On This Day July 25

Louis Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel in a plane on July 25, 1909. Blériot's flight across the English Channel demonstrated conclusively the international potential of aeroplanes. The French aviator flew from Calais, France to Dover, England in 37 minutes in a small, 24 horse-powered monoplane, winning a £1,000 prize from the London Daily Mail which had been offered to the first person to fly across the Channel.

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