Timeline Sunday 25 July 1909

Events on Sunday 25 July 1909 1

• 1909 First flight across the English Channel Louis Blériot completes the crossing in a monoplane French aviator Louis Blériot flew his Blériot XI monoplane from Calais to Dover on 25 July 1909, completing the first heavier-than-air crossing of the English Channel. The flight took about 37 minutes and won a £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail. It demonstrated the practicality of powered flight and intensified public interest in aviation.