First Flight of the Full Scale 1909 Bleriot XI replica

[blastforyou]

the wright bros were pretty much left in the dust in rapid order by these "tractor" designs of the very same period the wrights were in developing their designs

[airlinerdude12]

the designer was Louis Bleriot III

[TurbineDogSevenFour]

I got to visit a bit with Eric last weekend and have a seat in this Bleriot. Simply fantastic!

[georgejoshbrandon123]

this is realy cool

[dstarks1943]

@georgejoshbrandon123 ... Yup.. it was a very impressive plane!!

[clockguy2]

Nice build. You couldn't find an Anzani 3 cylinder laying around?

[paullubliner]

What would you guys think of this engine in a full sized replica Nieuport 16?

[dstarks1943]

No problem. They are already using it in the full scale Nieuport 17s from the movie Flyboys. Also in a several full scale Nieuport 28s and a full scale Sopwith Camel.

[rdewitt1]

vrey cool I think i am going to biuld one

[dstarks1943]

There was a two-seat version also. Robert also has built one with wing-warping instead of ailerons for roll control. That's too much adventure for me.

[pkremerryan]

Hi Dick, Rob, Eric, Harvey and all the others that helped to fullfill my dream. I do regret that I could not be there for the first flight but I will certainly have lots of pleasure flying this beauty. Once again thanks a lot guys, I will see you soon.

Pascal Kremer, Luxembourg