First Concorde test pilot Andre Turcat dies
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Andre Turcat, the first pilot to fly Concorde , has died at age 94. The former test pilot died Jan. 4 at his home in Aix-En-Provence. Turcat was chief test pilot on the French side of the Concorde program and was at the controls for prototype’s first flight March 2, 1969, as well as the first time...
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