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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 26 > Pilot re-enacts first English Channel flight

Pilot re-enacts first English Channel flight

By From wire reports / The Bulletin
July 26, 2009

CALAIS, France " A French pilot on Saturday re-created the first-ever flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one that Louis Bleriot flew in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller, bicycle wheels and an engine about as powerful as a lawnmower.

Edmond Salis took off from....

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