Thierry Thys
Aerospace Engineering, Deceased Person
1931 – 2009
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Who was Thierry Thys?
Thierry Thys was an American aerospace engineer and pilot, who, in 1970, made the world's third longest sailplane flight, and in 2002, made the first self-launched sailplane flight from Pt. Barrow, Alaska to Cape Horn, Chile in a Stemme SV10 motor glider.
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- Born
- May 2, 1931
San Francisco - Profession
- Education
- University of Virginia
- Died
- Aug 19, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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