Jean Macaigne
Jean Macaigne (born October 10, 1904 in Paris , † July 25, 1995 ) was a French pioneer in the aviation industry.
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Jean Macaigne completed his training as a telegraph operator on August 23, 1922. He was first an officer in the French Navy and on August 16, 1927, he moved to Compagnie générale aéropostale , a French airmail company that became Air France after nationalization in 1933 .
He took part in the first postal service, the PERONNE, in September 1927. From 1929 to 1932, Aéropostale was a reservoir for the stars of French aviation history: André Depecker, Henri Guillaumet , Raoul Mac Leod, Jean Mermoz , Georges Pivot, Marcel Reine, Antoine de Saint -Exupéry . In 1933 Jean Macaigne was transferred from Air France to Dakar as an inspector with responsibility for Africa and the South Atlantic.
In 1946 he became training director for radar navigation at Le Bourget . In October 1960 he ended his flight activity. He had 24,000 flight hours , 6,000 of which were at night on more than 26 different types of aircraft, from the single-engine Laté 25 to the Boeing 707 .
He has written numerous articles for aviation enthusiasts and wrote several books, under the pseudonym Jean Pierre DURET, and Le Courrier de l'Aventure , Mineurs du Ciel , Les Avisos de l'Aéropostale . He was Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur .
Individual evidence
- ^ CAEA: Salle aviation commerciale . caea.free.fr. Archived from the original on April 2, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Macaigne, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French aviation industry pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1995 |