Gérard Feldzer

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, and Vice-Président of Ports de Paris (Ports of Paris).

He has also been Regional Advisor of Île-de-France for Europe Écologie since March 2010 and a close friend of Nicolas Hulot.

Biography

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 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.