André Puget

He flew the Handley Page Halifax with 346 Squadron in North Yorkshire.

[2] He was head of Sud Aviation from 23 July 1962, and was responsible for getting the Concorde project going, as a joint chief executive.

In negotiations to build Concorde in early 1962, there was no progress made between the French and English companies; Georges Hereil of Sud Aviation wanted to build to the French design, and BAC wanted the plane to be built as the BAC 223 (Bristol Type 223).

On 5 December 1966, he took the Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin on a tour around the factory, including taking Kosygin briefly inside Concorde 001, which was being built; at the time, Concorde was due to first fly on 28 February 1968.

Papon would not last long at Sud Aviation, being replaced by Henri Ziegler, who had also flown with the Free French Air Force during the war.