Bidspirit auction | Capt Peter Baker Concorde signed

Capt Peter Baker Concorde signed 12 x 8 colour photo. Baker was, between 1967 and 1980 was Assistant Chief Test Pilot on Concorde and has a total over 1300 hours logged flying Concorde. Peter P Baker AFC, who joined the Royal Air Force as an aircrew cadet in 1944 and after training at the General Reconnaissance School and between 1945-1949 served with Nos 201, 209 and 230 Squadrons and then became a flying instructor. In 1953 he was selected for the Empire Test Pilot's Course at Farnborough and for the next three years he was at A&AEE Boscombe Down. In 1958 he retired from the RAF, with the rank of Squadron Leader, and joined Handley Page and spent five years as a test pilot on the Victor B Mk2 test programme. In 1963 he left Handley Page to join the British Aircraft Corporation (later becoming British Aerospace) as a test pilot principally on the VC10 and BAC1-11 test programmes and was the project pilot on the BAC1-11 from 1964-66. In 1967 he was appointed assistant Chief Test Pilot for Concorde and in 1980 he was promoted to Deputy Chief Test Pilot BAe Filton. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99