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The Blériot XXIII was a racing monoplane produced in 1911 by Blériot Aéronautique. Two were built both of which were flown in the 1911 Gordon Bennett Trophy competition at Eastchurch; one flown by Alfred Leblanc achieving second place.Leblanc had previously set a world speed record of 125 km/h (78 mph) on 12 June 1911 at the eliminating trial for the French Gordon Bennett entrant.