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Jean Rech (1931 - December 2017) was a French aerodynamicist, and the chief aerodynamicist for Concorde, on the French division.
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Jean Rech (1931 - December 2017) was a French aerodynamicist, and the chief aerodynamicist for Concorde, on the French division.
He attended École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace (known as Supaéro).
He worked for Sud Aviation and Aérospatiale on Concorde, and then on its ATR division (with Aeritalia of Italy). [1]
He died aged 86 in December 2017. [2]
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