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VIDEO: Restored Blériot XI aircraft flies over Channel to celebrate centenary

Barbara Cockburn
 on October 14, 2009 4:12 PM | | Comments () | TrackBacks (0) |

 

In 1909 Louis Blériot made history when he flew over the English Channel on Shell fuel. 100 years later Swedish pilot Mikael Carlson marked the event in a restored Blériot XI plane, also fuelled by Shell.

This video captures that flight, which was recreated to mark Shell Aviation's Centenary Year.

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