First flight over the channel.

It's a hundred years ago today that Louis Blériot (1 July 1872 – 2 August 1936) crossed the English channel.
Flying is something we take for granted today, in 1909 however it was a different proposition, aircraft were in their infancy, nobody had ever successfully crossed a large body of water.
Louis couldn't even swim, and he was injured from an earlier accident. The trip of just 22 miles took a staggering 37 minutes due to the poor weather and wind.
It's increadable to think that just 60 years later man landed on the Moon, and now only a 100 years later they are talking of going to Mars.