Jean Rech (1931 - December 2017) was a French aerodynamicist, and the chief aerodynamicist for

Concorde The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France an ...

, on the French division.

Early life

He attended

École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

(known as Supaéro).

Career

Aérospatiale

He worked for Sud Aviation and Aérospatiale on Concorde, and then on its

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division (with

Aeritalia Aeritalia was an aerospace engineering corporation based in Italy. It was formed out of the merger of two aviation companies, Fiat Aviazione and Aerfer, in 1969. Aeritalia continued several programs of its preceding companies, perhaps most p ...

of Italy).

Personal life

He died aged 86 in December 2017.Biography, 3AF Gazette January 2018, page 28
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Publications

* ''Concorde aerodynamics and associated systems development'' (with

Clive Leyman Clive Leyman (born 1935) is a Welsh aerodynamicist, and was the chief aerodynamicist of Concorde. Early life He went to Neath Grammar School for Boys in Wales. He studied at Queen Mary College in London. Career BAC He joined the Bristol Aero ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rech, Jean 1931 births 2017 deaths Aerodynamicists Aérospatiale Concorde French aerospace engineers Sud Aviation Supaéro alumni