By Mail On Sunday ReporterLast updated at 10:36 PM on 25th July 2009
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Louis Bleriot had no problem making it across the Channel - but French air traffic controllers refused to allow a flight marking the centenary of his epic flight to take off because it was too dangerous.
The original Bleriot XI aircraft, flown in 1909 by the French aviation pioneer, was due to take off from Calais.
But its grounding because of high winds left organisers fuming in Dover, Kent, where hundreds of aviation enthusiasts had gathered to greet the plane, piloted by Mikael Carlson.
High point: Edmond Salis's Bleriot XI over the English Channel before flights were halted
He had been due to lead three replica Bleriot XIs to England, but they were all grounded.
'It's just far too dangerous to go,' said a French spokesman. 'Winds are very high, and the planes would not cope.'Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202203/Fury-French-Bleriots-plane-grounded-centenary.html#ixzz0MgGg6GPz
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Louis Bleriot had no problem making it across the Channel - but French air traffic controllers refused to allow a flight marking the centenary of his epic flight to take off because it was too dangerous.
The original Bleriot XI aircraft, flown in 1909 by the French aviation pioneer, was due to take off from Calais.
But its grounding because of high winds left organisers fuming in Dover, Kent, where hundreds of aviation enthusiasts had gathered to greet the plane, piloted by Mikael Carlson.
High point: Edmond Salis's Bleriot XI over the English Channel before flights were halted
He had been due to lead three replica Bleriot XIs to England, but they were all grounded.
'It's just far too dangerous to go,' said a French spokesman. 'Winds are very high, and the planes would not cope.'Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202203/Fury-French-Bleriots-plane-grounded-centenary.html#ixzz0MgGg6GPz
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