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SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW FLOWN SUPERSONIC LONDON CONCORDE 1980

SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW FLOWN SUPERSONIC LONDON CONCORDE 1980
SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW FLOWN SUPERSONIC LONDON CONCORDE 1980

SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW FLOWN SUPERSONIC LONDON CONCORDE 1980

The Benham cover, available a t' London 1980 Stamp Exhibition', c arries the Miniature Sheet issue d for the Exhibition. Cancelled with a specially designed postmark on the first day of issue, 7th May 1980, at BFPS 7580, the cover also has arrival stamps to the reverse for Kennedy, New York and Heathrow, London Airports on May 1st alongside an Earls Court Stamp Exhibition cachet for the 7th of that same month. The cover is in fine condition although it does have a small buckle to the bottom left hand corner.

Hand signed by the first British pilot to fly Concorde, Brian Trubshaw. Shot to fame when he first flew Concorde in April 1969 on a flight from Filton to it's Test base at RAF Fairford. He emerged from 002's then futuristic cockpit with the words:'It was wizard - a cool, calm and collected operation.

Brian had weeks earlier piloted an early test flight of the Indentical French prototype Concorde, 001, commanded by Andre Turcat. In 1962, after the British and French governments signed an agreement to develop a supersonic transport aircraft, eventually called Concorde (the French having insisted on the final "e"), the chairman of BAC, George Edwards, selected Trubshaw as test pilot. After its first supersonic flight over land, in 1970, when it travelled at an altitude of 11 miles and faster than a bullet, Trubshaw had to land the plane on three engines because an instrument showed the other to be overheating.

In 1972, Trubshaw piloted the aircraft on a world tour. Two years later, the third test model, Concorde 101, completed what is still the fastest civil transatlantic flight, travelling from Fairford to Bangor, Maine, in 2 hours and 56 minutes. Concorde eventually went into commercial service on January 21 1976 when British Airways flew to Bahrain and Air France to Rio de Janeiro simultaneously. Brian Trubshaw died in 2001. I shall leave the images to complete my description and welcome all questions.

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This item is in the category "Stamps\Great Britain\First Day Covers\1971-Now\Commemoratives". The seller is "gerryn664" and is located in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Topic: Concorde Supersonic to London 1980
  • Era: Elizabeth II (1952-Now)
  • Year of Issue: 1980
  • Cancellation Type: Fancy Cancel
  • Concorde Test Pilot: International Stamp Exhibition 1980

SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW FLOWN SUPERSONIC LONDON CONCORDE 1980