From 1905 to 1915, Alessandro Anzani built a number of three-cylinder fan engines and radial engines, one of which powered Louis Blériot's 1909 cross-channel flight. An Anzani three-cylinder engine th
72° Anzani fan engine, Shuttleworth Collection
Installed replica of an Anzani 3W motor
Anzani "Y" radial engine
30 HP Anzani Y powered ANBO-I at Lithuanian Aviation Museum
Blériot XI
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The Blériot XI is a French aircraft from the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on
Anzani 3-cylinder fan engines
…three-cylinder fan engines and radial engines, one of which powered Louis Blériot's 1909 cross-channel flight. An Anzani three-cylinder engine that powers a Blériot XI operated by The Shuttleworth Collection in England is thought to be the oldest airworthy engine in the world. Alessandro Anzani began building motorcycle…
Thulin A (licence-built Blériot XI)
Blériot XI as first built, with small "teardrop" profile fin on dorsal cabane
Lucien Chauvière, designer of the Integrale propeller for the Blériot XI
Blériot over the English Channel, 25 July 1909