Claude Terrazzoni, former senior Airbus executive, died at 86
He was one of the pillars of the French aeronautics industry in Toulouse. Claude Terrazzoni died on Wednesday at the age of 86. This polytechnician also graduated from SupAero Toulouse was boss of factories and aerospace aircraft division boss, “He was neither boss nor president but he reached N-2 and N-3 positions in the company“Says Michel Polacco, aeronautics specialist at Radio France. Claude Terrazzoni has experienced all the major programs such as the Caravelle and the Concorde.
“Claude Terrazzoni was one of the pillars of the French aeronautics industry, and I mean French.” – Michel Polacco
“We owe to Claude Terrazzoni to have been one of the pillars of the French aeronautical industry and I mean French, which obviously is one of the pillars of the European aeronautical industry. […] At the time, Aérospatiale was one of the two main players in the Airbus Industrie consortium that was created in 1970 with the Germans and the British and Claude Terrazzoni had to manage this set […] He’s really a guy from Aerospace, Toulouse, the French company that historically enabled the renaissance of aviation in France after war”.
Test pilot with more than 7,000 flight hours to his credit, Claude Terrazzoni was also president of the Toulouse Chamber of Commerce and Industry, between 2002 and 2010. of the Midi-Pyrénées region.
Defender of the LGV and Stade Toulousain
Jean-Louis Chauzy, president of CESER Occitanie (Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council) also regrets “a great voice” regional. “Claude was a patriot to defend the interests of France and the aeronautical industry territories that are our regions, he was involved in all the fights”, writes Jean-Louis Chauzy who recalls that he defended the arrival of the TGV in Toulouse “We were together with François Junca and Pierre Perez (President of the Chamber of Trades of Haute-Garonne) to seek in 2003 the support of Alain Juppé at the town hall of Bordeaux for the realization of the LGV”.
“Claude Terrazzoni is also a passion for Toulouse and its region […], and the beautiful game of Stade Toulousain. “- Jean-Louis Chauzy
Claude Terrazzoni was also a lover of the pink city. “Claude Terrazzoni is also a passion for Toulouse and the region, the heritage, the quality of life and the beautiful game of the Stade Toulousain”, writes Jean-Louis Chauzy. He still lived in the Toulouse region according to our information.