Christopher Orlebar joined British Airways, then BOAC, in 1969, and he became a Concorde pilot and instructor in 1976 flying the aircraft for 10 years. He retired from BA in 2000. A Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, he is a frequent contributor to TV aviation documentaries, a lecturer and writer.

• Acknowledgements Foreword Preface The Background The Formative Phase Agreement with FranceTaking ShapeThe Other Supersonic TransportsA Stormy BeginningThe Turn of the TideThe Flight - AccelerationThe Flight - DecelerationTraining of the Concorde PilotThe Future 21 Years in ServiceSub-Orbital TravelTragedy at GonesseConcorde’s return to serviceOutlookGonesse RevisitedReflectionsGrand FinaleAppendicesIndex

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Christopher Orlebar joined British Airways, then BOAC, in 1969, and he became a Concorde pilot and instructor in 1976 flying the aircraft for 10 years. He retired from BA in 2000. A Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, he is a frequent contributor to TV aviation documentaries, a lecturer and writer.

• Acknowledgements Foreword Preface The Background The Formative Phase Agreement with FranceTaking ShapeThe Other Supersonic TransportsA Stormy BeginningThe Turn of the TideThe Flight - AccelerationThe Flight - DecelerationTraining of the Concorde PilotThe Future 21 Years in ServiceSub-Orbital TravelTragedy at GonesseConcorde’s return to serviceOutlookGonesse RevisitedReflectionsGrand FinaleAppendicesIndex

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Christopher Orlebar joined British Airways, then BOAC, in 1969, and he became a Concorde pilot and instructor in 1976 flying the aircraft for 10 years. He retired from BA in 2000. A Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, he is a frequent contributor to TV aviation documentaries, a lecturer and writer.

• Acknowledgements Foreword Preface The Background The Formative Phase Agreement with FranceTaking ShapeThe Other Supersonic TransportsA Stormy BeginningThe Turn of the TideThe Flight - AccelerationThe Flight - DecelerationTraining of the Concorde PilotThe Future 21 Years in ServiceSub-Orbital TravelTragedy at GonesseConcorde’s return to serviceOutlookGonesse RevisitedReflectionsGrand FinaleAppendicesIndex

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