Léopold Eyharts

Léopold Eyharts is a Brigadier General in the French Air Force and an ESA spationaut. Eyharts was born April 28, 1957, in Biarritz, Northern Basque Country, France. He graduated as an engineer from the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1979. He joined the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1977 and was graduated as an aeronautical engineer in 1979. In 1980, he became a fighter pilot and was assigned to an operational ... more

Léopold Eyharts is a Brigadier General in the French Air Force and an ESA spationaut. Eyharts was born April 28, 1957, in Biarritz, Northern Basque Country, France. He graduated as an engineer from the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1979. He joined the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1977 and was graduated as an aeronautical engineer in 1979. In 1980, he became a fighter pilot and was assigned to an operational Jaguar squadron in Istres Air Base (France). In 1985, he was assigned as a wing commander in Saint-Dizier Air Force base. In 1988, he was graduated as a test pilot in the French test pilot school (EPNER) and was assigned to Bretigny flight test center near Paris. He then flew on different types of military and civilian aircraft including Mirage 2000, Alpha Jet, Mirage 3, Caravelle, C-160 mainly involved in radar and equipment testing. He has logged 3500 flight hours as a fighter and test pilot in 40 different aircraft types, 21 parachute jumps... less