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Jean Pinet | |
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Born | September 13, 1929 |
Occupation(s) | Pilot, aeronautical engineer, official, customer crew trainer |
Known for | First person to take Concorde supersonic |
Jean Pinet (born 13 September 1929) is a French aviator and aeronautical engineer; as a former Concorde test pilot, he was the first person to take Concorde supersonic, in early October 1969.
He grew up near Tarbes in south-west France. He attended the Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace until 1952, gaining an engineering degree.
He trained as pilot with the French Air Force, and trained in the US, returning to France in 1954.
He was stationed in Creil, when in the air force, and operated in the Dassault Ouragan and Dassault Mystère IV.
He left the air force in 1956 and joined the aeronautical research centre ( Centre d'essais en vol ) at Brétigny-sur-Orge in 1957, and also worked at the research centre's site at Cazaux Air Base.
In 1958 he acquired the test pilot licence, when training with EPNER (École du personnel navigant d'essais et de réception) at the Istres-Le Tubé Air Base on the southern edge of France.
He joined Sud Aviation in October 1965. He first flew Concorde on 30 March 1969. He last flew on Concorde on 19 April 1985, and remained as a test pilot for Airbus, and retired in 1994.
Concorde first went supersonic on Wednesday 1 October 1969 at 715 mph (1,151 km/h) at 36,000 feet (11,000 m) for ten minutes over France in Concorde 001. [1] [2] Another test pilot was Jean Franchi.
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