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The Oldest Aircraft in the Americas, Blériot XI , Soars Again at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
When Louis Charles Joseph Blériot crossed the English Channel on July 25, 1909, few could have imagined that more than a century later, one of his early monoplanes would still be flying. Now, 116 ...
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 ...
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