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When the British prototype Concorde took off from RAF Fairford on 9 April 1969, at the controls was Captain Brian Trubshaw. Here is the full and fascinating story of Brian Trubshaw's life as an experimental test pilot, written from his own unique viewpoint on the flight deck and covering a period of tremendous upheaval in the British aircraft industry.
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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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format: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
Format: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.
Format: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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A Fascinating Book
This is a very interesting book. There is a nice balance of the technical, the historical and the personal sides of the author's story. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2010 by Tony Quinlan
Outstanding Technical Information
I can see why a normal member of the public would find this book a little overwhelming, but as a 747-400 Captain and a keen aviator, I thought the technical info was very useful... Read more
Published on 5 Aug 1999
Far to highly detailed with persons names and titles
This book disapointed me as I was looking for something that would tell of the experiences of a test pilot but the vast majority of this book was "name dropping". Read more
Published on 25 May 1999
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