Bidspirit auction | 1977 CONCORDE MAIDEN FLIGHT COVER

1977 CONCORDE MAIDEN FLIGHT COVER SIGNED BY BRIAN TRUBSHAW LTD TO 346. Ernest Brian Trubshaw, CBE, MVO (29 January 1924 - 24 March 2001) was a leading test pilot, and the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969. He shot to public attention when he first flew Concorde on 9 April 1969 on a flight from Filton to its test base at RAF Fairford. He emerged from Concorde 002's futuristic cockpit with the words: ”It was wizard - a cool, calm and collected operation.” Weeks earlier he had piloted an early test flight of the identical French prototype Concorde 001, commanded by André Turcat. Trubshaw and Turcat were both awarded the Iven C. Kincheloe Award in 1971, for their work on Concorde. The British Concorde was planned to first fly in September 1968. In 1970, Concorde was expected to enter service in late 1973. Concorde was to have 4500 hours of test flights, over four times the time of a subsonic aircraft. On December 1 1971 25 year old Virginia Evans became the first female to fly in Concorde 002. She was the secretary of Conservative MP David Price (British politician); she flew at Mach 2.[10] Jacqueline Cochran, of US, was the first woman to fly at Mach 1 on May 18 1953. He ended his career as divisional director and general manager of the Filton works of British Aerospace from 1980 to 1986. From 1986 to 1993 he was a member of the board of the Civil Aviation Authority, and worked as an aviation consultant. He authored books on aviation, notably Concorde: The Inside Story. Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.