Blériot IX

The Blériot IX was an unsuccessful early French aeroplane built by Louis Blériot. Encouraged by the ever-increasing altitude distance and duration of flights with the Blériot VIII in 1908 he built a new machine along the same general lines but heavier and with a more powerful engine. The Blériot IX was exhibited at the Paris Motor Show in December 1908 but the design proved overweight and could not be made to leave the ground.

the Blériot IX in some way and was built in the necessity to fly after the irreparable destruction of their Voisin biplane, brought originally from France.1

Made by Louis Blériot.

* Blériot IX aviator Louis Blériot 1908 * Blériot XI Monoplane aviator Blériot 1909 * Blériot XI Blériot over the English coast (composite 2
Wing Area Sqm
25
Eng 1 Type
Antoinette Vee-16
Eng 1 Kw
48
Status
failed project
Gross Weight Lb
Number Built
1
Crew
one pilot
Gross Weight Kg
450
Span M
9
Manufacturer
Louis Blériot
Met Or Eng
met
Production End Year
1908
Span In
6
Span Ft
29
Wing Area Sqft
269
Production Start Year
1908
Length Ft
39
Eng 1 Hp
65
Eng 1 Number
1
Produced
1908
Length In
4
Length M
12
Category
Blériot aircraft
French experimental aircraft 1900-1909
Propeller aircraft
Single-engine aircraft

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