Dan Taylor knows the Blériot XI inside and out. As a pilot and historian at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York, he helped restore an original 1909 model to flyable condition and ...
Bleriot XI Simulation Engineers at the University of Liverpool's Flight Simulation Laboratory take their virtual Blriot XI racer for a test run. The simulation was created in 2009 to mark the ...
"The trip was as easy as sitting at home in an armchair, and I never had any doubt of my success." —Harriet Quimby on her historic Channel flight On August 1, 1911, at age 36, Harriet Quimby ...
The first powered, heavier-than-air flight by the Wright brothers, on Dec. 17, 1903, ushered in a century of aviation and space history. Here are some other historic milestones that have marked ...