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Didier Delsalle is a French test pilot and former military pilot. He is best known for being the first person to land a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest in 2005. He has also set several world records for helicopter flight, including the longest non-stop flight and the highest altitude flight. Delsalle was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, on 6 May 1957. He joined the French Air Force in 1978 and served as a fighter pilot for 15 years. He then became a test pilot for Eurocopter, where he tested the company's helicopters. In 2005, Delsalle became the first person to land a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest. He flew a Eurocopter AS350 B3 to the summit and back in just over two hours. He also set several world records for helicopter flight, including the longest non-stop flight and the highest altitude flight. Delsalle has been awarded several honors for his achievements, including the Legion of Honor from the French government and the Order of Merit from the King of Nepal. He is also a member of the International Association of Military Flight Instructors.

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Occupation Test pilot
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 6 May, 1957
Birthday 6 May
Birthplace Aix en Provence (France)
Nationality France

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2005

On May 14, 2005, at 07:08 NPT in the early morning (01:23 UTC), Delsalle set the world record for highest altitude landing of a helicopter when his Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel touched down on the 8,848 m (29,029 ft) summit of Mount Everest. The flight and the summit landing were captured by a battery of cameras and other equipment to validate the record. After sitting on top of the world for 3 minutes and 50 seconds, Delsalle lifted off and returned to the Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla, Nepal.

Delsalle repeated the Everest summit landing the next day, May 15, 2005, to prove that the previous day had not been simple luck. Conditions the second day were much more difficult, but Delsalle chose not to wait any longer so as not to squander the opportunity for 'conventional' climbers waiting to summit Everest during the limited good weather conditions available in May.

1979

Didier Delsalle joined the French Air Force in 1979 as a fighter pilot. Two years later he became a helicopter pilot, participating in search and rescue operations for the next ten years. Delsalle then worked for five years as a test pilot and instructor at the EPNER test pilot school in Istres, France. Delsalle was then hired by Eurocopter, the world's largest helicopter supplier and a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, as chief test pilot responsible for small helicopters of the single-engine family, and later for the larger NH90 helicopters that were being developed (now in service) for numerous armed forces.

1957

Didier Delsalle (born May 6, 1957, in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a fighter pilot and helicopter test pilot. On May 14, 2005, he became the first (and only) person to land a helicopter, the Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel, on the 8,848 m (29,030 ft) summit of Mount Everest.

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