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Netfora Video Productions
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'Centenary Celebration Flight'
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In 1910 Count Jacques De Lesseps flew from France to England to take the Ruinart and Daily Mail prizes. He had earlier purchased a Blériot XI aircraft from Louis Bleriot who had made the first crossing of the English Channel by a powered aircraft in 1909.
On 21 May 2010, 100 years to the day, Luxembourg aviator Pascal Kramer and Dutch aviator Henk van Hoorn set out to equal the feat in modern replicas, accompanied by the grandson of the original pilot travelling in a helicopter. This DVD tells their story.
In the first clip we see Pascal Kremer meeting Mike de Lesseps, preparing the aircraft, take off over the Channel from Calais and crossing the Kent coast in front of Dover Castle to land near St Margarets, close to the field where Jacques landed 100 years previously. The clip ends at the Blériot Memorial site where Blériot landed in 1909.
In the second clip Henk van Hoorn is seen over the Channel in his exact replica of a 1909 Blériot XI. The DVD includes a return flight, historic reconstruction and details about the two aircraft.
Dolby, PAL, Widescreen, running time 61 minutes, including bonus features.
£11.99 including UK post free
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