Pierre Satre
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Pierre Satre (4 May 1909 – 12 July 1980) was a French engineer, and the chief designer of the Anglo-French Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde.[1]
Early life
He was born in Grenoble in south-east France, in the region of Rhône-Alpes.
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Career
Sud Aviation
He became the Technical Director of Sud Aviation in Toulouse, in the Midi-Pyrénées region, working with Lucien Servanty.
Concorde
He became the Chief Designer of Concorde.[2] Experiments for the new aircraft were carried out on the 1950s supersonic Dassault Mirage III, and later the 1960s Dassault Mirage IV.
Personal life
He died aged 71 on 12 July 1980. He received the Silver Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). He received the French Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur). He was awarded the FAI Gold Air Medal in 1959.
See also
References
- ^ E&T Magazine April 2011 Archived 6 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Flight International February 1966
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