History of AirplanesThe four-seater Bleriot “Aero-bus,” first flown in February, 1911, at Pau, was a very marked departure from the usual Bleriot types. The passengers sat under the main plane, as on the old No. XII, and as many as nine passengers were carried with ease.
The huge propeller, 10 feet in diameter, [...]
After his famous cross-Channle flight in his type XI airplane, Louis Bleriot also designed a passenger-carrying type of monoplane, the No. XII., which differed in structure from the No. XI. A type similar in form to the No. XII. is the small No. XIII., with which Bleriot attained high speed at Rheims [...]
This machine, better known as the “type militaire,” resembled in detail the other Bleriot products, but differed greatly in size, in the fact that it was a two-seater, and in the construction of the fan-shaped tail. Like all the later Bleriot products, the dashboard in front of the seats was equipped [...]
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Louis Bleriot rose at 2:30 in the morning in July 25, 1909, and, found that the conditions were favorable for his flight that day. He ordered the torpedo boat destroyer Escopette, which had been placed at his disposal by the French Government, to start. Then he went to the garage at Sangatte [...]