Read the text. Choose the correct sentence.
The First Air Journey
On July 25, 1909, a Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, became the first man to complete an air journey from Calais, in the north of France, to Dover, in the south of England. People thought that such a journey was impossible.
The flight wasn’t easy. Mr. Bleriot, a 37-year-old engineer, couldn’t swim, so he didn’t want to come down in the Channel. He couldn’t walk very well because of an injury to his leg, and he didn’t have a compass.
On the morning of the 25th, he took off from a field at the edge of a cliff. It took 37 minutes to complete the 22-mile journey. The plane flew at 40 miles per hour at an altitude of 250 feet.
Everything went well until he flew into fog. ‘I continued flying for ten minutes, but I couldn’t see the land. It was the most dangerous part of the flight. Finally, I saw the land,’ he told reporters.
When he got to Dover, he saw a French journalist waving a flag. He landed on a field.
The news quickly went round the world, and Mr. Bleriot’s flight was celebrated in London and Paris. He won a prize of £1,000.
The crossing was the start of modern aviation.
The first completed air flight took place in the summer of 1909.
Louis Bleriot had problems with his back.
The journey was 40 miles long.
A French journalist gave him a flag.
The news about the flight quickly arrived in London and Paris.
Louis Bleriot was from Dover, in the south of England.
In France a French journalist was waving a flag.
Louis Bleriot couldn’t see the land for ten minutes.
The journey was 250 feet long.
The flight ended in France.
The flight started in Paris.
The first air journey took place a hundred years ago.
Louis Bleriot went to London to get a prize of £1,000.
The journey was 22 minutes long.
The first completed air flight took place in summer.
The first air journey took place a hundred years ago.
Louis Bleriot went to Paris to get a prize of £1,000.
The journey ended in the south of England.
The journey was 37 miles long.
The flight was celebrated around the world.
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