Mr Colin Browne of Messrs. Browne, Bulner and Co 1911

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The Straits Times, 28 August 1911, Page 6
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Mr Colin Browne, formerly of Messrs. Browne, Bulner and Co., of the G.O. H. garage, is importing an aeroplane into Ceylon.

Mr Browne has not yet formulated his plans, but the machine is a passenger carrying (two-seater) racing Bleriot monoplane, with a 50 h.p. seven cylinder Gnome engine.

Other links:
50 h.p. seven cylinder Gnome engine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkJymMK33Zk
Bleriot with the more powerful 50 hp Gnome rotary engine was used for the first aerial route from Hendon to Windsor in September 1911.

Bleriot XI monoplanes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9riot_XI

Original engine of the Bleriot XI that was used for crossing the English Channel on 25 July 1909

By PHGCOM - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4670407

Restored Bleriot XI - Thulin A of 1910.

By J.Klank - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7219409

Oskar Bider's Bleriot XI flight from Bern over the Alps in 1913

By Unknown - http://www.bhm.ch, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9722763

Bleriot, undated

By De prins der geillustreerde bladen -De prins der geillustreerde bladen, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14649359

RAF Bleriot used in WWI (1914-1918)

By unknown RAF photographer - gallery link image link, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8473882


Bleriot XI in 1939:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkJymMK33Zk

Reviving the Bleriot XI in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9UDNRyep8


Louis Bleriot 1872-1936 (stamp):
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/359373245245184981/

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