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Bleriot monoplane tail-skid
The tail of a historic Bleriot monoplane; Tim rebuilt the tail-skid.
Laminating and bending: a guy can never have too many clamps handy.
Harriet Quimby was the first woman to fly across the English channel, and she did it in her Bleriot monoplane.
Tim rebuilt the tail-skid of a Bleriot monoplane for the Collings Foundation collection of historic aircraft.The tail-skid broke in a hard landing during the filming of a documentary about Harriet Quimby, the first woman with a U.S. pilot's license, and the first woman to fly across the English channel -- in her Bleriot monoplane.