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Turcat, André

LC control no.nr 95008970
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Personal name headingTurcat, André
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Associated placeToulouse (France)
Birth date1921-10-23
Death date2016-01-04
Place of birthMarseille (France)
Field of activityAeronautics
Christian art and symbolism
Local government
European federation
Profession or occupationTest pilots
Art historians
Local officials and employees
Legislators
Found inEtienne Jamet alias Esteban Jamete, 1994: t.p. (André Turcat)
LC in RLIN, 2/15/95 (hdg.: Turcat, André)
Telegraph WWW site, viewed Jan. 7, 2016 (André Turcat; born in Marseille on October 23 1921; died January 4 2016; chief test pilot of the Concorde programme (a venture developed jointly by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Sud Aviation) and Sud Aviation's director of flight testing, posts he held until 1976; became deputy mayor of Toulouse from 1971 to 1977 and was a member of the European Parliament from 1980 to 1981; founder in 1983, and first president, of the Académie Nationale de l'air et de l'espace; in his retirement he returned to university and in 1990 he completed a PhD in Christian art)
Bib. nat. de france auth. file, Jan. 7, 2016 (hdg.: Turcat, André (1921....); xref: Turcat, André-Édouard-Marcel (1921....); chief test pilot; dr. in art history)
Associated languagefre