Gérard Feldzer
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Gérard Feldzer | |
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| Born | 10 February 1944 |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Engineer Airline Transport Pilot Licence |
| Alma mater | École des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile École nationale de l'aviation civile |
| Occupation(s) | Former head of the Musée de l'Air (French Air and Space Museum) |
| Employer | Air France |
| Title | Captain |
| Successor | Catherine Maunoury |
Gérard Paul Alain Feldzer (born 10 February 1944) is a consultant and aeronautical popularizer. He is a former French airline pilot, President of Comité régional de tourisme d'Île-de-France (Regional Committee of Île-de-France Tourism) since May 2010,[1] and Vice-Président of Ports de Paris (Ports of Paris).
He has also been Regional Advisor of Île-de-France for Europe Écologie[2] since March 2010 and a close friend of Nicolas Hulot.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Gérard Feldzer was born in 1944 in Aurec-sur-Loire. He started his career as an airline pilot at Air Algérie (1973–1974) and moved to Aéropostale where he did night flights from 1974-1976. At Air France, he was a pilot on Sud Aviation Caravelle, Boeing 707 and 747 aircraft, Captain (1989–1992) then Captain Instructor (1992–2004) on Airbus A310, A340 and A330.
In 1985, he applied for an Astronaut job at CNES and was one of ten finalists.
He became President of the Aéro-Club de France[3] between 1995 and 2005. The centenary of the club took place during his presidency, and he organized a major exhibition of planes in Paris on the Champs-Élysées to celebrate it.
Between 2005 and August 2010, Gérard Feldzer was head of the Musée de l'Air (French Air and Space Museum) at Le Bourget.[4] He made many animations and creations there including "Planete Pilote" ("Planet pilot"), the first space exhibition in the world aimed at 6-12 year olds.
He co-founded Zebunet (a micro-credit organisation for poor farmers in southern countries [5]) in 2001 and he has been its Vice-President since then. He also founded the "Les ailes de la ville" scheme, which provides training and integration for young suburban people through repairing and constructing aircraft.[6] As Founder and President of the "Transports passion" association, he has organized their annual meetings, exhibitions and events on ecomobility since 2005.[7]
On 1 January 2012, he became an Officier of the Légion d'honneur.[8][9]
Media[edit | edit source]
Radio[edit | edit source]
Feldzer has had a weekly radio show on France Info since 2009. Recent episodes include Circulez! il y a le monde à voir (Move! there is the world to see)).[10]
TV series[edit | edit source]
Feldzer wrote and directed the following series:
- Le Bar de l'escadrille (France 2, 1985)
- Un ticket pour l'espace (France 2, 1990)
- Les allumés du sport (Canal+ 1992)
and co-wrote the transport series Transportez-moi in 2011, which aired on LCP TV in 2012.
Books[edit | edit source]
- Demain, je serai pilote.[11]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Demain je serai pilote, Gallimard, 1999 (<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>ISBN 978-2-0705-2445-7)
- 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. (<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>ISBN 2-7491-0415-7), p. 212, FELDZER, Gérard
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Template:In lang Le Bourget : Une femme succède à Gérard Feldzer au musée de l’Air Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Template:In lang Gérard Feldzer Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Template:In lang Les bons vœux de Gérard Feldzer Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Template:In lang Gérard Feldzer Archived 2011-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Zebu.net. Retrieved from link
- ↑ Les ailes de la ville. (6 February 2012) Retrieved from link
- ↑ Template:In lang Gérard Feldzer Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Template:In lang Légion d'honneur : la promotion du 31 décembre 2011 Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Template:In lang Journal Officiel du dimanche 1er janvier 2012 Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Template:In lang Gérard Feldzer sur France Info Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Template:In lang Gérard Feldzer Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1944 births
- Space program of France
- Living people
- École nationale de l'aviation civile alumni
- Aviation in France
- French aviators
- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- French aerospace engineers
- Commercial aviators
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