Captain talks about the occasion he barrel-rolled The Concorde

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[flyvulcan]

Definitely one of the most beautiful aircraft ever! While I didn’t fly in one, a number of times I sat at the intersection holding point at Charles de Gaulle while the Concorde took off using the full length. The roar and crackle of the engines, the noise shaking my own aircraft and the view out of my cockpit window as the Concorde swept past and into the air are sensations I will not forget. RIP Concorde.

 

 

[Lozzer]

I finished Alex Henshaw's Book 'Sigh For A Merlin' yesterday.

 

He was a production test pilot primarily on Spitfires over 6 and a half years from the first mark to his last Spitfire flight in a Mark 22 in Jan of 1946 .

 

He also tested many Lancasters and wrote fascinatingly about how nice they were to roll during his testing of them and with minimal loading. He enjoyed raising the backside of his co-pilot no more than half an inch off of his seat during the roll.