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Alain Bombard (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ bɔ̃baʁ]; Paris, 27 October 1924 – Paris, 19 July 2005) was a French biologist, physician and politician famous for sailing in a small boat across the Atlantic Ocean without provision. He theorized that a human being could very well survive the trip across the ocean without provisions and decided ...
Alain Carignon (until 19 March 1986) Roger Gauthier (from 20 March 1986) Rally for the Republic EDA: Magdeleine Anglade National Centre of Independents and Peasants EDA: Pierre Bernard-Reymond (until 04 December 1986) Raymond Tourrain (from 05 December 1986) Centre of Social Democrats (until 04 December 1986)
In 1965, the company changed its name to "Zodiac" (english spelling). The name Zodiac is associated with the inflatable boats that were developed after the Second World War and made famous by the explorations of Jacques Cousteau and the experiences of intentional castaway Alain Bombard. For this reason, when the Zodiac Group sold its Marine ...
Zodiac received publicity in late 1952 after Alain Bombard made a crossing of the Atlantic in a production model of a Zodiac inflatable boat called L'Hérétique. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The company eventually stopped using materials for balloon production after the creation of synthetic nylon fabrics better suited for inflatable boats in the late 1950s.
Founded by Paul Ricard and Alain Bombard, the institute receives 25,000 visitors annually, and produces films and exhibitions to highlight marine life and issues. [1] In an early case of industrial pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, "red mud" was discharged at sea off the coast of the town of Cassis in Southern France. [2]
Alain Bombard Socialist Party PES: Jean-Louis Borloo (until 4 September 1992) François Froment-Meurice (from 5 September 1992) Independent (until 4 September 1992) Centre of Social Democrats NI (until 4 September 1992) EPP. Jean-Louis Bourlanges Independent EPP: Yvon Briant (until 13 August 1992) André Soulier (from 17 August 1992)
In the 1950s, the French Navy officer and biologist Alain Bombard was the first to combine the outboard engine, a rigid floor and a boat shaped inflatable. The former airplane -manufacturer Zodiac built that boat and a friend of Bombard, the diver Jacques-Yves Cousteau began to use it, after Bombard sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with his ...
The second European Parliament election by direct universal suffrage, took place in June 1984.The citizens of nine countries elected overall 518 MEPs for a term of five years.