The Bleriot XI was a later incarnation of the famed Bleriot flown by Louis Bleriot on July 25, 1909 across the English Channel and made him the first to do such a feat. the two-seat model was a type that was built in kit form in the US in the early part of the century. It currently has a 80-hp Continental engine in place of the 35-hp Anzani engine it originally carried. Seen flying here in Stow MA at the Collings Foundation open house.