Hirsute Across the Channel
from Plane Tales
A narrow body of water separates England from the rest of Europe… between Dover and Calais it’s only 21 miles wide. Crossing it has become a bit of a right of passage for many forms of transport and aviators, with or without moustaches, have been no exception. These are the stories of some of those early attempts! Jean-Pierre Blanchard rows across the channel in a balloon! Louis Blériot sporting a fine aviator’s moustache! Blériot completes the first crossing of the Channel by a heavier than air machine. Harriet Quimby’s very fetching flying gear. A captured Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache. Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Jmack361,
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