National Air and Space Museum Image Detail

Bleriot XI Monoplane flies around Statue of Liberty

John Bevins Moisant flies over the New York Harbor in a Bleriot XI monoplane. This flight most likely took place during the Statue of Liberty Flight prize race on October 27, 1910.

Image Number: SI-84-17980
Credit: National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
For print or commercial use, please contact: Smithsonian Institution
Reproductions are not currently available. If you would like to use this image as-is, please submit a permission request.

Share your photos of our museums on Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/groups/airandspace