Caption

Louis Blériot (1872–1936) was a French aviation pioneer and engineer who, on July 25, 1909, became the first person to fly across the English Channel in a powered aircraft. Portrait on a Romanian postage stamp

Date

Aug 12, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Alf Jönsson

Reference

BRK26I58_217

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.7Mb (18.2Mb) / 17.6in x 12.1in / 5270 x 3627 (300dpi)

Keywords

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