What is Guy du Merle?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person |name = Guy du Merle |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = Du Merle |birth_date = 1 January 1908 |birth_place = [[Toulon]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1993|6|6|1908|1|1}}<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.idref.fr/148955576 Du Merle, Guy (1908?-1993)]</ref> |death_place = |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |nationality = French |ethnicity = |citizenship = French |other_names = |known_for = First head of the [[French Civil Aviation University]] |education = [[Aerospace engineer]] <br> pilot |alma_mater = [[École Polytechnique]] <br> [[Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace|École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace]] |employer = |occupation = |years_active = |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = None |successor =Gilbert Manuel |party = |opponents = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relations = |callsign = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Guy du Merle''' (1 January 1908 – 6 June 1993) was a French [[aerospace engineer]], pilot<ref>{{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]</ref> and writer.<ref>{{cite book| last = Merle| first = Guy Du| title = Construction des avions: par Guy Du Merle,.. Preface de Paul Dumanois,.| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vckjQwAACAAJ| year = 1942| publisher = Souchier}}</ref> He was the first head of the [[French Civil Aviation University]]. Du Merle graduated from the ''[[École Polytechnique]]'' (1927) and the ''[[Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace|École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace]]'' (1932). He began his career as a military pilot, from 1933 to 1935, on more than hundred types of aircraft. From 1940 to 1950, he taught [[aerospace engineering]] at the ''École nationale supérie