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First Officer Christopher Olrebar
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Concorde Pilot and Instructor
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Christopher Orlebar joined British Airways, then BOAC, in 1969, he became a Concorde pilot and instructor in 1976 flying the aircraft for 10 years achieving over 3000 hours – equivalent to about 800 Atlantic crossings. He retired from British Airways in 2000.
A Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, he contributes frequently to TV aviation documentaries, lectures and is author of ‘The Concorde Story’. In 1981 he chartered and flew Concorde around the final (1931) Schneider Trophy Race course over the Solent commemorating the British victory.
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