Bleriot Bleriot XI

Touring / Trainer / multi-role military Aircraft

Photo ©: Karsten Palt

The Blériot XI is an early single-engine single-seat touring and trainer aircraft and a multi-role military aircraft produced by the French Blériot.

The Blériot XI is the first aircraft to cross to england channel (flown by Louis Blériot, 1909). The Blériot XI was built by several sub contractors. license-production was performed in England and Sweden (Thulin A).

Crew

Propulsion	1 Rotary Engine
Engine Model	Gnome 7B
Engine Power	52 kW	70 hp

Speed	106 km/h	57 kts 66 mph
Service Ceiling	2.000 m	6.562 ft

Empty Weight	349 kg	769 lbs
max. Takeoff Weight	625 kg	1.378 lbs

Wing Span	10,25 m	33 ft 8 in
Wing Area	23,0 m²	248 ft²
Length	8,45 m	27 ft 9 in
Height	2,50 m	8 ft 2 in

First Flight	23. Jan. 1909
Production Status	out of production
Total Production	>1000

ICAO Code	BL11
Data for (Version)	Bleriot XI-2

[Photo-ID: 10744] © Karsten Palt 2014-10-23
	Vilanova Acedo (Bleriot XI) copy of Bleriot XI, oldest surviving aircraft in Spain
Museo del Aire [Madrid]

[Photo-ID: 3160] © Karsten Palt 2010-01-31
	Bleriot Bleriot XI Original aircraft, c/n unknown
Deutsches Museum [Munich / München]

[Photo-ID: 5358] © Karsten Palt 2012-01-11
	Bleriot Bleriot XI
National Museum of the United States Air Force [Dayton, Ohio / USA (Wright-Patterson AFB)]

[Photo-ID: 6984] © Karsten Palt 2013-05-18
	Bleriot Bleriot XI Replica
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum [Doncaster]

[Photo-ID: 10131] © Karsten Palt 2014-05-28
	Bleriot Bleriot XI built in 1914
National Air and Space Museum [Washington, DC]

[Photo-ID: 10422] © Karsten Palt 2014-06-08
	Bleriot Bleriot XI
Narodni technicke muzeum [Prague]

[Photo-ID: 10423] © Karsten Palt 2014-06-08
	Bleriot Bleriot XI
Narodni technicke muzeum [Prague]

[Photo-ID: 11575] © Karsten Palt 2015-08-22
	Bleriot Bleriot XI Replica
Polish Aviation Museum [Krakow]

[Photo-ID: 12276] © Karsten Palt 2016-04-10
	Bleriot Bleriot XI Replica
EAA AirVenture Museum [Oshkosh, WI]

[Photo-ID: 7177] © Karsten Palt 2013-05-19
	Bleriot Bleriot XI Reg.: G-AANG c/n: 14 built in 1909, World's oldest airworthy aircraft
The Shuttleworth Collection [Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade]

[Photo-ID: 7176] © Karsten Palt 2013-05-19
	Bleriot Bleriot XI Reg.: G-AANG c/n: 14 built in 1909, World's oldest airworthy aircraft
The Shuttleworth Collection [Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade]

[Photo-ID: 2590] © Karsten Palt 2009-09-04
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-AMZ c/n: EAA-1184-SE
Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen 2009 [Kirchheim unter Teck - Hahnweide (EDST)]

[Photo-ID: 2591] © Karsten Palt 2009-09-04
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-AMZ c/n: EAA-1184-SE
Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen 2009 [Kirchheim unter Teck - Hahnweide (EDST)]

[Photo-ID: 13343] © Karsten Palt 2016-09-10
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-AMZ c/n: EAA-1184-SE
Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen 2016 [Kirchheim unter Teck - Hahnweide (EDST)]

[Photo-ID: 440] © Karsten Palt 2007-07-21
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-XMC c/n: 82
Flugtag Ganderkesee 2007 [Ganderkesee - Atlas Airfield (EDWQ)]

[Photo-ID: 627] © Karsten Palt 2007-09-08
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-XMC c/n: 82
Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen 2007 [Kirchheim unter Teck - Hahnweide (EDST)]

[Photo-ID: 715] © Karsten Palt 2007-09-15
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-XMC c/n: 82
Airport-Days 2007 [Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel (EDDH / HAM)]

[Photo-ID: 2152] © Karsten Palt 2009-05-10
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-XMC c/n: 82
Flugtag Bremen 2009 [Bremen (EDDW / BRE)]

[Photo-ID: 7393] © Karsten Palt 2013-09-07
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-XMC c/n: 82 NO Replica, mfg. 1918
Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen 2013 [Kirchheim unter Teck - Hahnweide (EDST)]

[Photo-ID: 7394] © Karsten Palt 2013-09-07
	Bleriot Bleriot XI (Thulin A) Private (Mikael Carlson) Reg.: SE-XMC c/n: 82 NO Replica, mfg. 1918
Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen 2013 [Kirchheim unter Teck - Hahnweide (EDST)]

[Photo-ID: 1163] © Karsten Palt 2008-07-16
	Bleriot XI Reg.: 164 c/n: BAPC.106
Royal Air Force Museum [London-Hendon]

[Photo-ID: 1973] © Karsten Palt 2009-04-04
	Bleriot XI Swiss Air Force / Schweizer Luftwaffe
Flieger Flab Museum [Dübendorf (LSMD)]

[Photo-ID: 10782] © Karsten Palt 2015-04-04
	Bleriot XI-2
Musee de l Air et de l Espace [Paris Le Bourget]

[Photo-ID: 12182] © Karsten Palt 2016-02-18
	Bleriot (SIT) XI-2 Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito) Reg.: BL160 displayed as Italian Army BL246
Museo Aeronautica Militare [Bracciano, Vigna di Valle]

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