TITLE: Louis Bleriot NAME: Ian &Ethel MacKay COUNTRY: Australia EMAIL: ethelm@bigfoot.com WEBPAGE: http://www.hermes.net.au/artwerx/ TOPIC: History COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: bleriot.jpg ZIPFILE: bleriot.zip RENDERER USED: Povray 3 for DOS TOOLS USED: None RENDER TIME: 1 hour 4 minutes 21 seconds HARDWARE USED: Pentium 233 with 64 Meg RAM. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: This is an image of History being made. Louis Bleriot and his IX Monoplane earned their place in history by crossing the English Channel on 25 July 1909. Flying at less than 40 mph, Bleriot only just managed to make the 22 mile crossing because a fortunate shower of rain cooled his overheating 25 hp Anzani engine. The achievement is remembered alongside the Wright Brothers, and, much later, Charles Lindbergh. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: All new, all hand coded in PovRay. Mostly CSG. The monoplane is as accurate as could be done from small three view drawings and a couple of photos. The pilot exists only from the waist up, but 950f the 'plane is there. Pov file is bleriot.zip