Charley Attali Explained

Charley Attali
Birth Date:17 December 1930
Birth Place:Constantine, Algeria
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Citizenship:French, Israeli, Algerian
Education:École nationale de l'aviation civile
Occupation:Aerospace engineer
Employer:Sud Aviation, SEREB, Israel Aerospace Industries
Known For:Chief engineer of Diamant, project lead of IAI Scout
Spouse:Violette Attali
Awards:French Legion of Honour (1965), Israel Defense Prize (1981)

Charley Shalom Attali (sometimes misspelled as Charles Chalom Attali; 1930–2006) was an Algerian-born French-Israeli aerospace engineer.

Early life and education

Attali was born in Constantine, Algeria to a Jewish family.[1] Upon graduating high school at age 16 after skipping a grade,[2] he was sent to study at École nationale de l'aviation civile in France, where he excelled and graduated as an engineer.[3]

Early career

After completing his studies in 1952, Attali was initially employed at Sud Aviation, before eventually working for SEREB on developing ballistic missiles.[4] While at SEREB, Attali was appointed by French president Charles de Gaulle to lead the Diamant project.[5] [6] Due to the success of Diamant, Attali was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1965 by Charles de Gaulle.[7] After the Diamant project, Attali was placed in charge of France's role in the Europa-1 rocket.

Move to Israel

In 1969 Moshe Arens, who served as vice-president of the IAI, secretly flew to Paris to meet with Attali. Due to France's weapons embargo on Israel, Israel was planning to develop their own fighter jets. Arens asked Attali to move to Israel and help in the development of the IAI Kfir. Attali agreed, and made Aliyah shortly after with his wife and two children.[8]

While at the IAI, Attali had a key role in the development of many aircraft including the IAI Kfir, IAI Arye, and IAI Lavi. For leading the IAI Scout, Attali received the Israel Defense Prize in 1981.[9] He continued working at the IAI until his retirement in 1995.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-05-15 . Charley Chalom ATTALI : ingénieur. https://web.archive.org/web/20211026121820/https://ajoc.fr/docassoc/charley_attali.pdf . 2021-10-26 . 2024-06-29 . Association des Juifs Originaires du Constantinois . fr.
  2. News: איש הטילים . Bardenstein . Eli . Maariv . 57 Independence Day Special . 2005-05-11 . he . The Rocket Man.
  3. Les 4 Copains du Satellite . 1965-12-11 . . 870 . fr . The 4 Satellite Friends.
  4. Web site: 2006-05-10 . לגיונר של כבוד שהניח את התשתית לתעשיית המטוסים. https://web.archive.org/web/20240629213026/https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2006-05-10/ty-article/0000017f-e3f6-d804-ad7f-f3fef1410000 . 2024-06-29 . 2024-06-29 . הארץ . he . Legion of Honour Recipient who Laid the Foundation for the Aircraft Industry.
  5. Web site: Quand Diamant assurait à la France son indépendance spatiale . 2020-11-26 . 2024-06-30 . . Varnoteaux . Philippe . https://web.archive.org/web/20210123202635/https://air-cosmos.com/article/quand-diamant-assurait-la-france-son-indpendance-spatiale-23906 . 2021-01-23 . fr . When Diamant assured France of its spatial independence.
  6. History of Rocketry and Astronautics . 28th and 29th History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics: Jerusalem, Israel, 1994 & Oslo, Norway, 1995 . Elder . Donald C. . 2001-05-01 . 51–57 . Rothmund . Christophe . . AAS History Series, Volume 23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701052914/https://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/inostr-yazyki/iaa/2001/Moulin_A-1_The_First_French_Satellite.pdf . 2024-07-01 . 2024-07-01.
  7. Web site: קהילת יוצאי אלג'יריה ודור ההמשך . 2020-11-19 . 2024-07-01 . Eretz Zion and Jerusalem . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304213853/https://www.30november2020.com/he/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94/ . 2021-03-04 . he . The community of Algerian Jewry and the next generation.
  8. Le « Procès public » des Juifs d'Algérie à Jérusalem (1963) . Pardès . Charvit . Yossef . 2014-02-01 . 56 . 285–294 . 10.3917/parde.056.0285 . 2024-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231124151922/https://www.cairn.info/revue-pardes-2014-2-page-285.htm . 2023-11-24 . fr . The "Public Trial" of Algerian Jews in Jerusalem (1963).
  9. News: עליית יהודי אלג'יריה – מחדל או הישג? . Charvit . Yossef . 2018-06-21 . 2024-07-01 . . he . The immigration of Algerian Jews - a failure or an achievement?.

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