Gérard Desbois
| Gérard Desbois | |
|---|---|
| Born | Desbois 1958 Longué-Jumelles |
| 🏡 Residence | France |
| 🏳️ Nationality | French |
| 🏫 Education | Flight engineer |
| 🎓 Alma mater | French Civil Aviation University |
| 💼 Occupation | Airbus Flight test engineer |
| 👔 Employer | Airbus |
| Known for | Airbus A380 Flight test engineer for the first flight of the aircraft the 27th of April 2005 |
Gérard Desbois, born in 1958 at Longué-Jumelles is a French flight test engineer and writer. He was member of the crew for the first flight of the Airbus A380 the 27th of April 2005.[1][2] He is the youngest flight test engineer graduates (29 years old) since the beginnings of aviation.[3]
Biography[edit]
Graduate from the French Civil Aviation University (1979[4]) and owner of a Commercial pilot licence, he starts his career in 1982 at Aérospatiale.[5]
Under the supervision of Henri Perrier, first Concorde flight test engineer, who was at that time Head of flight test at Aérospatiale, he went to the EPNER school, which he graduates, age 29, the youngest flight test engineer graduate since the beginnings of aviation.[3]
In 1991, he joined Airbus and the Airbus A340 and Airbus A321 flight test teams. Then he is part of the crew for the first flights of the Airbus A319 and Airbus A340-600.[6]
After that, he is nominated flight test engineer responsible of the Airbus A380 aircraft and is member of the crew for the first flight of the aircraft the 27th of April 2005.[7]
More reading[edit]
- Gérard Desbois, Autour de l’avion (around the aircraft), Bleu Ciel Éditions, November 2006, 248 p., ISBN 2-9521228-2-2 Search this book on
.[8] - Gérard Desbois, Des hommes et l’avion (men and the aircraft), Bleu Ciel Éditions, December 2010, 280 p., ISBN 978-2-918015-11-6 Search this book on .[9][10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "A380 SUCCESSFULLY TAKES TO THE SKIES". Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. 17-06 - L’équipage du 1er vol
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Autour de l'Avion Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.Book 50 ans d'ENAC p.352
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Bleu Ciel - Autour de l'avion (du J3 à A380) - Gérard Desbois[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Bleu Ciel - Des hommes et l'Avion - Gérard DESBOIS[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Un J3 aux Alcyons - Part 2 Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. AUTOUR DE L’AVION Gérard Desbois
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Des hommes et l’avion Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Dans l'A 380 avec Gérard Desbois
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