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Louis Bleriot was a French airman. He was born in 1872 and died in 1936. He made the first crossing of the English channel in an aircraft. The aircraft was his monoplane. The crossing, from Baraques to Dover, took place on July 25th 1909.
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The Bleriot Experimental 2 (BE2) was a British two seater reconnaissance aircraft first built in 1912, and serving during the Great War - being the first British aircraft to arrive in France during the war. Three models were made, a BE2a, BE2b and BE2c, all unarmed except the BE2c which carried two machine-guns. The BE2 had a top speed of 72 mph and an endurance of 3.25 hours.
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Louis Bleriot made the first crossing of the English channel in an aircraft. The aircraft was his monoplane and the crossing took place on July 25th 1909.
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SPAD were a French aircraft company. Originally the initials stood for Societe pour Aeroplane Deperdussin, but the firm was later taken over by Louis Bleriot and was renamed Societe pour l'Aviation et ses Derives. During the Great War SPAD produced a series of single-seater fighter biplanes, mostly powered by Hispano-Suiza engines, which proved very successful. They were extensively used by the French Air Service and were very strong and highly manoeuvrable.
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