The VII, complete with its covered-over fuselage, proved more in line with front mounted engines designs to come. The fuselage was a near-perfect rectangular shape while the main wings were low-mounted with noticeable dihedral (upward angle from root to tip). The engine powered a four-blade paddle-type propeller. Power was a single Antoinette 50-horsepower 8-cylinder water-cooled piston engine. Cruising speed was listed at 50 miles per hour. Bleriot and his VII made a total of six flights before the machine was lost to accident in December of 1907.
Span: 36′
Length: 29’6″
Weight: 940 lb
All Aero 