Poulain-Orange

   Gabriel Poulain was a famous bicycle-racer who held at least one speed record on the track. In 1910 his first aeroplane appeared, a handsome design similar to the Hanriot, with a long rectangular-section covered fuselage, Bleriot-style pylon, triangular fin and tailplane, and trapezoidal rudder and elevators; the motor was probably a Labor-Aviation. The machine was damaged in a crash in 1911; and to escape the draft, Poulain fled to Germany and opened a flying school at Johannisthal.
   In 1911 he showed another monoplane, this one with tail surfaces like the Antoinette's, a Bleriot undercarriage, and Poulain in big letters on the big fin.