Gigantic Fokker Triplane and Blériot XI RC Aircraft Bring Back World War I Published: 5 May 2017, 12:57 UTC • By: Mihnea Radu 4 photos ...

Blériot XI Blériot called the next model one of his "last chance monoplanes." He gambled that it would help him win the prize money and sales he needed to stay solvent.

It's probably not gonna be as easy as flying a Cessna—though the Bleriot XI is indeed still flyable today, this thing has bicycle wheels. To start it up, you have to stand in front of the plane ...

Dan Taylor knows the Blériot XI inside and out. As a pilot and historian at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York, he helped restore an original 1909 model to flyable condition and ...