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Airbus founding father Roger Béteille passes away aged 97

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Airbus founding father Roger Béteille passes away aged 97

Roger Béteille, one of the founders of Airbus, has passed away aged 97. Béteille, who not only shaped Airbus’ first commercial aircraft - the A300B - but also Airbus Industrie, was born in Aveyron, France, in 1921. He studied at Supaéro in Toulouse before joining France’s SNCASE, which later ...

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