Bleriot flight re-enactment fails

Title

Bleriot flight re-enactment fails

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:55

Description

Catherine Bayfield reports on an attempt to re-enact the first flight across the Channel by Louis Bleriot in 1909. The vintage Bleriot Type XI monoplane ditched into the sea just short of the crossing, it was piloted by Gloria Pullan after Louis Bleriot III (grandson of original pilot) was found to be too heavy. Includes interviews with Gloria Pullan; Louis Bleriot III; Barry Tempest, Civil Aviation Authority.

Contributors

Catherine Bayfield; Louis Bleriot III; Gloria Pullan; Barry Tempest

Keywords

UK; Great Britain; France; English Channel; Aeroplanes; Channel crossings; Civil aircraft; Louis Bleriot; Re-enactments

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