Paul Cornu in Lisieux, Calvados (14)

Inventor Paul Cornu (1881-1944) took after his father for inventing things, and indeed worked with him on some projects. Included in these are a motor bicycle, a steam tricycle, a small 'ultra-light' car with two engines capable of reaching 70 km per hour, etc. Paul even turned his hand to a primitive kind of helicopter with two propellors and four bicycle wheels. He died a civilian war casualty and is remembered in Lisieux's Musée d'art et d'Histoire as well as a local lycée technique named after him.