Man Alive - A Man Called Trubshaw A Plane Called Concorde
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Amazing BBC documentary from 1969 on one of aviations jewels of the sky. Brian Trubshaw, CBE, MVO was a leading test pilot, and the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969.
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I met him in 1976 and have his autograph on a 1976 Concorde ticket which I flew on to Bahrain
Amazing how they managed to get this incredible piece of engineering flying....without a hi-viz vest in sight!
@Rasscasse
9 ай бұрын
Ha ha
I knew him when I was a child. I didn't understand all this stuff about Concorde, he was just a friend of my parents. One of those grown-ups who was fun and funny. However he destroyed my belief in Father Christmas. Christmas Eve, grown-ups party downstairs, my brother and I in bed, and Brian's distinctive voice came bellowing up the stairs, 'SHALL WE TAKE THE PRESENTS UP NOW?'... sigh.
Seeing a calendar for 1968 in his office just looks so remarkable to me even though I cognisantly know it's an old clip this just leaves me feeling more that I'm actually going back in time - loved this clip sad elements honest raw and so real.
The video cameras they used in the 70s are really good. Quality of this video is great
@pradolover
7 ай бұрын
This is all film, BBC used it for most non-ENG outdoor stuff until the 1990s.
A hero of mine , I’m lucky to own his pilot’s licence , the 002 maiden flight Oil painting that hung on his study wall , and other items from his study.
@brendawg8002
8 ай бұрын
Really? That's amazing!
@LeoMB90
5 ай бұрын
Omg where'd you get those??? An auction?
The part around 12:07 where John is getting his eyes checked, the reason why I grew up knowing I could not be a professional pilot. Excellent vision in one eye, poor vision in the other. Always got me down occasionally growing up, but hey, that's the way it is. Great documentary.
Fabulous video. I Carnt believe it's been over 50 years since all this great stuff happened .
Could watch this era over & over again! IMO BTrub was typical senior individual who was extremely well respected & typical old school English. Air Force & Aviation industry bred them that way. However you can see a humerus side of his character & more than likely quietly jelled to the interest he was receiving from the Concorde. Fantastic video & wow appreciation even more so once you see & gain more knowledge in the full background to what was involved with the Concorde. Why has it never been replicated or bettered until today because it can’t be done! What they achieved back then was INCREDIBLE & IMO taking into account the era Concorde is absolutely right up there as one of our greatest achievements.
@raflaughter3474
Жыл бұрын
He grew up in Llanelli, which is the same town I grew up in. I don't think there is a memorial or a plaque there to show his tie to the town (and because of Brian, the town's connection with Concorde). Having said that, I haven't been there for many years and the last time I was it had become run down with shops closed. I never even knew he lived there until long after I moved to England and met someone who knew him personally. As soon as this chap mentioned Llanelli, my eyes lit up.
A brilliant documentary. Thank you so much for uploading. As Brian would have said, I'm feeling pretty 'bucked' right now. 🙂 Going to watch again.
Brilliant, the best thing Ive seen on you tube in a long time
Brilliant video! I always thought he came across moody, but he was a nice quiet, reserved man who hates attention and fuss, just trying to get on with a very stressful, high pressure job without being stopped and asked stupid, basic questions every minute.
@bblaylk
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, 100%, the questions being sub-basic at times! What a pain in his tail, but he handled it well.
@t.p.mckenna
15 күн бұрын
Just private. Very hard to live life in the public eye and have to be part of a circus.
The epitomy of pragmatism! Very ironic that the first test flight was in France, obviously due to maneuvering by the French, and the accident which finished Concorde was also in France. I consider myself very fortunate to have flown by Concorde four times and each time it felt very special. Such a pity that it ended as it did, otherwise it may still have been flying now.
CBC also had a TV series called 'Man Alive' unrelated to this BBC version, hosted by Roy Bonisteel, and later, Arthur Kent!
You can tell these blokes are all mind because when they talk, they don’t move. Just eye and mouth movement
Fascinating programme. You just dont see any in-looks like this, on new technology, in modern tv.
The stuff of legends.
The VC10 was also a fabulous aircraft which for many years was in service with the Royal Air force which unlike the civil version the passengers sat facing rearward.
@muttley8818
Ай бұрын
The VC10 featured here is G-ASGO. One of BOAC's. She was hijacked on a flight from Bombay to London in 1974. She was diverted to Amsterdam and landed there. Hijackers started a fire onboard and she was written off due to the damage.
What a wonderfully unassuming man.
Brilliant!
Excellent.
Yep, it can be fair to say even in those days, the press were a pain in the butt.
@stuartmiller7419
Жыл бұрын
Exactly my thought. Same stupid questions but delivered using posher voices. 😁
Oh that music.... I'm a teenager again!
Love it
A plane so advanced it looks futuristic 56 years on, flown by men born 100 years ago at a time when colour television was new and computers were far less powerful than a modern wristwatch. I will just allow that idea to settle in.
Technicians working all night.....ah...I remember it well........
Trubshaw picked the wrong thing to be a part of if he was such a quiet, no need for attention, man. As big of a deal as Concorde was back in the day, I think he knew exactly what he was getting into.
@Rasscasse
9 ай бұрын
I think he honestly thought, that at the beginning, people would do as he said and stay away. But he soon realised that he couldn’t control the media
Bloody press.
is this the brookland concorde
@scarecrow108productions7
2 жыл бұрын
@RedLiver Yep. The Filton Concorde Prototype. G-BSST
@MegaJackpot180
Жыл бұрын
no this is the first prototype 002 the brooklands one is G-BBDG (202) first pre production used as a test aircraft built at filton in 1974
What happened to Cochrane? - He came across as a smart cookie. He was obviously Scottish.
@tanyano9
8 ай бұрын
Died in 2006
Trubshaw may have been a great test pilot but a hopeless public relations man.
@Rasscasse
9 ай бұрын
They should’ve had a media person between Trubshaw and press, so that he could be left to get on with the job. It wasn’t his job to be a public relations officer.