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![[Louis Blériot at the helm of his monoplane, furnished with "automatic" motor of 50 h.p.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvbG91aXMtYmxlcmlvdC1hdC10aGUtaGVsbS1vZi1oaXMtbW9ub3BsYW5lLWZ1cm5pc2hlZC13aXRoLWF1dG9tYXRpYy1tb3Rvci1vZi1lYzVjMTQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/257/jpg "[Louis Blériot at the helm of his monoplane, furnished with \"automatic\" motor of 50 h.p.]")
![[Starting motor for Louis Blériot's cross-channel flight]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvc3RhcnRpbmctbW90b3ItZm9yLWxvdWlzLWJsZXJpb3RzLWNyb3NzLWNoYW5uZWwtZmxpZ2h0LTlkZjY4NC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Starting motor for Louis Blériot's cross-channel flight]")
![[Louis Blériot at the wheel of his monoplane, with Alfred LeBlanc, July 25, 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbG91aXMtYmxlcmlvdC1hdC10aGUtd2hlZWwtb2YtaGlzLW1vbm9wbGFuZS13aXRoLWFsZnJlZC1sZWJsYW5jLWp1bHktMjUtMTkwOS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Louis Blériot at the wheel of his monoplane, with Alfred LeBlanc, July 25, 1909]")
![[Blériot's monoplane at Reims]. Photo by Bain News Service collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYmxlcmlvdHMtbW9ub3BsYW5lLWF0LXJlaW1zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Blériot's monoplane at Reims]. Photo by Bain News Service collection")
![[Aviator Nick Mamer in Blériot plane, at end of "Circuit de l'Est"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvYXZpYXRvci1uaWNrLW1hbWVyLWluLWJsZXJpb3QtcGxhbmUtYXQtZW5kLW9mLWNpcmN1aXQtZGUtbGVzdC1lYWRjZmMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Aviator Nick Mamer in Blériot plane, at end of \"Circuit de l'Est\"]")
![[Louis Blériot(?) on his airplane, surrounded by people]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvbG91aXMtYmxlcmlvdC1vbi1oaXMtYWlycGxhbmUtc3Vycm91bmRlZC1ieS1wZW9wbGUtZTZhNTBlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Louis Blériot(?) on his airplane, surrounded by people]")
