Guy du Merle (French pronunciation: [ɡi dy mɛʁl]; 1 January 1908 – 6 June 1993) was a French aeronautical engineer, test pilot[2] and writer.
[3] He was the first director-general of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university).
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.
[4] 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.