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Blériot: Flight Into The XXTH Century
Blériot: Flight Into The XXTH Century
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Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 9
A Temporary Diversification
8-9
Chapter 10
Chapter 2
Blriot Lamps
118-125
10-17
Chapter 3
45-57
174-217
Chapter 5
Chapter 13
58-79
218-221
Chapter 6
Chapter 14
80-102
222-224
Chapter 7
Conclusion 225-227
Annex 228-235
Index 236-243
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Publishers Note
Translators Note
ouis Blriot was a pioneer in the truest sense of the word, we owe an awful lot to the man who crossed the Channel in 1909. Louis
Blriot today writes of his grandfather The real Louis Blriot is an unknown person. This will become apparent to the reader as
the story unfolds, page by page. The records, the variety, the sheer quantity of aircraft and projects, the determination to succeed.
The mans foresight was amazing. The Louis Blriot Trophy offered in 1930 was not won until ... 1961.
Louis Blriot, grandson, the author of this book has become a firm friend over the past years, in the building of a replica Blriot XI as
well as the work on the book. I have seen the dedication that he has for making his grandfathers story available to all. He has the same
enthusiasm as his venerable ancestor, the same force of character that was needed to be at the forefront of Flight into the XXth Century
His style of writing is fluid, the detail is there for the dedicated historian, the story is there to be simply enjoyed. The task of translating this book was for me an occasion to learn about the history of the beginnings of aviation, to share with the reader the successes and
the failures, but above all to pass on the enthusiasm and admiration that I could hear in the words written by grandson for grandfather.
Terry Froggatt
La Baule, July 2015
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Introduction
Foreword
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This book is dedicated to the memory of the test pilots from the House of Blriot who gave their lives so that aviation might progress. From
left to right and top to bottom: Bizot, Casale, Lemartin, Massotte, Desparmets, Perreyon, Deroye.
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Authors Acknowledgements
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