1909 Bleriot XI, up close and personal #2 by goodoleboy
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Lafayette, I am here.
Captured 6/12/10, at the Centennial Aviation Day celebration held on the grounds of the beautiful Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum in Carson, California.
Much better viewed full size.
According to debbielove, this is a replica rather than an original because it's constructed of metal rather than wood.
A plenitude of cables, wires and turnbuckles on display. Erector Set, anyone? I think there was only one pulley involved in the aircraft's manufacture, possibly two. A piano tuner's dream. Now I know what is meant by "fly by wire."
I think a lightweight engine cowling would have been nice, at least for aesthetic purposes.
Check out my first posting of this plane for further information.
Adieu, thankx for stopping by, and for any and all complimentary comments and faves.
Comments (14)
durleybeachbum
Such interesting workings!
babuci
Looks so gentle. Scare to touch I might do some damage. Wonderflul collage.
danapommet
Fantastic collage Harry and you did so well, to cover all the different possible angles. Dana
Meisiekind
Great angles on the different images in your lovely collage Harry! I really like this flying machine!
morningglory
You do find the most interesting things to present in collages, Harry. Very neat plane.
chuter
This was the first modern type airplane. Monoplane, rudder/elevators at the aft end of a fuselage, tractor engine location (not an engine from a tractor - lol), conventional style landing gear. It was so popular the factory built nearly one thousand of them (with more built from plans by homebuilders) in a dozen variations with a half dozen engines ranging from 25 to 140 horsepower. I'm not an expert on them but the metal in the construction could very likely be typical of the late, hi-power models. The engine, on the other hand, though of similar size and shape to the gnome rotarys used on the late build models, definitely isn't. This would be such a fun airplane to fly - although it was known to have nasty stalling characteristics (when the wing abruptly quits working due to low speed or too high an angle). Cool pics and nice presentation.
Rainastorm
Holy wow!! Look at all those pieces and parts that make this baby run...cool POVs here Harry. When I was a kid, the guy my dad always had come to work on his cars and whatever else broke down, always said if you dont have left over pieces after taking something apart it will not run...not sure how he figured that, but believe me he always made stuff run with the extra parts in hand :-) His name was Calvin so we called him Calvinator and if he'd worked on ANYTHING we'd say its been Calvinized :-)
jmb007
superbe avion!!!belle photo!!!
MrsRatbag
I like the white tires...I don't think I'd ride in it, though! Excellent shots!
tennesseecowgirl
That is quite an impressive machine.. thanks for sharing the different views.
Osper
Good job!! I need to have one of these in my backyard. ;)
bmac62
Five fine shots and one excellent collage Harry. This really gives us a great look at a Bleriot XI! I'd give one of these a try. Aren't chuter's comments great...always something to learn from him.
debbielove
Hi there Harry! Done some deeeeeeep checking up on this XI.. ALL Bleriot XI's were built from Oak and Poplar.. The surfaces were covered in cloth (Not sure what this one is covered in..). Engines did increase slowly in size and power.. And a total in all 101 were built (Grand total). The next model was the Bleriot XII.. There you go, I have really checked up on this, so I'm afraid Osper is a bit off.. Sorry.. But your pictures, as normal, are not! Quality close-ups! LOVE the engine shot.. Great one! You could have posted that on its own! lol Good work Harry... Rob
mermaid
It really amazes me to see this old one and to think of people who really had the guts to fly it