Alphonse Pénaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alphonse Pénaud

French engineer

Date of Birth: 31-May-1850

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1880

Profession: engineer, mathematician, aerospace engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alphonse Pénaud (31 May 1850 – 22 October 1880), was a 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering.
He was the originator of the use of twisted rubber to power model aircraft, and his 1871 model airplane, which he called the Planophore, was the first aerodynamically stable flying model.
He went on to design a full-sized aircraft with many advanced features, but was unable to get any support for the project, and eventually committed suicide in 1880, aged 30.