Background
Pinet, Jean Maurice was born on September 13, 1929 in Toulouse, France. Son of André and Suzanne (Pascal) Pinet.
Pinet, Jean Maurice was born on September 13, 1929 in Toulouse, France. Son of André and Suzanne (Pascal) Pinet.
Diploma in engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, 1949. Diploma in civil aeronautical engineering, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique, 1952.
Pilot missiles flight tests, Centre d'Essais-en-Vol, Bretigny-Sur-Orge, France, 1956-1961; pilot missiles flight tests, Erprobungs Stelle 61 der Bundeswehr, Manching, Germany, 1962-1965; pilot Concorde flight tests, Sud-Avation/Aerospatiale, Toulouse, France, 1965-1984; pilot airbus flight tests, Airbus Industrie, Toulouse, 1973-1989; pilot flight training, president, Aeroformation, Toulouse, 1971-1994; consultant, private practice, Toulouse, France, since 1994. President EURISCO Institute. Co-chairman Icarus Committee.
Lieutenant French Air Force, 1955-1956. Member Terre D'Envol, Society Experimental Test Pilots, French Academy Air and Space (past president).
Married Claudine Pierrette Rouat, March 28, 1955. Children: Marie-Laure, Marie-Annick, Jean-Yves, Marie Helene.