Lucien Servanty (born in 1909 in

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, died 7 October 1973 in

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) was a French aeronautical engineer. A graduate from the Ecole des Arts et Métiers, he joined Breguet in 1937, then worked at the

SNCASO SNCASO (abbreviated from ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest'', or commonly, ''Sud-Ouest'') was a French aircraft manufacturer. Created during 1936 as one of seven nationalised aeronautical manufacturing companies, ...

, where he was involved in the redesign of late variants of the

Bloch MB.150 The Bloch MB.150 (later MB.151 to MB.157) was a French fighter aircraft developed and produced by '' Société des Avions Marcel Bloch''. It featured an all-metal construction, complete with a retractable undercarriage, low cantilever wing and ...

line. During World War II, he designed the SO.6000 Triton, France's first jet aircraft. But Lucien Servanty is probably best remembered today for being one of the main engineers behind

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(fastest general, public usage plane ever produced).

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