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Uploaded by on Jul 25, 2009

A French pilot on Saturday recreated the first-ever flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one that Louis Bleriot flew in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller, bicycle wheels and an engine about as powerful as a lawnmower. (July 25)

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  • Jolly good.

  • Bleriot was the first to fly the Channel in a monoplane.

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  • What a coincidence, I recreated the 1st human steps this morning!

  • thats totally cool

  • Bleriot was not the first to fly english channel - it was Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Jeffries flew from Dover to Calais in 1785 , in a ballon

  • Ya' gotta ' love it!

  • You're a faggot nigger.

  • Beautiful!

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