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European industry and civil air transport

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Pierre Lecomte*
Affiliation:
Aerospatiale

Extract

When you heard the title of my paper you were probably disappointed. Indeed, other lecturers have already discussed very similar subjects on this same occasion. To recall the most recent:

  • I. G. Bloch in 1963: “The Aeronautical Industry in the Europe of Tomorrow”

  • Mr. Handel Davies in 1968: “Some Thoughts about the Future of European Aeronautics”.

  • M. Louis Giusta in 1969: “European Co-operation in the Aviation Industry and its Future Development”.

On reading again these three papers, I was struck by the pertinence of most of the points which were made. In that case, one may ask, why refer to them again? The reason is that many predictions have failed to materialise and many warnings do not seem to have been sufficiently heeded.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1975 

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References

1. Bloch, R. 16th Louis Bleriot Memorial Lecture. 7th March 1963.Google Scholar
2. Davies, Handel, 21st Louis Bleriot Memorial Lecture. 5th April 1968.Google Scholar
3. Giusta, L. 22nd Louis Bleriot Memorial Lecture. 20th March 1969.Google Scholar
4. Dornier, Claudius. Otto Lilienthal Lecture: Considerations on the future tasks of the European Aeronautical Industry in the Field of Civil Aviation. 22nd November 1974.Google Scholar
5. Gintrand, A. Status of European Aerospace and its Economic Role in these changing times. AIA Conference, San Francisco. 30th April 1974.Google Scholar