Goodbye to Sir RETIF.

It is with sadness that we learn of the departure for his last flight of Mr Michel Rétif, a name closely linked to Concorde.

As he wrote in his book, it was « Le MECANO du Bloch 134 à Concorde » a book in which he recounts the fascinating life of an aviation enthusiast since his birth on February 17, 1923.

His flights on Concorde as a Test Flight Engineer began with the   F-WTSS prototype in 1969 during its first flight and he completed 640 flights and 1,354 flight hours on all French Concorde.

On board F-WTSA Mr. Rétif carried out the following 41 flights:

SA joins all the members of our association in offering our sincere condolences to all his family and friends.

Thank you to our friends at Cap Avenir Concorde for the photo of Mr. Rétif during one of his interventions.

To see all of Michel Rétif’s flights on “Borentin *”

Or the site; http://lesvolsdeconcorde.com

*Small encyclopaedia of all French Concorde fleet flights by Philippe Borentin