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 serves as ...

Chris Morris climbs into the wood-frame cockpit of a 93-year-old monoplane and adjusts the oil pressure with a device that looks like a brass bicycle pump. A ground crewman strains to wind the ...

A French pilot on Saturday recreated the first-ever flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one that Louis Bleriot flew in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller, bicycle wheels and ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- When people think of early manned flight, most think of the Wright brothers, but there was another pioneer in Aviation who helped shape Aviation into what it is today. Louis ...

Did you know the Blériot XI was one of the first military training aircraft? Originally a pioneering aircraft in France, it quickly made its way to Australia, where it was used for early aviation ...