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2026-08-06-ah-timeline-first-channel-crossing

G Gareth
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Timeline of Bleriot's 1909 Channel crossing: Latham ditches (19 Jul), Bleriot takes off at dawn (25 Jul), escort ship left behind, engine overheats mid-Channel, rain cools engine, hard landing at Dover after about 37 minutes

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