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unusual facts about Snecma


Ed Woll

Championing customer service and support, Woll retired in 1979 after developing the CF6, and CFM56 with Snecma.


Guillaume Giscard d'Estaing

After an initial career as a naval officer and helicopter pilot, Guillaume Giscard d'Estaing entered Turbomeca (Snecma group) based in Pau in 1994 as Sales Manager and, later, Marketing Director.

Museo del Concorde

The museum housed more than 120 components including a Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engine, a Snecma twin intake, control columns, seats and the left landing gear.

NYCO Synthetic Lubricants

NYCO is also the sole manufacturer of military lubricants able to offer a complete portfolio for US/Europe-made (Dassault Aviation, Snecma...) and Russia/Ukraine-made (Sukhoi...) equipment.

SNECMA Atar 101

Communications between the ATAR group and SNECMA, the newly formed Nationalised engine manufacturer, proved to be difficult and the design team soon moved to Decize on the River Loire, to improve communications with SNECMA and was re-named Aeroplanes G.Voisin, Groupe 'O' .


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