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Images from: Explorers, Daredevils and Record Setters

Louis Bleriot's Record-setting Flight Across the English Channel

Latham's attempt to cross the English Channel

Credit - (c) 2002 National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI Videodisc 2B-16115)

Bleriot takes off across the English Channel

Credit - (c) 2002 National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI Neg. 87-10366)

Bleriot becomes a celebrity when he lands in Dover

Credit - (c) 2002 National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI Neg. 93-9132)

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