![]() Edmond Poillot flying a Voisin biplane with a dog, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | 28 January 1888 |
Died | 25 September 1910 | (aged 22)
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Edmond [note 1] Poillot, (28 January 1888 – 25 September 1910) was a French journalist, pioneer aviation pilot and amateur boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Chief pilot at the Savary's aviation school in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, France), he died in a plane crash on 25 September 1910, while on a flight with a pupil in the suburbs of the city. [3]
![]() Edmond Poillot flying a Voisin biplane with a dog, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Nationality | French |
Born | 28 January 1888 |
Died | 25 September 1910 | (aged 22)
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Edmond [note 1] Poillot, (28 January 1888 – 25 September 1910) was a French journalist, pioneer aviation pilot and amateur boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Chief pilot at the Savary's aviation school in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, France), he died in a plane crash on 25 September 1910, while on a flight with a pupil in the suburbs of the city. [3]