Lucien Servanty (born in 1909 in

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, died 7 October 1973 in

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) was a French aeronautical engineer. '' Ingénieur diplômé par l'État'' (''DPE aéronautique 1943''), he is also a graduate from the Ecole des Arts et Métiers.Hommage à Lucien SERVANTY, père spirituel français de Concorde chez Aérospatiale Toulouse
/ref> He joined Breguet in 1937, then worked at the

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, where he was involved in the redesign of late variants of the Bloch MB.150 line. During World War II, he designed the SO.6000 Triton, France's first jet aircraft. But Lucien Servanty is probably best remembered today for being one of the main engineers behind

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(fastest general, public usage plane ever produced).

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Lucien Servanty
{{DEFAULTSORT:Servanty, Lucien Concorde French aerospace engineers 1973 deaths 1909 births Conservatoire national des arts et métiers alumni