page_title: French Civil Aviation University
section_title: 1955 - 1959
hierarchical_section_title: French Civil Aviation University / History / 1955 - 1959
caption_attribution_description: Overview of Saint-Yan airport - France (LFLN/SYT)
context_page_description: The French Civil Aviation University, also known as ENAC, is a French public aeronautical grande école. It was created on 28 August 1949. It has locations in Biscarosse, Carcassonne, Castelnaudary, Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, Grenoble, Melun, Montpellier, Muret, Saint-Yan and Toulouse, in France. It is a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, the University of Toulouse, and of the Aerospace Valley. It is one of five founders of France AEROTECH.
  ENAC provides training in civil aeronautics. The university has around 25 courses. These include aerospace engineering, Masters, Mastères Spécialisés, and courses for technicians, airline pilots, air traffic controllers, managers and flight instructors.
context_section_description: The decree of 13 October 1959 announced the first partner of the university: Air France. It resulted in a sharing of tasks. It also established recruitment for airline pilots students with no previous flight experience. In 1958, the university already welcomed the first airline pilots students, on an experimental basis.
  ENAC cooperated with the École nationale de la météorologie (National School of Meteorology). It promoted the teaching of this subject for air traffic controllers.  After World War II, ENAC helped the conversion of military aircrew.  The Service de l'aviation légère et sportive (SALS), under the decree of 31 March 1951, provided free flight training for airline pilot candidates coming from the army.
  From 1949 to 1959, the number of courses held increased from 6 to 64. The number of students increased from 49 to 800.  In 1956, the navigation instructor rating was created. A training programme also started. In 1958, the airline pilot theoretical training course started.
  It had rites such as a reception in full uniform by local authorities when university officials and students arrived at a new location.
  ENAC Orly also held a yearly trip for all the students.
caption: ENAC buildings and aircraft at the Saint-Yan Airport.
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