Blériot X
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|image=File:Btv1b8433368f-p010.jpg
|caption=The incomplete Blériot X at the 1908 Paris Salon de l'Automobile et de l'Aéronautique
|type=Experimental aircraft
|manufacturer=Louis Blériot
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|status=never completed
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The Blériot X was an unfinished early French aeroplane by Louis Blériot. Its design was quite unlike anything else he had built and was modelled closely on the successful aircraft of the Wright brothers: a pusher biplane with elevators and rudders carried on outriggers. After exhibiting it at the Salon de l'Automobile et de l'Aéronautique in Paris in December 1908, Bleriot abandoned it and returned to developing his increasingly successful monoplane designs.
Specifications
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|crew=one pilot
|capacity=2 passengers
|length m=8.00
|length ft=26
|length in=3
|span m=12.00
|span ft=39
|span in=4
|wing area sqm=60
|wing area sqft=646
|gross weight kg=650
|gross weight lb=1,430
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Antoinette 8V V-8 water-cooled piston engine
|eng1 kw=37
|eng1 hp=50
|perfhide=yes
}}
References
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- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=161 }}
- {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 890 Sheet 40 }}
- Devaux, Jean and Michel Marani. "Les Douze Premiers Aéroplanes de Louis Blériot". Pegase No 54, May 1989.
- [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bleriot/imag-nf.html Nova: A Daring Flight]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150619201047/http://www.earlyaviators.com/ebleriot1.htm earlyaviators.com]
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Category:1900s French experimental aircraft