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@shadigif8916

2 жыл бұрын

needles to say, I was very very drunk

Capt.Hutchinson is one of the most entertaining and intelligent individuals I have ever had the pleasure of listening to with respect to aviation. An absolutely brilliant individual who epitomizes a Concorde Captain. I thank him for his contribution to aviation and wish him the best in his retirement!

@markwestwood9730

5 жыл бұрын

James Wikstrom I'm quite lucky, I live near him. As kids a mate of mine lived next door to him but none of us believed him. I'm gutted because I had a passion at a young age and I'm sure as John was such a nice guy and my birthday fell on the same day as B.A's. I could have got a flight on it if I pestered him enough. He does talks in the local villages sometimes and it's funny to hear about his love of French aviation, ha ha !

@wherethetwogalaxiesmeet

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJ6WzNCudqTWe8o.html

@lisaa8795

8 ай бұрын

@@markwestwood9730 Hope he's doing well, he must be over 85 by now.

@markwestwood9730

7 ай бұрын

@@lisaa8795 He looked OK last time I saw him. He lives in a village about 3 miles from Royston, Herts.

I without doubt could listen to Capt Hutchinson all day.

@kevincallaghan3212

3 жыл бұрын

Hes the type of guy you hope to meet on a long train or plane trip it never happens of course but he really is a wise man.

@shadigif8916

2 жыл бұрын

needless to say, he was very very drunk

@matthewbryson7573

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadigif8916 he's cool but he appears to be very drunk.

I flew Concord with him subsonic from JFK to London in 1984. We took off three times and could not go supersonic because of a fuel door problem and had to dump fuel and return to jfk. They tried to fix at JFK but could not two times. Most of the other passengers got off and flew to London first class for free after the second landing. I staid on board with about six other passengers when they said they had to fly subsonic to have the door fixed in London. The flight took over 8 hours and because there was no entertainment on board other than booze the pilot let each of the remaining passengers sit in the cockpit for about an hour. Did not have to pay going to London. Flew back with same pilot 3 hours and 30 minutes. Great memories

@alisonparker78

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. What an experience!!

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

Love the fact he let the passengers sit in the cockpit. Fantastic.

@Samuel-gc6js

Жыл бұрын

You got to experience a Concorde take off multiple times. Probably the best part of the subsonic flight??

@thematrixwillfindyou

26 күн бұрын

@@ajs41before 2001, the Concorde flew with the cockpit door open and passengers were allowed to visit the flight deck anytime they wished . As there were only six passengers he allowed one by one to have some fun seating in the jump seat .

I really appreciate Mr Hutchinson's way of telling a story.

I could listen to Captain John talk about airplanes all day - Such a smart and very pleasant gentlemen he is ! 😎😎😎

Myself and the wife were laughing our heads off at the comment 'once all of the passengers joined you in the cockpit' - re engine surge problem. Then to find out every last drop of alcohol had been consumed by the passengers was brilliant. Loved the description from John Hutchinson.

@Aircrewinterview

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a brilliant story!

35 minutes of pure delight. Fascinating stories. Thanks Captain.

fascinating guy. There are Concorde take-off videos with him as Captain back in 1989 where he's a much younger man. What a rewarding life he's had being able to do what he loved and get paid well for it. Can't imagine what it would be like to say "my grandpa is a retired Concorde pilot". He's still very sharp in this interview and loves talking about the Concorde.

A rare interview where there is no interruptions. Just letting the man speak. I love it when I come across these kind of interviews

@britishamerican4321

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

I've listened to this interview at least four times over the years and I enjoy it like the first time every time. What a class act Captain Hutchinson! L.

His knowledge comprising of flightdeck supersonic engineering and navigation encompasses the adjective brilliance. TurboJets with reheats. John, they'll never be another Captian hutchingson at least not in my lifetime. You son, are number 1

What a fantastic gentleman he is. Such terrific recollections, and so detailed too. He's one of those people you wish to meet. I remember his many appearances and interviews on TV, after the shattering withdrawl of Concorde Services. He was a wonderful supporter of Concorde, and made it very clear, that he disagreed with B.A' s decision,

Why am I enjoying listening to him despite the fact that some of the technicalities are somewhat beyond me...? Not only is he interesting but his love of the aircraft is infectious.

He is intoxicating to the ear and his delivery of the narrative is so natural and engaging. The F4 pilot Chris Bolton (apologies if I'm mistaken with the name) also had a very natural delivery and was very much the RAF maverick. John is the gentleman's maverick in terms of commercial pilot. A wonderful interview indeed.

What an amazing and wonderful man Captain Hutchinson is. Many thanks for the presentation.

I could listen to John talk all day long. Amazing to hear his passion for the airplane and his adventures. Really hope that one day they develop a replacement. Concorde is a gem in human achievement.

I can´t tell how much I have enjoyed listening and watching this. The right man to fly that beautiful aircraft and definitely the right one to tell stories about it!

What a total legend

As always, absolutely loved this interview. And my God is Capt. Hutchinson entertaining. As others have pointed out, I could spend hours listening to him talk. Splendid pilot, and a great human being I'm sure.

