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Blériot XXIII
The Blériot XXIII was a racing monoplane produced in 1911 by Blériot Aéronautique. Two were built, both of which were flown in the 1911 Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes), Gordon Bennett Trophy competition at RNAS Eastchurch, Eastchurch; one, flown by Alfred Leblanc, achieving second place. Leblanc had previously set a world speed record of on 12 June 1911 at the eliminating trial for the French Gordon Bennett entrant. Design and development The Blériot XXIII was a shoulder-wing monoplane with a fully covered square-section fuselage with a down-curved appearance and extremely narrow chord (aircraft), chord wings. After it was apparent that the aircraft was some five seconds a lap slower than the Nieuport II being flown by Charles Weymann, Blériot altered both machines by shortening the wings, reducing the span to around 5.2 m (17 ft). The result was described by C. G. Grey, editor of ''The Aeroplane'', as looking "more like the latter half of a dogfish with a coupl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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