monoplane: Quick Facts

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Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.

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Clément Ader.

Clément Ader

French engineer and inventor

Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.

Louis Blériot

French aviator

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Giuseppe Mario Bellanca

American aeronautical designer

Junkers, Hugo

Hugo Junkers

German aircraft designer

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Clyde Vernon Cessna

American aviator and manufacturer

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