What is Caroline Aigle?
[[File:Caroline Aigle portrait.jpg|thumb|Caroline Aigle portrait, drawn during [[les sans pagEs]] drawtober]] '''Caroline Aigle''' (12 September 1974 – 21 August 2007) was a [[France|French]] [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] [[jet aircraft|jet]] [[pilot]]. She was born in [[Montauban]]. She was the first in France trained to fly a [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]]. She died of a withering [[melanoma]]. She was mother of two boys. [[President of the French Republic]] [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] awarded her the [[Medal of Aeronautics]] by [[posthumous recognition]]. A few weeks before her death, she was selected by the [[European Space Agency]] for training to be an [[astronaut]]. Caroline Aigle graduates ''[[École Polytechnique]]'' and ''[[École de l'Air]]''. {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aigle, Caroline}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from melanoma]] [[Category:French aviators]] [[Category:French Air Force]] [[Category:Alumni of the École Polytechnique]] [[Category:People from Montauban]]