Photos: First flight across the English Channel
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On June 25, 1909, Louis Bleriot made the first airplane flight across the English Channel.
French flyer Louis Bleriot, left, stands in front of his plane after landing on a golf course near Dover, England, on Sunday, July 25, 1909. Bleriot flew from Les Baraques, a village near Calais, France, to Dover in his monoplane, becoming the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine. The man at right is not identified. (AP Photo)
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French flyer Louis Bleriot, facing camera at back of plane, is surrounded by journalists after landing on a golf course near Dover, England, on Sunday, July 25, 1909. Bleriot flew from Les Baraques, a village near Calais, France, to Dover in his monoplane, becoming the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine. (AP Photo)
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French flyer Louis Bleriot, second left, with his wife Alicia, is surrounded by wellwishers after landing on a golf course near Dover, England, on Sunday, July 25, 1909. Bleriot flew from Les Baraques, a village near Calais, France, to Dover in his monoplane, becoming the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine. (AP Photo)
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French aviator Louis Bleriot, walking with two sticks as a result of a flying accident, inspects his taking-off ground for his great flight at Calais, five days before his flight, with his wife Alicia, second from left, and friends, on July 20, 1909. (AP Photo)
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French flyer Louis Bleriot, left, stands in front of his plane after landing on a golf course near Dover, England, on Sunday, July 25, 1909. Bleriot flew from Les Baraques, a village near Calais, France, to Dover in his monoplane, becoming the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine. The man at right is not identified. (AP Photo)
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French flyer Louis Bleriot, facing camera at back of plane, is surrounded by journalists after landing on a golf course near Dover, England, on Sunday, July 25, 1909. Bleriot flew from Les Baraques, a village near Calais, France, to Dover in his monoplane, becoming the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine. (AP Photo)
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French flyer Louis Bleriot, second left, with his wife Alicia, is surrounded by wellwishers after landing on a golf course near Dover, England, on Sunday, July 25, 1909. Bleriot flew from Les Baraques, a village near Calais, France, to Dover in his monoplane, becoming the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine. (AP Photo)
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French aviator Louis Bleriot, wearing his flying helmet, after he had flown across the English Channel, from Les Baraques and landed on a golf course at Dover, England, July 25, 1909. (AP Photo)
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French aviator Louis Bleriot, standing in his plane, in France, as it wheeled into position prior take-off and his attempt to fly across the English Channel, July 25, 1909. (AP Photo)
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French aviator Louis Bleriot nearing the French coast as he attempts to fly across the English Channel, July 25, 1909. (AP Photo)
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A plane piloted by Louis Bleriot, the French aviator, is shown after crossing the English Channel, July 25, 1909. (AP Photo)
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Louis Bleriot at the controls of the plane which made the first flight across the English Channel, July 25, 1909. (AP Photo)
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French aviator Louis Bleriot, walking with two sticks as a result of a flying accident, inspects his taking-off ground for his great flight at Calais, five days before his flight, with his wife Alicia, second from left, and friends, on July 20, 1909. (AP Photo)
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Barely clearing the housetops, Louis Bleriot's airplane sets out on the flight across the English Channel from Calais, France on July 25, 1909. (AP Photo)
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