the company also proposed a 'Motor-Fly' which was a bicycle with a small auxiliary 2-stroke engine added to the back wheel, and also produced pre-fabricated houses that could be built in 3 days ('votre maison en trois jours - your house in 3 days'). These were available with a floor area of 35, 75 or 105 square meters, and were constructed around a metal framework. Some of these houses still exist, but none in their original condition. The houses carry the logo 'Avion Voisin Issy', just like the other products from the factory. Death In 1960 he retired to his country house, "La Cadolle", at Le Villars near Tournus on the banks of the Saône river, where he wrote his memoirs. A few years later, in 1965, he was made a Commander of the Legion d'Honneur. He died on Christmas Day, 25 December 1973, in Ozenay, Saône-et-Loire at the age of 93. He was buried at Le Villars. See also Léon Lemartin – engineer on the Seine glider and the Gnome Omega rotary engine. Further reading Courtault, Pascal Automobiles Voisin,1919–1950.London: White Mouse Editions, 1991 ( in English ) Cahisa, Raymond L'Aviation d'Ader et des temps heroique. Paris: Editions Albin Michel,1950. Elliott, B.A. Bleriot, Herald of An Age. Stroud: Tempus, 2000. Gibbs-Smith, C.H. The Rebirth of European Aviation. London, HMSO. 1974. Opdycke, Leonard e. French Aeroplanes Before the Great War Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1999. Voisin, Gabriel,1960,"Mes 10.000 Cerfs-Volants". Voisin's first volume of personal memoirs. Editor:"Editions de la Table Ronde", Paris . Also published in English under the title : Men, Women and 10,000 kites by Putnam,London, 1963. Voisin Gabriel, 1962, "Mes milles et une Voitures" ( My 1001 automobiles ). Voisin's second volume of personal memoirs. Editor: "Editions de la Table Ronde", Paris. Voisin, Gabriel, 1966, "Henry Farman (1874–1960)", :" Revue Aeronautique Trimestrielle des Vieilles Tiges " No7, January 1966. pp 8–16. Tatin,V., 1910, " Theorie et Pratique de l'Aviation ", H.Dunod et E.Pinat Editeurs, Paris. References 1880 births 1973 deaths Aviation pioneers People from Rhône (department) Aviators from Lyon French automobile designers French founders of automobile manufacturers Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur