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Corgi Diecast Smithsonian Collection Bleriot XI Monoplane Miniature Scale Display Model Aircraft CS91301
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Corgi Diecast Smithsonian Collection Bleriot XI Features
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Corgi is a premier line of diecast products that feature aircraft, trucks, tanks emergency vehicles and buses that has been producing models for over 50 years.
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The Smithsonian celebrates human history through technological innovation highlighting exceptional moments that created progress through science, art, culture, and education. The museum educates the public on significant events in history from all over the world and hopefully inpires future generations by sharing these amazing stories and in turn sparks the imagination creating more innovators.
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Explore the history of flight through the Smithsonian Collection. Take off in these historical airplanes and discover the magic in the air that has been there since it was created, celebrating aviation and the brave pilots that flew them.
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Each of the Smithsonian models comes complete with its very own display stand, making it the perfect beginner range for model collectors. This fit the box scale model is made completely of die-cast, model is the perfect size as a desk or shelf ornament. Makes a perfect gift for any person interested in aviation!
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Each models contains small details such as the panel and rivet lines throughout the fully painted model that fits perfectly into the palm of your hand.
About Corgi Diecast Smithsonian Collection Bleriot XI
The Bleriot Type XI was designed primarily by Raymond Saulnier, but it was a natural evolution from the earlier Bleriot aircraft, and one to which Louis Bleriot himself made substantial contributions. Bleriot achieved immortality in the Type XI on July 25, 1909 when he made the first airplane crossing of the English Channel covering 25 miles between Calais and Dover in 36 minutes 30 seconds. The Bleiriot is diplayed in the National Air and Space Musem collection was manufactured in 1914 and was powered by a 50 horsepower Gnome rotary engine. The airplane was purchased by the Swiss aviator John Domenjoz, a Bleriot company flight instructor. Domenjoz earned a reputation as one of the era's most celebrated stunt pilots, performing in major European cities and in North and South America through 1916, at which time he returned to France. Following wartime service as a civilian flight instructor both in France and the United States, Domenjoz made one final barnstorming tour with his Bleriot in 1919.
