Winnie Roach Leuszler was the first Canadian to swim the English Channel.
CN JANAKI was the first disabled person to cross the English Channel in 1992.She was from India.
One of the first documented attempts to swim the Channel was the failed attempt of J.B. Johnson in 1872.
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Gurtrude Ederle and Matthew Webb.
July 25th, 1909
Louis Bleriot
The first air balloon trip across the English Channel was a joint trip by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries nearly 30 years ago on January 7, 1985.
Gossamer Albatross was the first man-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel on 12 June 1979. It was made of carbon fibre covered by Mylar and weighed only about 220 pounds for the Channel crossing. Invented by Paul McReady and flown by Bryan Allen.
Balloon: J.P.Fr. Blanchard (07.01.1785) Aircraft: Louis Bleriot (25.07.1909)
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries crossed the English Channel by balloon on January 7, 1785. The journey took 2.5 hours.
Frenchman Louis Bleriot was the first to fly across the English Channel, in 1909, he built the plane, too.
The first air balloon trip across the English Channel was a joint trip by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries nearly 30 years ago on January 7, 1985.
He was the first to cross the English Channel in an airplane. He also invented his own airplane, a 1909 Bleriot with a top speed of 15 mph, that he used for this crossing.
Canadian Cindy Nicholas was the first female swimmer to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel. She completed the feat on September 8, 1977, in 19 hours and 55 minutes.
Steve Fossett holds the world record for the first solo Pacific hot air balloon crossing. He achieved this feat by flying from South Korea to Canada in 2008.
Gertrude Ederle was the first lady to cross the English channel.