Bidspirit auction | Concorde John Lidiard 1st Passenger

Concorde John Lidiard 1st Passenger Flight SEO 1976 signed 12 x 8 colour photo. Super image with dropped snoop nose. By the evening of Tuesday 20th January 1976 preparations were complete - aircraft certification and engineering, crew training and operational planning, passenger services and airport facilities. Plus, of course, the vital co-ordination with Paris to ensure that British Airways and Air France Concorde's would take-off at precisely the same time the following morning. Even fine weather was forecast! By mid-morning next day, as Captain Norman Todd, Captain Brian Calvert and Senior Flight Engineer John Lidiard completed their pre-flight preparation they were acutely aware that all departments wishes and efforts were focussed on just one thing - a trouble-free and on-time departure to inaugurate the world's first supersonic scheduled passenger service. John spent nine years involved with Concorde Development including operating as a Flight Test Flight Engineer with British Aerospace. John operated as Flight Engineer on the first Commercial Flight with Captains Norman Todd and Brian Calvert with Chief Test Pilot Brian Trubshaw acting as an observer. John was awarded the Queens Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air. 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