Biography of Georges De Mestral

Georges De Mestral was born in june 19 1907

in the castle of saint saphorin sur morges. At the

     age of 12 mestral invented a airplane and patented it.

He attended to the ecole polytechnique federale de laussane.

 He graduated  as an electrical engineer,

 he worked in the machine shop of an engineering

company. In1955 he sucess with his invention, eventually

selling 60 million yards.Georges was married three times: 

to Jeanne Schnyder in 1932, Monique Panchaud

 de Bottens in 1949, and Helen Mary Dale. De Mestral died in commungny, switzerland, where he is buried.

The municipality named a avenue with his named, the

 is calles L'avenue Georges de Mestra,

 in his honor. He was inducted into the National Inventor

Halls of Fame in 1999 for his invention.