Guy du Merle
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|known_for = First Director-General of the École nationale de l'aviation civile
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Guy du Merle ({{IPA|fr|ɡi dy mɛʁl}}; 1 January 1908 – 6 June 1993) was a French aeronautical engineer, test pilot{{in lang|fr}} [http://mirageswar.com/aircrafts/print:page,1,38214-construction-des-avions-guy-du-merle-dunod-1947.html Construction des avions – Guy du Merle Dunod 1947] and writer.{{in lang|fr}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=vckjQwAACAAJ Construction des avions: par Guy Du Merle,... Préface de Paul Dumanois,...] He was the first director-general of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university).
Biography
Du Merle was born in Toulon. A graduate from the École polytechnique (X 27) and the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace (Supaéro 32), he began his career as an air military engineer in the military air center from 1933 to 1935 and test pilot on more than hundred types of aircraft, seaplanes and gliders, including, with Captain Rozanoff, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Heinkel He 111 captured by the Republicans in Spain in 1938. In 1945 he became director of the aerospace department, until 1948. Meanwhile, from 1940 to 1950, he taught the aerospace manufacturer at SUPAERO.{{in lang|fr}} [http://inter.action.free.fr/biblio/biblio.html Guy du Merle] In 1948, he became the first director of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university), a position held until 1951 and the appointment of his successor, Gilbert Manuel.{{cite web |url= http://www.cge-news.com/contenus/180/cms_pc/fichier/169/101122153310_lettre_-enac.pdf |title= La lettre d'information mensuelle de l'École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile |language= fr |access-date= 18 May 2012 |archive-date= 4 January 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220104042858/http://www.cge-news.com/contenus/180/cms_pc/fichier/169/101122153310_lettre_-enac.pdf |url-status= dead }}
A roundabout of the city of Toulouse bears his name.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/enac-toulouse/4709353734/ 1998 Rond-point Guy du Merle]
Bibliography
- Guy du Merle, Construction des avions, Souchier, 1942, 283 p.
- Guy du Merle, Construction des avions, Dunod, 1947, 857 p.
- Guy du Merle, Aviation quand tu nous tiens, 23 p., École nationale de l'aviation civile, 1986{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.boutique.aero/article-1432-aviation_quand_tu_nous_tiens__version_anglaise.aero Aviation quand tu nous tiens... (version anglaise)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804054735/http://www.boutique.aero/article-1432-aviation_quand_tu_nous_tiens__version_anglaise.aero |date=4 August 2012 }}
- Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique, Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. ({{ISBN|2-7491-0415-7}})
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Category:20th-century French male writers
Category:French aerospace engineers
Category:École Polytechnique alumni
Category:Directors of the École nationale de l'aviation civile