Brian Trubshaw: Test Pilot - Hardcover

Trubshaw, Brian; Edmondson, Sally

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750918381 ISBN 13: 9780750918381

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

This is the story of retired pilot Brian Trubshaw, the man who flew the first supersonic passenger aircraft. Brian describes his early days as an RAF bomber pilot in World War II, followed by service with Transport Command and the prestigious King's Flight. It was after he had left the RAF in 1950 to join the staff of Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) at Weybridge as a test pilot that his career really took off. In the years that followed he was closely involved with the flight test programmes for the Vickers Valiant nuclear bomber, and the BAC 1-11 and VC10 airliners. In 1965 he became Chief Test Pilot for BAC/BAe and later piloted Concorde on its maiden flight in 1969. Trubshaw's descriptions are interwoven with insights into the manoeuverings of politicians, industrialists and trade unions which led ultimately to the decline of the British aircraft industry in the 1970s.

About this title

About the Author

BRIAN TRUBSHAW (1924-2001) spent the whole of his career in aviation, in the RAF then in experimental test flying. Throughout his distinguished career Brian received many honours in recognition of his services to aviation. SALLY EDMONDSON has written regularly on a freelance basis, shortly after Brian flew Concorde 002 from Fairford for the first time. She met him about a year later and in 1972 he became her stepfather. Sally lives in Jersey where her main employment is in the insurance industry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0750918381
• ISBN 13: 9780750918381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256