Further Biography
In 1909, Gabriel Voisin was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, and along with Blériot was awarded the Prix Osiris, awarded by the Institut de France.
In the same year Voisin married Adrienne-Lola Bernet; they had one daughter, Janine.
In 1960, he retired in 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 in 1973 in Ozenay, Saône-et-Loire at the age of 93 and was buried at Le Villars . He was the creator of some of the earliest functional flying machines in the world, and an artist in the field of luxury automobiles. His idiosyncratic style and his obsession with feminine conquests have not diminished the achievements of Gabriel Voisin.
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