Andre Turcat—the test pilot who took Concorde supersonic
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 08:33
in Psychology & Sociology
Last year it was reported that a design for a successor to Concorde, which would fly between London and New York in one hour at more than 4.5 times the speed of sound, had been patented by Airbus. This would have been thrilling news to French test pilot André Turcat, the man who first took Concorde supersonic in the 1960s – and who recently passed away at the age of 94.
