Top Gun Was a Maverick ; John Hudson Pays Tribute to the Extrovert Pilot Who Spread Concorde's Message Around the World and Defended It to the Last

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Brian Trubshaw was no shrinking violet, as befits a test pilot, and to the end of his days he was robust in his defence of and admiration for Concorde.

The morning after the Paris crash in 2000, he was writing in this newspaper: "What I do still know is that Concorde was a marvellous aeroplane to handle.

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Top Gun Was a Maverick ; John Hudson Pays Tribute to the Extrovert Pilot Who Spread Concorde's Message Around the World and Defended It to the Last

"I thought she was beautiful, and before yesterday her safety record was wonderful, impeccable...

"I don't think anyone in this country today has a greater sense of pride in Concorde than I do, although I know that thousands of men...

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