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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art and Artists Civilian Aviation Pilot Signatures  Douglas, Paul |
[UP] - Bandall, Paul - Bannister, Michael - Bedforth, James - Boas, Richard - Brodie, Les - Calenberg, Iwein van - Douglas, Paul - Girard, Larry - Gunton, Viv - Harmer, Barbara - Hazelby, Warren - Kelly-Rogers, John - Marsh, Spencer - Moss, William - Norris, Chris - Orchard, Tim - Orlebar, Christopher - Reid, Jock - Trubshaw, Brian - Tye, John - Walden, Mark - Walpole, Brian |
Captain Paul Douglas
After flying as a co-pilot on Tridents and Tristars, Paul Douglas joined the Concorde fleet as a co-pilot from 1988 to 1997. For two years from 1997-99 he was a Captain flying the Airbus A320, before returning to Concorde as Captain from 2000 until the retirement of the aircraft. He flew the last VIP LHR-LHR in G-BOAF. He then moved on to be General Manager Flight Operations.
| Captain Paul Douglas - Signed Aviation Art |
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Speedbird by Simon Atack. Unquestionably the most beautiful commercial aircraft ever to enter service, during 27 years of flying passengers supersonically, Concorde earned a unique place in aviation history. To watch this remarkable aircraft thunder down the runway at Londons Heathrow airport, with afterburners belching flame in a crescendo of deafening sound, but for her distinctive airline livery one could be excused for thinking a mighty warbird was scrambling. Yet aboard, a hundred passengers, relaxing in sumptuous comfort, are looking forward to arrival in New York effectively before they left - such was the speed of this remarkable airliner as she travelled westward faster than the sun. |
| Captain Paul Douglas Aircraft details |
 Concorde Manufacturer : Aerospatiale-BAC Built : 20 | Concorde The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a turpbojet powered supersonic passenger airliner, produced bewteen the British and French companies. The Concorde programme was instigated through the Anglo-French government treaty which brought together both the French company Aerospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (now BEA systems ). The First Concorde prototype flew in 1969, and Concorde entered service in 1976, continuing for 27 years. Only 20 aircraft were built, the development phase represented a substantial economic loss. Both British Airways and Air France were subsidised by their governments to buy the aircraft. The Concorde flew mainly between London and New York or Washington taking less than half the time than any other airliner. The Air France Concordes also flew form Charles Degaulle airport in Paris. The only crash was of a Air France Concorde on the 25th pf July 2000, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and other financial factors caused the Concorde fleet to cease flying on the 24th October 2003, with the last flights being on the 26th of November 2003. Concorde will remain an aviation great. |
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