- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; illustrated edition edition (20 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750918381
- ISBN-13: 978-0750918381
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.3 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,039,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nostalgic look back through the life and career of a pioneer,
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This review is from: Brian Trubshaw: Test Pilot (Paperback)
The maiden flight of Concorde 002 from Filton to Fairford in April 1969 and the subsequent mach-1 test of 002 in May 1969 were - to all intents - the pinnacle of Trubshaw's career. We are taken through the life and career of the now-famous pioneer from his cricketing days at College, through his heyday in the RAF, through his days testing the Britannia and ultimately on to Concorde herself.I get the feeling that H&S legislation would never allow such pioneers to take to the skies in the 21st Century in the way Trubshaw and his colleagues did back then. Indeed the list of dead friends and colleagues grows throughout this fascinating account. These men were the unsung heroes, and surely their contribution to today's aerospace industry is such that without their input, flying - quite literally - with the seat of their pants, the skies above us would be a much less safe place. The book is full of Trubshaw's thoughts on Concorde's 'feel' and handling traits, and in one particularly chilling report (p93) he even discovers a potential problem wherein a pilot might have the propensity to switch off the wrong engine in an emergency situation - resulting in a fatal inverted roll. This finding must have sent chills through the 2000 Paris crash investigators if they read the account, some three years after this book was first published! It is a good read, but it is quite slow in pace at times. My copy was signed by the man himself, and is a good source of reference. I'd recommend this publication to anybody with an interest in test flying, the Bristol aircraft industry and indeed Concorde herself.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent title let down by poor editing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Brian Trubshaw: Test Pilot (Hardcover)
I am not a pilot but I found Mr Trubshaw's book was all I wanted it to be. It gave details and many interesting stories of his early test flying career followed up by that much more fraught period with the VC10 and BAC One-Eleven. I did not find the title too technical - and since his role was a technical one it must naturally include such data. The chapters on Concorde made fascinating reading as did those parts of his career subsequent to that. British aviation often has a poor press so it is good to hear an expert expound on what it has achieved. I was however disappointed by the slipshod editing for which the publishers must bear responsibility and spoilt my enjoyment of the book to which I would otherwise have given five stars.
2.0 out of 5 stars
No real insight,
By zigzag (Warwickshire England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brian Trubshaw: Test Pilot (Paperback)
Disappointing overall, this book does little to convey feelings, emotions, and fails to take the reader along with teh story. It seems merely to be a list of people, place, and events. I thought I woudl get to know more of the man, the stories, the happenings, the charcters, putting a readble narrative around the life of Brian. Just doesnt deliver on these counts, and as a result is not really a very readble or engrossing book. Perhaps there is just too much to cram into one volume, but I expected more.
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