented with a tandem wing design , the Bleriot VI , then built another aircraft , the Bleriot VII , in which the rear wing was somewhat smaller than the front wing .. tandem wing. tandem wing. Bleriot VI. Bleriot VI. Bleriot VII. Bleriot VII. In the Bleriot VIII , he reduced the size of the rear wing yet again , to the point where it was no longer contributing much in the way of lift , but had become the horizontal stabiliser .. horizontal stabiliser. horizontal stabiliser. More novel was his adoption of a single control stick that would control both roll and pitch , while the rudder was controlled by a horizontal , centrally pivoted bar swung by the pilot 's feet .. control stick. control stick. rudder. rudder. A similar control arrangement for roll and pitch control had been incorporated into an aircraft the previous year by Robert Esnault-Pelterie , but the Bleriot VIII was the first use in a single airframe of the combination of hand / arm-operated joystick and foot-operated rudder control , that is in use to the present day , for the basic format of aerodynamic aircraft control systems .. rudder. rudder. Robert Esnault-Pelterie. Robert Esnault-Pelterie. aircraft control systems. aircraft flight control system. Bleriot found that the new aircraft flew very well , and for the first time he had sufficient control to fly in circles .. He could also keep it aloft for up to eight minutes at a time .. During the course of 1908 , he modified it a number of times , calling the first major revision the VIII-bis and the next the VIII-ter .. With this aircraft on June 29 , Bleriot claimed the second of three prizes being offered by the Automobile Club de France for a flight with an altitude of 200 m. Longer and longer flights followed  : on October 21 , he made one of 7 km , and ten days later flew 14 km cross-country from Toury to Artenay and flew back again .. Automobile Club de France. Automobile Club de France. Toury. Toury. Artenay. Artenay