25/07 – Selldon Photography

Louis Bleriot is the First Man to Fly Over the Channel (1909)

Jul 25, 2026Selldon0150 Aircraft, Selective Coloration1909, 25/07, Aircraft, Channel Crossing, Louis Bleriot

Louis Blériot (1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of…

Ewald Rohlfs Reaches 2,339m with the Focke-Wulf FW61 Helicopter (1937)

Jul 25, 2025Selldon0002 Stamps, Selective Coloration1937, 25/07, Ewald Rohlfs, Focke, FW61, Helicopter

The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new…