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| | NBAA Announces New First Century of Flight Awards |
 | | Serge Dassault, chairman and CEO of Dassault Group, began his career as an aeronautical engineer in 1951 with Generale Aeronautique Marcel Dassault, and during the 1950s, he managed several important military flight-test programs, including those for the Super Mystère B2, Étendard, Mirage III and Mirage IV aircraft. |
 | | In 1967, he was named CEO of Marcel Dassault Electronics, and in 1986, he was named CEO of Societe des Avions Marcel Dassault, which later became Dassault Aviation. |
 | | After serving as director of the Airlines War Training Institute during World War II, in 1947 Lederer organized the Flight Safety Foundation for the global exchange of information on aircraft accident prevention, and he was its director until 1967. |
| web.nbaa.org /public/news/pr/2003/20030501-024.php (896 words) |
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