Virginie Guyot

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Virginie Guyot, in 2010 as Commander of the Patrouille de France

Virginie Guyot (born December 30, 1976 in Angers ) is a French fighter pilot with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the French Air Force . She was in command of the Patrouille de France in the 2009/2010 season and as such the first woman in the world to command an aerobatic team.

Career

After completing his baccalaureate and classe préparatoire at the Prytanée national militaire , a higher military education institution, Guyot entered the École de l'air , the French air force officers' school, in 1997 . After her promotion, she began training fighter pilots in the Air Force in Tours .

Guyot became a fighter pilot in 2002, three years after Caroline Aigle , the first French female fighter pilot in the French Air Force. Guyot was assigned to the Escadron de reconnaissance 2/33 Savoie and flew the Dassault Mirage F1 .

In her unit, she flew a total of 76 missions in war and crisis regions such as Chad , Tajikistan and Afghanistan . In 2007 she was promoted to squadron leader and in 2009 to major .

In 2008, Virginie Guyot became the first woman to join the Patrouille de France, one of the top teams among aerobatic teams, where she was the first woman to be appointed deputy and then on November 25, 2009, commander. Her appointment sparked a lively debate in France. She distanced herself from being a symbol for the women's movement. She prefers to explain that she is "doing her job" and "a little lucky".

After a year as commander of the Patrouille de France (nobody has been in command for more than a year), she completed her training as a general staff officer .

In the summer of 2015, she resigned from active service in the Armée de l'Air . Since then she has been giving lectures on her experiences. On June 25, 2015, she was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor . She is married and has three children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ French pilots show women can fly ( Memento of April 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Virginie Guyot, première femme aux commandes de la Patrouille de France , Le Point, November 26, 2009
  3. ^ Virgine Guyot, l'étoile montante . In: Le Télégramme of July 13, 2009, accessed on June 23, 2016 (French).
  4. ^ Journal Officiel de la République Française , page 15.
  5. ^ Biography of Virginie Guyot. ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Journée Nationale de l'Ingénieur of February 5, 2016, accessed on June 23, 2016 (French). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jni.iesf.fr
personal data
SURNAME Guyot, Virginie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French fighter pilot in the rank of lieutenant colonel
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Angers