The museum has expanded with two exceptional pieces offered by the family of Mr.René DUGUET,former.

Tout a commencé par le message ci-dessous :

"Hello sir,

I take the liberty of contacting you, I got your contact details from Mr Pierre Grange. My father (F/E on Concorde) had a visor glass (2m long) and a windshield glass. In consultation with the APCOS, we decided that it would be good if you could take possession of these 2 parts.

I think that's what my father would have wanted.

Mrs DUGUET Anne-Marie.”

We immediately made contact with Mme Duguet and we went to Montgeron where the 2 windows are located, a flat visor glass and a left windshield.

Interior side view

Here is the plate identifying the windshield which was manufactured by the British company TRIPLEX SAFETY GLASS on October 3, 1974, Part number A 11429.

Serial number: 66.915.0099.00

Exterior side view

Back at the museum, the windshield is immediately installed in our Concorde where it will be exhibited to visitors.

Weighing around thirty kilos, the only difficulty we encountered, due to its dimensions, was to mount the windshield safely via the gangway.

Installed on the left side of the forward cabin of the SA, a label recalls the location of the windshield in the cockpit and the donation from the family of René DUGUET, former F/E (Flight Engineer) on Concorde.

The flat visor glass will be kept as a reserve because due to its length it will be difficult to display it to the public and as you never know it could be used one day as a spare for the SA.

Now let's talk about the former owner of the two parts, Mr. René DUGUET, who left for his last flight on February 17th.

Born in 1927, he completed his training as a ground mechanic in Vilgénis in 1948.

In 1951 becomes F/E (Flight Engineer) of the Air France company and will be successively qualified and will fly on:

Douglas DC-3,

The following 14 planes F-BAIF, F-BAIH, F-BAXH, F-BAXI, F-BAXL, F-BAXP, F-BAXR, F-BAXS, F-BBBA, F-BCYD, F-BEFI, F-BEFU, F-BBFGM et F-BFGX.

Bloch 161 Languedoc.

The following 20 planes F-BATE, F-BATJ, F-BATN, F-BATP, F-BATQ, F-BATR, F-BATV, F-BATZ, F-BCUA, F-BCUB, F-BCUC, F-BCUF, F-BCUG F-BCUJ, F-BCUL, F-BCUN, F-BCUO, F-BCUQ, F-BCUR et F-BCUS.

Lockheed L-749 Constellation

The following 23 planes: F-BAZE, F-BAZF, F-BAZG, F-BAZG, F-BAZG, F-BAZJ, F-BAZK, F-BAZM, F-BZAO, F-BAZP, F-BAZQ, F-BAZR, F-BAZS, F-BAZT, F-BAZU, F-BAZV, F-BAZX, FBAZY, F-BAZZ, F-BBAT, F-BBDT, F-BBDU, F-BBDV et F-BBZK.

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation.

The following 10 planes: F-BGNA, F-BGNB, F-BGNC, F-BGND, F-BGNE, F-BGNF, F-BGNG, F-BGNH, F-BGNI et F-BGNJ.

It was by consulting his flight log that we were able to find the registrations of the propeller planes above, in which he flew 3,007 hours before switching to jets.

He will then fly and will be qualified as a F/E instructor on Caravelle, Boeing B 707 and Boeing B 747.

He will be called upon to study the problems of instruction and the implementation of the training of Concorde crews.

In the company of Fernand ANDREANI, Jacques MIMS, Pierre CHANOINE, Guillaume TARDIEU, Jacques SCHWARTZ, Jacques MORON, Martien DETIENNE, André BLANC, Jacques LEDOUX he will be part of the first Aeroformation course which was led by Jean PINET, André TURCAT and Jean FRANCHI . A rare photo illustrates the atmosphere of this workshop in issue 165 of the ICARE magazine.

His first Concorde flight will be during the 148th flight of the Concorde F-WTSB on 02/21/1975 in Toulouse, as an observer (4th cockpit seat).

Then follows the first training course in Dakar from 04/24/1975 to 05/10/1975.

Several positions of responsibility and instructor follow in the Concorde sector. In 1985 replaced André BLANC as F/E Sector Manager on Concorde.

Mr. DUGUET will have totaled during his great career, between May 10, 1951 and April 24, 1985 a total of 17,375 flight hours including the 1000 th and last Concorde flight between New York and Paris. And here are some remarkable flights:

80 training and instruction flights,

25 endurance flights,

3 reception flights for F-BVFC and F-BTSC aircraft,

24 company test flights,

35 ferry flights,

53 special flights,

26 official ministerial and presidential flights.

You can find even more information in the "Borentin"

“La petite encyclopédie des vols des Concordes Français”. (The Little Encyclopedia of French Concorde Flights.)

As well as the essential website of Philippe BORENTIN http://lesvolsdeconcorde.com/Concorde

Our thanks to:

To the DUGUET family for their trust and this magnificent gift.