Gossamer Albatross was the first man-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel on 12 June 1979. It was made of carbon fibre covered by Mylar and weighed only about 220 pounds for the Channel crossing. Invented by Paul McReady and flown by Bryan Allen.
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Georges Clemenceau led France in the First World War. He was a leader of the Radical Party and served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and from 1917 to 1920.George Clemenceau was born on September 28, 1841, and died on November 24, 1929. He served as the Prime Minister of France from October 25, 1906 to July 24, 1909 and again from November 16, 1917 to January 20, 1920.
Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909) was a German Psychologist who developed tests and methods to measure learning and memory.
Louis Bleriot
The first was Louis Bleriot in 1909. He flew a plane of his own design. He won a prize put up by the Daily Mail, I think it was.
Frenchman Louis Bleriot was the first to fly across the English Channel, in 1909, he built the plane, too.
Because he was the first to fly over the Channel (the sea between France and UK) in 1909 with its "Bleriot XI" airplane.
Louis Bleriot in 1909 made the first flight across the English channel. He developed the first practical headlamps for cars and made a profitable business manufacturing them.
In 1909, Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel, French coast to English coast.
Bleriot completed his cross-channel flight on July 25, 1909.
He was the first to cross the English Channel in an airplane. He also invented his own airplane, a 1909 Bleriot with a top speed of 15 mph, that he used for this crossing.
Louis Bleriot, a Frenchman, in a plane of his own design. This was in 1909. He won a prize put up by a UK newspaper.That was not what the question asked. - Bleriot's aircraft was not "man powered" - it had an engine.
Louis Bleriot, a Frenchman, in a plane of his own design. This was in 1909. He won a prize put up by a UK newspaper.That was not what the question asked. - Bleriot's aircraft was not "man powered" - it had an engine.
There are two reasons for his fame. He was the first person to cross the English Channel in an airplane. He designed and built the 1909 Bleriot airplane. It was a single wing design, unusual when most planes of the day were biplanes. It had a top speed of 10 miles per hour. He was the first person to build a successful single wing plane, a monoplane. He proved the success by his flight across the English Channel.
mannn if yall dont tell me this stuff............... Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) A French aviation pioneer who built one of the first successful planes in 1907 On 25th July 1909 he became the first person to fly from Calais to Dover.