# Canonical recap data for First Flight Over English Channel (1909)
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slug: bleriot-channel-flight
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1909/bleriot-channel-flight"
title: First Flight Over English Channel
subtitle: Louis Blériot's monoplane crossed the English Channel, proving aviation's potential and transforming military and commercial transport.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1909-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1909
decade: 1900
country:
name: France
slug: france
summaryShort: 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.
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/First_airmail_flight_Wash_NYC_1918.jpg/1280px-First_airmail_flight_Wash_NYC_1918.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Scanned by Centpacrr · via Wikipedia
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_flight"
  title: First flight
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
- sports
metaDescription: 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 use
wikidataQid: Q1362364
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260616085503/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_flight"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-16
  label: First flight
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_flight"
