Bleriot in 'Mr Selfridge'

Bleriot in “Mr Selfridge”

The upright stance of the TV ‘plane on the ground after the depicted landing at Dover did not match contemporary photographs. Bleriot’s actual landing was quite “heavy”, with some damage, including a broken propeller.

The rest of the original ‘plane may be in Paris, but the piece of propeller is in the UK, as part of the Royal Aero Club Collection.

The machine used for the recreation of the flight with help from Skysport was a genuine example.

Thanks for the replies and photos – I think it was the same Bleriot used in both shots, the Brooklands one doesn’t have the external engine framing at the front;

http://www.jpgfotos.com/fotosblog/images/20090725151357_brooklands_0927%20-%202009-07-25%20at%2011-44-28%20bleriot%20xi%20replica%201909.jpg

The flying one looked like Carlson’s, the static look to me like the Brooklands Mike Beech built one ????

There were two in the store in 1989 as well – I worked there at the time. One was the Skysport recreation that crashed in the channel, displayed as recovered.

Would the plebs watching notice the differences:p:p:p

Who are you calling a pleb, nitpicker? 99.9% of the population including me are not experts or rivit counters on 100+ year old aircraft or their replicas:p

Would the plebs watching notice the differences:p:p:p

Here’s Mikael Carlson’s Bleriot at Selfridges following his cross channel flight for the centenary in 2009.

Mikael Carlson’s Bleriot XI at Selfridges by shuttleworthpix, on Flickr

Mikael Carlson’s Bleriot XI at Selfridges by shuttleworthpix, on Flickr

Also shown in the recreated Selfridge store – couple of shots showing it here – http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-11/mr-selfridge-episode-two-preview-pictures-and-predictions