Jean Boulet

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Jean Boulet died Feb. 13 in Aix-en-Provence, France at the age of 90. He was a long-time test pilot for Eurocopter with more than 8,000 rotary-wing flight hours. Born Nov. 16,1920, in Brunoy, France, Boulet graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and trained as a fighter pilot in the U.S. before serving in the French Air Force. Following his military service he joined the French company SNCASE in 1947 as an engineer-pilot responsible for helicopter programs, again traveling to the U.S. to undertake helicopter pilot training.