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Blériot XXVII
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1911-1939, In Storage, 85/A/226
The Blériot XXVII, dating from 1911, was built for speed. This streamlined single-seat racing monoplane with a rotary engine, shared many construction features with other contemporary Blériot monoplanes, such as the shoulder-mounted wing.
Side view of Bleriot XI in Northfall Meadow near Dover, after crossing the Channel, 25 July 1909
Photographs, In Storage, PC73/37/11
On 25 July 1909 Louis Blériot was the first man to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane, using his Blériot XI powered by a three-cylinder Anzani radial engine.
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- M Louis Charles Joseph Blériot
- 15 Maintenance Unit (RAF) [1]
- Mr Richard Grainger Jeune (Dick) Nash [1]
- Royal Aeronautical Society [1]
- Science Museum [1]