Thanks for the upload. John Hutchinson, what a lovely chap. Legend.

He's fantastic and so is his wife. I had the Great pleasure of talking to her last year at the de havilland aircraft museum in st albans.

To say he is a legend is something of an understatement. A true gent, with amazing knowledge, stories, and experiences.

What a true gentleman, lovely guy. I would love to meet him and speak about planes for hours. Super video, thanks for sharing

The last anecdote had me in stitches.

Great John! I am proud to learn that Aircraftyou were born in India! U flew Concorde ?!? Simply great! U still look fit enough to fly a fighter jet maan! Why not!? Wish u great health❤️

Too cool..... This John Hutchinson is tooooo fricken cool for words.

John Hutchison definitely flew a Concorde over my house when I was a boy, and I definitely ran to the window when he did so.

An amazing pilot john Hutchinson.

Superb video thanks for sharing. Great stories of a wonderful aircraft. Loved the bit about keeping cabin door open so passengers could come up to chat to the pilots. Long gone those days thanks to a certain group of maniacs!

If I was the interviewer, I would not have been able to keep a straight face at his stories! I laughed out loud at several instances where the interviewer kept silent. Well done!

That Concorde behind him looks stunning.

Enthralling and fascinating as always. What a magnificent gentleman.

I never had the chance to actually fly on a Concorde. It is a beautiful plane. I love Terry Pratchett's description of it "It's like a shape piece of sky". I have looked around the one at Duxford and once had a tour around the hangers at Heathrow where I went on board many planes including a BA Concorde that was being serviced. The cockpit is tiny! There was a gantry around the plane which we walked around and I looked straight into the visor and then was able to hold the tip of the nose of the beast. That was a moment I shall never forget - I held the nose of a real in-service Concorde!

An absolute legend of a pilot. The one I aspired to be. Had the pleasure of him driving me once. Something I shall never forget

@Aircrewinterview

11 ай бұрын

Ah lucky man.

I could go on for hours listening to this kind gentleman

Inspiring story for anyone starting out in any career. I would love to hear more about the RAF days.

I find myself coming back to this interview. John could read recipe books and be entertaining. Love your work

I"m a yank but credit where it's due... the English invented the first jet airliner in the world. That's really something. I'm sure they made other inventions or innovations in aviation too. For some reason people don't usually seem to think of "English engineering" as being a thing, if you will... But I do, anyway. Thanks for the video.

@guyjonson6364

6 жыл бұрын

Officer Gregory Stevens brits have lot of inventors

@andrewhutchinson4228

5 жыл бұрын

Shall we say the Jet Engine? Frank Whittle... British.

@sephbox

5 жыл бұрын

shall we say "also invented"? Dr. Hans von Ohain and Frank Whittle both invented it in parallel at the same time though separate from each other. Actually v.Ohain's jet engine first flew 1939, Whittle's in 1941. It's a really interesting story, look it up.

@EricIrl

5 жыл бұрын

Whittle's engine ran first - so he won the race to get a functioning gas turbine. His problem was that he could not get any of the British airframe manufacturers interested. Von Ohain was lucky. Like in the UK, most German airframe manufacturers were also disinterested, except for Ernst Heinkel.

@stever3832

5 жыл бұрын

that backhanded comment is an opinion of real ignorance

thank you captain - interesting biographie.. respect

I saw him on a documentary from The Smithsonian Channel about the development, management and decommission of Concorde . He always has something interesting to describe every time he talks about his career while flying the speedbird. He gets emotional just remembering his years in the cockpits of Concorde and, if anyone wants to get familiar with this former SST all you need to do is listen to this gentleman. He is indeed one of the few lucky people to have master the skills required to pilot that beautiful machine. Only he knows what it is like to submit your body to speeds higher than a bullet for hours on, day after day , year after year . I pretty sure he misses those powerful engines under his command.

Wow I can’t believe he actually was born and grew up in India! :O

Someone get this man an OBE. Stunning knowledge

I would fly with Captain Hutchinson even today! I total trust him!

What an amazing man! True gentleman!

Brilliant video I have been to see that Concorde and I agree it is a beautiful aircraft

Please post the full video this gentleman is absolutely charming

@Aircrewinterview

4 жыл бұрын

Here is part 2 - kzread.info/dash/bejne/eamMqM1yYMuYmso.html

Excellent. Thanks for sharing this with us.

@Aircrewinterview

7 жыл бұрын

Calum MacFarlane your welcome.

What a great video ... Thank you

Almost as praiseworthy as the pilots of the Blackbird (A-12, SR-71) and enjoyable too!. Wonderful. Thank you Sir and Thank you Air Interview for posting this. Great job!

@Aircrewinterview

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

What a wonderful backdrop.

fantastic interview, thanks for sharing! I hope I bump into captain john Hutchinson one time I fly into Duxford.

What a fantastic interview of a fantastic Gentleman. Would love to sit and chat with him. Fascinating! Thank you for the interview!

@Aircrewinterview

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Nick!

