Brian Trubshaw : Test Pilot

by Trubshaw, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780750944946
• ISBN10: 0750944943
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-31
• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Brian Trubshaw spent the whole of his career in aviation, in the RAF then in experimental test flying. Throughout his distinguished career Brian received many honors in recognition of his services to aviation.

Table of Contents

List of Plates	vii
Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	xiii
1 The Early Days	1	(3)
2 School	4	(8)
3 The Royal Air Force	12	(15)
4 Arrival at Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd.	27	(4)
5 The Vickers-Armstrongs Viscount	31	(7)
6 The Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant	38	(19)
7 Other Activities	57	(6)
8 The Vickers Vanguard	63	(9)
9 The British Aircraft Corporation and the Vickers-Armstrongs VC10/ Super VC10	72	(20)
10 The British Aircraft Corporation and the 1-11	92	(22)
11 Concorde: the Background and Early Stages	114	(18)
12 Concorde: Some Technical Aspects	132	(7)
13 Concorde: the Flight Test Programme	139	(16)
14 Concorde: First Exposures	155	(8)
15 Concorde: Further Testing	163	(14)
16 Concorde: Route Proving, Flying, Training and Entry into Service	177	(7)
17 Concorde: the Final Stages	184	(8)
18 Nationalization and Back at Filton	192	(7)
19 Flying a Desk	199	(7)
20 Life after British Aerospace	206	(8)
21 The Future	214	(5)
22 Epilogue	219	(10)
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations	229	(6)
Index	235