This folder contains a repaint for the Bleriot XI by Wings42 in the colors of PH-BLÉ, an airworthy reconstruction based in the Netherlands. "The “Early Birds” Bleriot XI bears the Dutch registration PH-BLÉ and was built as ‘homebuilt’ project nr. 78. This aeroplane is a reconstruction built by the Early Birds Foundation in Lelystad, the Netherlands, to original specifications and using as many authentic materials as was practical. It is powered by a 3-cylinder 45 hp Lenape Papoose engine. The original plane was fitted with a now very rare 25 hp Anzani 3 cylinder which for obvious reasons was not available. Fuselage woodwork is ash with steel bracing wires. The aircraft has made several flights preparing for the commemorative Channel flight, celebrating the first Channel crossing by Louis Blériot 100 years ago.
More on this aircraft can be found here: http://www.vroegevogels.org/projects/bleriot-xi/.
More on this aircraft can be found here: http://www.vroegevogels.org/projects/bleriot-xi/.
