aviaton

4 photos tagged aviaton, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2010

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BigBlockAgency said:
Issy les Moulineaux near Paris, France, 7th June 1912.
The Library of Congress said:
mecanic80: Thanks for noting the location and date. We'll edit the source data and reload the information to Flickr.
B-59 said:
S. article in The sun., June 30, 1912, FOURTH SECTION MAGAZINE, Page 15, ""AVIETTING MAY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FORMS OF SPORT". It says that the Peugeot company offered a preliminary prize of 1,000 francs for a very short flight of forty inches distance at a minimum height of four inches for propellerless aviettes. This contest took place on June 2 at Issy-les-Moulineaux. According to claudel.dopp.free.fr/Les_planeurs/Histoire/Velo-vole/Velo..., the photo shows Gabriel Poulain during the contest on June 2, 1912. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Poulain In 1921 Gabriel Poulain succeeded in flying 11 yards at height of 3 feet with his bike winning a Peugeot prize of 10,000 francs, s. www.britishpathe.com/video/flying-bikes/query/GABRIEL
Richard Norton said:
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Dan Sammons said:
wow
|| Ron || said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called United States Culture II, and we'd love to have this added to the group!