was erected in Cairo to his memory. The statue was made by Guillaume Laplagne and was erected on a black basalt base and was located near the Heliopolis Grand Hotel but this no longer exists. The base of the pedestal bears the word Oser! meaning "dare" which he had printed on the cover of his book. The vulture in front of the pedestal is based on his illustration used in his 1881 book. Rue Pierre-Mouillard is a Paris street named in his honour. See also List of early flying machines References External links Mouillard L'Empire de l'air. Essai d'ornithologie appliquee a l'aviation (1881) Correspondence between Octave Chanute and Mouillard Mouillard biography Publications by Mouillard Aviation pioneers French glider pilots Aviation inventors 19th-century French inventors 1834 births 1897 deaths