Experience Shooting Solutions (ES2) Presents Two World Famous 1911 Designs, As One Is Regulated to Museum Collections While The Other Is Still Going Over 100 Years Later

The 1911 Bleriot XI aircraft. This replica of the Bleriot XI aircraft is found and currently on display at New York Islip / MacArthur Airport main passenger terminal 

The aircraft much like John Browning, Colt, automatic, self loading pistol design named after the year it was accepted by the U.S. Government were both introduced in 1911

Despite the one hundred years that has past since these two designs were introduced to the world, the Bleriot XI is regulated to the chapters of aviation history, while John Browning 1911, Colt, automatic, self loading / automatic pistol is still a viable and functional pistol design which is stilled copied by many of the world wide gun manufactures and its features are found within many of todays modern and popular handgun models.

Much like the Bleriot XI aircraft design from 1911, the John Browning Colt 1911 design is still with us and still a functional and operational pistol design. The 1911 design has been copied and continues to be copied through out the years by many gun manufactures worldwide.

Shown above (top) is the world famous .45acp, 1911 design of the Colt 1911 made by Rock Island Arms of the Philippines. Shown with the .45acp is the Hungarian manufactured FEG  9mm pistol which also incorporates many of the 1911 designs from over 100 years ago. Truly a testament to the genius that was John Browning 1911 design.

Even China's Northern Industrial Corporation "NORINCO" one of China's top weapons manufacture of military arms employs many design traits from John Browning 1911 original design that still lives on 100 plus years. How many Bleriot design within their original forms are found within today's modern planes?

Farmingdale Long Island, New York 26th July 2013: In today's high tech and automated production, manufacturing world market, it is easy to forget as to many mechanical designs have come and gone into our society. But despite being over 100 years old, the John Browning 1911 pistol design is one of the few it not one of the only items that was invented back then and it is still with us and functioning in the same intended mechanical manner as Mr. Browning had designed it back in 1911.

The world famous 1911 design is now 102 years old. Since then many of the world gun manufactures have copied this amazing and functional pistol design either by licensing agreement as with the Hungarian design FEG pistol (shown above) as carried with the Browning High-Power design or pirated / copied as with the Russian Tokarev World War Two pistol.  It is ironic that the Bleriot XI was designed and manufactured in 1911 and yet the aircraft is a historical piece within the chapters of aviation history and yet John Browning pistol design is still being used by law abiding, American gun owners in protecting lives and property as well by many of the worlds law enforcement and military armed forces. This includes the United States Marine Corp. who is once again returning the world famous 1911 .45acp as the Corp. official sidearm in lieu of the Beretta 9mm.
We ponder the question as to what, if any mechanisms from the original Bleriot XI design within its original manufactured material is found within today's modern world fleet of corporate, commercial or military aircraft's? The 1911 and its design will be with us for many. many more years to come. Nice work Mr Browning!