Charles-Alphonse Pénaud
(to show in image: 1883 and 1884 summation drawn from the « Chronologie Aéronautique » of Aéro-Manuel, 1914)
Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880) was an aero inventor. His father, Charles-Eugène Pénaud, was an admiral in the French navy.
French patent data has him located at rue Castellane 14, Paris.[1] We have him at that same address, filing in collaboration with Paul-Élie Gauchot.[2]
In the 1860s Pénaud created a simple hélicoptère using twisted rubber cords. This design quickly became popular. Pénaud then created an airplane model called a planophore which he demonstrated on 18 August 1871 (in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune). The planophore used a rod, a cambered wing, and a tail, powered by a propeller run, once again, by twisted rubber cords. It flew about 40 meters.[3]
In 1874 Penaud designed a kite-balloon for meteorological and military purposes.[4]
In 1883, the French Académie des Sciences shared a prize of 3,000 francs willed by Pénaud, recognizing those who had contributed to the progress of aviation. This sum was split between Gaston Tissandier, Duroy de Brignac (for mathematical work on an apparatus of mixed application), and Victor Tatin.
This person had 14 publications and 3 patents in this database.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Alphonse Pénaud or Charles-Alphonse Pénaud
- Patent DE-1876-aq (English title: Man-carrying flying apparatus)
- Patent FR-1876-111574 (English title: Aeroplane or flying aerial apparatus, Filing date: 1876-04-08)
- Patent FR-1878-122257 (English title: Use of solid and liquid hydrogen in aerial navigation, Filing date: 1878-01-24)
Publications by or about Alphonse Pénaud or Charles-Alphonse Pénaud
- Pénaud, 1871, L'homme peut-il voler sans moteur auxiliaire? (Simple title: Can a man fly without an auxiliary engine?, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Penaud, 1871 (Simple title: Can man fly without an auxiliary motor?, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Pénaud, 1872, Aéroplane automoteur (Simple title: Self propelled airplane, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Pénaud, 1873, Lois du glissement dans l'air (Simple title: Laws of sliding in the air, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Publication 870, 1873, Ascension scientifique exécutée par MM. J. Crocé-Spinelli, Jobert, A. Pénaud, le docteur Petard et Sivel le 26 avril 1873 (Simple title: Scientific ascension performed by MM. J. Crocé-Spinelli, Jobert, A. Pénaud, Dr. Petard and Sivel April 26, 1873, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Croce-Spinelli, Jobert, Penaud, Petard, and Sivel, 1873, Ascension scientifique exécuté le 26 avril 1873 (Simple title: Scientific Ascension Performed on April 26, 1873, Journal: C. R. Acad. Sci.)
- Pénaud, 1874, Le nouveau mémoire de M. Marey. Physiologie du vol des oiseaux; du point d'appui de l'aile sur l'air (Simple title: The new memoir of Mr. Marey. Physiology of bird flight; the point of support of the wing on the air, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Pénaud, 1875, Du vol à voiles ou vol continu sans battements (Simple title: Sailing or continuous flight without beats, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Pénaud, 1875, Aviation (Extrait du Journal de Physique) (Simple title: Aviation (From the Journal de Physique), Journal: Journal de Physique)
- Pénaud, 1876, Laws relating to planes gliding in the air (Simple title: Laws relating to planes gliding in the air, Journal: Annual Report of the Aëronautical Society of Great Britain)
- Pénaud, 1876, Sur la force des ètres volants (Simple title: On the strength of flying, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Pénaud, 1876, The power developed by birds (Simple title: The power developed by birds, Journal: Annual Report of the Aëronautical Society of Great Britain)
- Mayer, 1876, Flying-Machines and Penaud's Artificial Bird (Simple title: Flying-Machines and Penaud's Artificial Bird, Journal: Popular Science Monthly • Journal de Physique)
- Pénaud and Gauchat, 1877, Un brevet d'aéroplane (Simple title: An airplane patent, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Pénaud, 1878, Recherches sur la résistance des fluides (Simple title: Research on the resistance of fluids, Journal: Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris)
- Pénaud, 1878, Discours prononcé le 14 mars 1878, dans la séance générale de la société de navigation aérienne (Simple title: Speech delivered on March 14, 1878, in the general meeting of the air navigation company)
- Landelle, 1884, Dans les airs; histoire élémentaire de l'aéronautique (Simple title: In the air; basic history of aeronautics)
- Landelle, 1884, La marche rationnelle en aviation (Simple title: The logcical advancement of aviation, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Lippert, 1888, Berichtigung: Ueber Arbeitsökonomie in der Flugbewegung (Simple title: Correction: On work-efficiency in aerial movement, Journal: Zeitschr. Luftsch.)
- Lecornu, 1903, La navigation aérienne. Histoire documentaire et anecdotique (Simple title: Air navigation. Documentary and anecdotal history.)
- Besio Moreno, 1914, Historia de la Navegación Aérea (Simple title: History of Aerial Navigation, Journal: Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina)
- D'Orcy, 2868, Pioneers of aviation. 1.Sir George Cayley; 2. Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow; 3. Felix and Louis du Temple; 4. Captain le Bris; 5. Count d'Esterno; 6. Alphonse Penaud (Simple title: Pioneers of aviation. 1.Sir George Cayley; 2. Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow; 3. Felix and Louis du Temple; 4. Captain le Bris; 5. Count d'Esterno; 6. Alphonse Penaud, Journal: Aircraft)
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| Names | Charles-Alphonse Pénaud; Alphonse Pénaud; Alphonse Penaud |
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| Countries | FR |
| Locations | Paris, Seine |
| Occupations | engineer, inventor |
| Tech areas | Helicopter, Kite-balloon, Suspension |
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| Family name | Pénaud |
| Birth date | 1850-05-31 |
| Death date | 1880-10-22 |
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