Brian Trubshaw

Ernest Brian Trubshaw, CBE, MVO (29 January 1924 - 25 March 2001) was a notable test pilot, and the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969. He was born in 1924 in Llanelli and educated at Winchester College. He signed up for the RAF in 1942 at the age of eighteen and went to the United States where he trained as a pilot flying Stearman biplanes. He joined Bomber Command in 1944, flying Stirlings and Lancasters, transferring a year later to Transport Command. After the War he joined the King's Flight, piloting George VI and other members of the Royal Family. Then in 1949-50 he taught at the Empire Flying School and the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. Trubshaw then went to Malaya when he was given permission to leave the RAF...