Another fascinating video! Thank you 👍

@Aircrewinterview

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers :)

I have never flown British Air but this captain would be the kind of pilot a nervous flyer like me would want in charge ..

What a proper Gentleman.

Living in Cape Town South Africa as a kid in the 60's I got to know the distinct engine noises of Shackeltons and North American Harvards.....amongst many others.They flew over our home at 200 meters on their approach to Ysterplaat AFB......

fantastic .. thank you

Norman Tebbit was an instructor? Didn't know that, respect...:~)

Woow. God I love this Captain.

What an inteview!!!! Thank you very much!!!

Great video! Great captain

Capt. Hutchinson truly sparks passion about aviation, particularly, in my opinion, about the most remarkable commercial aviation achievement: the Concorde. Given the state of aviation technology, including significantly more efficient and powerful engines, the ability to almost eliminate sonic boom (research quite spike), all those Concorde blueprints should be translated into a next gen supersonic aircraft. Passengers would pay the fare to get to Europe in 3 hrs, or less!

@samuelgarcia9893

3 жыл бұрын

Capt. Hutchinson, than you for sharing your passion!

Great 👍 sir! Thank u for sharing your wonderful experiences&thoughts !❤🎉😊💖

Excellent!

Can I hope to find JH stood next to Concorde when I next visit Duxford? Legend.

outstanding... thank you sir.

Hit it out of the Park again, great video

@Aircrewinterview

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin.

Fascinating. Thank you.

The captain's stories support what I've believed for a long, long time. People who are passionate about a subject can talk about it and make it quite interesting. I had my first airplane ride sometime around 1953, in a Piper Super Cub. There must be an invisible "flying virus" that infects people and never goes away. It's common for commercial pilots (maybe ALL pilots) to catch that "virus" at an early age.

What an incredible man/pilot, i bet he could still fly the concorde today,.

@samuelgarcia9893

3 жыл бұрын

Undoubtedly!

What an amazing gentleman sharp smart great memory I saw a concord fly right over my house in 1975/6 I live in dunstable and in the next town Luton is the airport I know concord never landed in Luton so all I can say is it must have used Luton radar and guidance but I remember seeing her at around 4,000 feet and climbing boy what a site that was,

@user-ky6vw5up9m

5 жыл бұрын

Concorde did land at Luton, late 80s or very early 90s. I saw it there and had a DC-3 ride.

Superb commentary from a true professional. Hope he enjoys his retirement.

What an amazing bright man! Thanks for making this interview!

@Aircrewinterview

6 жыл бұрын

+ZhenyaChe glad you enjoyed it.

Amazing pilot!!! He’s definitely a legend with a great personality. I love this video!!👊🏽

Great story teller!

No pilots ever called A380 a gentlemen airplane..that's why 747 will out lived A380s..mark my word. Love to watch this video though..it is really pleasure to watch someone who actually have a ton of experience than those who have not as many as him but making so many youtube vid about flying.

@hendy9380

5 жыл бұрын

No, the 747 is already declining and has been for awhile; the A380 has only been announced to stop production and not started declining yet.

Great interview at a great location. Ah those days when the BBC covered airshows... wonder how John got on with Nole Edwods?

Just found your channel. Tremendous stuff! Subbed imMEdiately!

@Aircrewinterview

6 жыл бұрын

+navelpicker much appreciated!

You should add more pictures to these videos.

He should write a book of all info and storys about Concorde! I would stretch read it :)

@rogerturner5504

5 жыл бұрын

He has, and it's called 'The Wind Beneath my Wings'. I got him to sign my copy at a talk he gave in Cumbria a couple of years ago. Absolutely wonderful and warm speaker. Looking around me in England in 2018, sadly I don't think that we make men like him in England any more.

What an awesome chap

Great Interview First Class

@Aircrewinterview

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you

such a beautiful aircraft was fortune enough to see her at the new york mesuem

What a tremendous chap.

this was a good one

@Aircrewinterview

8 ай бұрын

Cheers

28:47 Excellent story.

Amazing interview. The bit where he said they used to keep an open cockpit makes me sad we will probably never see that again. I suppose hijackings on a plane like the concorde weren't even considered a problem.

@sbreheny

5 жыл бұрын

It was common back then to visit the cockpit during flight. I did it in a 747 in the early 1980s as a kid.

TOM HUTCHINSON - TOP Aviator! GodSpeed to you son.

Capt Hutchinson is a legend.

What an amazing interesting and lovely guy - I wish you all the best Sir - :)

Good work,Thanks

@Aircrewinterview

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon.

Top man John Hutchinson, the best of the best, exactly the kind of man you'd want up front and in charge. The consummate professional.

Great interview! Subscribed, also on Patreon.

@Aircrewinterview

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

Interesting video!

@Aircrewinterview

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Wonderful sir! ❤ 🙏 😊

Everyone should watch his explanation of the Concorde crash in the year 2000.

Hellish nice chap what!..great interview.

The credit must go to the Engineers who design and worked out how to fly aircraft.

This is why airline pilots get me weak in the knees. Incredible regale. What a life.