As we look back at the first moon landing (on average approximately 238,855 miles from Earth) 40 years ago , think back 60 more years to the first aerial crossing of the English Channel (only 24 miles between Calais, France and Dover, England). It happened 100 years ago this week, in a plane like this:
Louis Bleriot, the 37-year old French inventor, aircraft designer, and self-trained pilot, flew across the treacherous English Channel (from Les Barraques, France, to Dover, England) early on July 25, 1909, in an aircraft he designed himself.
Video: CBS News
Details on Bleriot's Historic Flight
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