It was the maiden (and final ) flight.

Monsieur Cloutier certainly flew it with verve. 😮

”The maiden flight of a replica of a Bleriot X1 in 1911, the first plane flew Montreal 102 years ago, was badly finished Saturday when the aircraft flipped over on its approach to Airport Saint-Hyacinthe, Monteregie.

Nevertheless, the pilot of the military vehicle was uninjured, though the device has recovered completely upside down after a short flight.

Upon landing, one of the wings of the aircraft inadvertently touched the ground, which resulted in the overthrow.

After five years of work on the unit, the owner Marcel Deschamps said he was “very disappointed” by the turn of events, although he was relieved that his driver, Patrick Cloutier, was not injured in the first and last flight.

“For me, the experience is completed after more than five years of work.” ”

http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/faitsdivers/archives/2012/08/20120825-193609.html