Bleriot fan crosses channel

London - A fan of the first man to fly across the English Channel repeated the feat yesterday - only to find himself facing possible…

London - A fan of the first man to fly across the English Channel repeated the feat yesterday - only to find himself facing possible charges for illegally landing on Ministry of Defence land.

Mr Mikael Carlson reached Dover in a vintage Bleriot XI, 90 years to the day after the same flight was made by the French pioneer who gave the plane its name, Louis Bleriot.

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