LC control no. | nr 95008970 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Turcat, André |
Associated place | Toulouse (France) |
Birth date | 1921-10-23 |
Death date | 2016-01-04 |
Place of birth | Marseille (France) |
Field of activity | Aeronautics Christian art and symbolism Local government European federation |
Profession or occupation | Test pilots Art historians Local officials and employees Legislators |
Found in | Etienne 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 language | fre |