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Continue reading]]> Blériot XI IF-BLE (Photo Hungarian Vintage Glider Club)

(Photo Hungarian Vintage Glider Club)

From the Early Aero blog: a Blériot XI replica, similar to the one used by Louis Blériot to cross the Channel and built from contemporary blueprints was recently displayed in the Vigadó Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary. The replica is powered by a 3-cylinder Anzani engine replica.

Built by the Hungarian Vintage Glider Club, it has received a certificate of airworthiness and is registered IF-BLE, although no plans for flight testing have been announced.

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Bleriot XI-2 First Flight
Bleriot XI-2 First Flight
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Øyvind Ellingsen, the chairman of Warbirds of Norway, recently took his new Blériot XI-2 replica for a short hop. The aircraft, equipped with a 110 hp Le Rhone rotary engine, was built by Craftlab workshop in Austria and is a replica of  “Nordsjøen”, the aircraft used by Trygve Gran, the first person to fly across the North Sea in 1914.

]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/10/04/bleriot-xi-2-replica-gets-airborne-in-norway/feed/ 0 EAA Bleriot XI first flight https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/06/07/eaa-bleriot-xi-first-flight/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2011/06/07/eaa-bleriot-xi-first-flight/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:44:06 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=199 EAA’s reproduction of a 1909 Bleriot XI, powered by a 1909 Anzani engine, made its maiden flight on Sunday June 5, 2011 in Oshkosh. The pilot was Tom Hegy. Read the report on the EAA website. Also of interest are the photo gallery and the test plan.

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