Definition of Louis Bleriot

1. Noun. French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936).

Exact synonyms: Bleriot
Generic synonyms: Aeronaut, Airman, Aviator, Flier, Flyer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Louis Bleriot

Louella
Loughborough
Louie
Louis
Louis' angle
Louis' law
Louis-Bar
Louis-Bar syndrome
Louis-Hector Berlioz
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Aragon
Louis Armstrong
Louis Auchincloss
Louis B. Mayer
Louis Bleriot (current term)
Louis Braille
Louis Burt Mayer
Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Eugene Felix Neel
Louis Henri Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan
Louis I
Louis II
Louis III
Louis IV
Louis IX
Louis Isadore Kahn
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre

Literary usage of Louis Bleriot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"... among the successful aeroplane builders of the world is Louis Bleriot, who has long been noted as one of the foremost automobile-lamp manufacturers in ..."

2. The Aeroplane: Past, Present, and Future by Claude Grahame-White, Harry Harper (1911)
"... Louis Bleriot In this section, M. Bleriot—world famous both as a pilot and a constructor of monoplanes—discusses very fully the prospects of aviation, ..."

3. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"... Louis Bleriot One of the earliest among the successful aeroplane builders of the world is Louis Bleriot, who has long been noted as one of the foremost ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The Voisin brothers turned constructors and teachers, and with their co-operation Leon Delagrange, Henry Farman, Louis Bleriot and other prosecuted ..."

5. The Conquest of the Air: Aeronautics, Aviation; History, Theory, Practice by Alphonse Berget (1911)
"The aeroplanes of the engineer Louis Bleriot are deservingly famous. ... Moreover, Louis Bleriot is entitled to a dual distinction; not only did he evolve ..."

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