A350XWB assembly plant in Toulouse was named after him. References External links French Air & Space Academy, Roger Béteille Airbus webpage 1921 births 2019 deaths Aérospatiale Airbus people Aviation pioneers Chief operating officers Corps de l'armement École Polytechnique alumni French aerospace engineers French chief executives Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring recipients Sud Aviation Supaéro alumni Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Grand Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite