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       Blériot Libellule
 
      
       This aircraft was another Bleriot 
      creation named Libellule, the "Dragonfly", because of pairs of 
      wings on the front and back. Bleriot made short hops with it in 1907, but 
      on the last test flight, after he'd climbed to about 60 feet, he lost 
      control of the plane and it crashed to the ground. Bleriot escaped without 
      serious injury. 
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