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title: "First Flight Over English Channel"
year: 1909
country: "France"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1909/bleriot-channel-flight"
slug: "bleriot-channel-flight"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1909-01-01"
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# First Flight Over English Channel

> Louis Blériot's monoplane crossed the English Channel, proving aviation's potential and transforming military and commercial transport.

## Summary

The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is also used for the first launch of rockets.

## Sources

- [First flight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_flight) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1909/bleriot-channel-flight