Gabriel Poulain was a French champion cyclist. He made several attempts to achieve human-powered flight and in July 1921 won a prize of 10,000 francs awarded by Peugeot for a flight of ten metres at a height of one metre, on a bicycle with two wing planes in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.
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4 February 1884 Saint Helier, Jersey
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Died |
9 January 1953 (aged 68) Nice, France
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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