After a crossing of
43 kilometers during 37 minutes above the English Channel, the 25th of July
1909, Louis Blériot lands with difficulty close to Dover.
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This crossing is only the final
point, the result of the long and keen, and often perilous work which Louis Blériot
undertook. This man who was at the same time an engineer, manufacturer and
test pilot of his own inventions, made progress spectacularly in technology in
which he obstinately believed.
This model belongs to a
collection launched by Hachette Collections and makes possible to build step by
step the model of the Blériot XI, the legendary aircraft of the first crossing
of the English Channel. This model has a final scale of 89 cm and a 76,5
cm length. Each week, I thus received a booklet with the new parts of the
kit and after a 80 weeks waiting, I finally could finish the construction of the
model ; -)
Lucien
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