Bleriot Close, Newport
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Bleriot Close, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Aug 2011
Located at the SW corner of an area of housing on the south side of Somerton Road where street names have a 'pioneers of aviation' theme. Louis Blériot (1872–1936), a French aviator, made the first flight across a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft when he crossed the English Channel in 1909.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.577899
Longitude
-2.963938