Blériot Aéronautique was a French aircraft manufacturer founded by Louis Blériot. It also made a few motorcycles between 1921 and 1922 and cyclecars during the 1920s. Louis Blériot was an engineer who had developed the first practical headlamp for cars and had established a successful business marketing them.

The Blériot XI is a French aircraft from the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909.

The Blériot-SPAD S.34 was a French twin-seat, single-engine biplane flight training aircraft designed in 1920. The side-by-side seating arrangement was unique for its time. 150 aircraft were built, 125 for the French Air Force, who used them until 1936. The Finnish Air Force purchased two S.34s in 1921. Due to inadequate maintenance they did ...

Blériot XI, monoplane built and first flown by the French aviation pioneer Louis Blériot in 1909. Blériot took to the air with his model number XI for the first time at Issy-les-Moulineaux (near Paris) on Jan. 23, 1909. Principally designed by Raymond Saulnier, the Blériot XI was a tractor monoplane featuring wing warping for lateral control.

Frenchman Louis Blériot successfully crossed the English Channel on July 25, 1909 in a small, 25-horsepower monoplane of his own design. He beat rival Hubert Latham, who had aborted an attempt six days earlier following engine failure, and won the London Daily Mail prize of 1,000 pounds for the feat.

Louis Blériot (born July 1, 1872, Cambrai, France—died Aug. 2, 1936, Paris) was a French airplane manufacturer and aviator who made the first flight of an airplane between continental Europe and Great Britain.

The Bleriot XI was the first aircraft used in war when it was flown by the Italian air force during the Italo-Turkish war of 1911. Current Location: Pioneer Era Exhibition, Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Blériot achieved immortality in the Type XI on July 25, 1909, when he made the first airplane crossing of the English Channel, covering the 40 km (25 mi) between Calais and Dover in 36 minutes, 30 seconds. The Blériot XI in the NASM collection was manufactured in 1914 and was powered by a 50-horsepower Gnôme rotary engine.

The Blériot SPAD S.510 was the last French biplane fighter to be produced. Conceived in 1930, this clean, open-cockpit biplane first flew in 1933 and entered service in 1936. Performance was similar to the British Gloster Gladiator. The S.510's armament generally consisted of 4 …

The Blériot SPAD S.510 was a French single-seat, single-engined biplane fighter aircraft. First flying in 1933, 60 were built for the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force), entering service in 1936. The type remained in service as a fighter-trainer at the start of the Second World War .