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For Snecma, Concorde was an indis
pensable and decisive stage in its move to
civilian aerospace and prepared the ground
for the successful CFM56 programme
developed with GE.
The airline pilot -
Mike Bannister
Having flown Concorde for British
Airways as a co-pilot between 1977
and 1989 and as a captain and chief
pilot since 1995, Mike Bannister has
been at the sharp end of the aircraft ...
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 ...Taxi tests being carried out in France are key to getting Concorde back in the air
A reservoir containing coloured water will be
fitted in the cabin, and liquid released through
four pipes to point...
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 ...atiale/British Aerospace
Concorde fleet. Rolls-Royce con
firms that it will conduct the tests
on an R-R/Snecma Olympus 593
engine at Shoeburyness, UK.
British Airways' chief Concorde
pilot Capt Mike Bannister points
out that in the second interim
report from the Bureau Enquetes-
Accidents (BEA), it was made clear
that ingestion of fuel from the rup
tured wing tank was a prime cause
of t...
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 ...tions
A British Airways Aerospatiale/
British Aerospace Concorde was
about to land back at London
Heathrow after completing two
"validation" flights as Flight
International went to press. Capt
Mike Bannister, chief pilot of BA's
Concorde fleet and commander on
both flights, says the tests have
shown that safety modifications
will not have any overall effect on
the aircraft's range or p...
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 ...ildren's causes.
Christie's tells me that all lots will be offered without reserve and will therefore
be auctioned to the highest bidder. Estimates start from €20 ($24).
Jonathan Napier (left) and Mike Bannister bring
the last Concorde flight to an end on 24 October
Our museum is
better than
yours!
Rover "Follow Me" cars lead the way as Concorde prepares for take-off
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AGO
AIRCRAFT ...
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 ... authorities to...
enable the aircraft to resume oper
ations as soon as possible". Its
One of the damaged engines was shut down after afire warning
Concorde flight technical and
training manager Mike Bannister
says: "We are extraordinarily keen
to get the aircraft flying again as
soon as possible consistent with
meeting the safety requirements."
The CAA, meanwhile, says that
it will "to...
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 ...May, and BA had
intended to use it to double fre
quencies across the Atlantic from
April, but this has now been
delayed until at least the end of the
third quarter, says BA Concorde
chief pilot Mike Bannister.
BA is generally pleased with the
50-60% load factors that the
transatlantic services have been
averaging, and in particular a good
level of take-up for the less popular
eastbound...
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 ...t month has been sent to Quinetiq for
analysis. A part of the lower rudder section separated - the fifth such failure
during the aircraft's operational life. According to BA's Concorde chief pilot
Mike Bannister, during acceleration through Mach 1.8 on the 27 November
departure from London, the crew heard a "slight pop", but since there were
no indications of malfunction they continued to New...
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 ...FLIGHT ADVERTISEMENTS JULY 13, 1933
Sp££0
KING'S CUP RACE, 1933
FLIGHT-LIEUT. E. C. T. EDWARDS, piloting his Comper-Swift,
with POBJOY engine, secured SECOND PLACE, only three
seconds behind the ...
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 ...Pageant 5
maker for much contemporary design.
It is now raced by Ian McCowen.
Little Toni (Race No 3) was built as
one of a batch of three Cosmic Winds,
the last of which, Ballerina, crashed
in ...
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 ...Catalogue 24 FLIGHT Internationa], 26 August 1971
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Tel: 01-709 0722
Telex: 88 3549 Telegrams: Terseman London EC3
C1QQ This comp...
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 ...FLIGHT, JULY 13, 1938
SCRATCH : Fit. Lt. G. H. Stainforth, who made the
fastest time in the race with the Coupe Deutsch " Swift "
(" Gipsy Major "), starting in Heat 6. (FLIGHT Photo.)
Heat 7.—In ...
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 ...FLIGHT, JULY 13, 1933
10 f C-AAS JjG-ABAX
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THE HAWKER-WOLSELEY COMBINATION : The three Hawker " Tomtits " trying out their new Wolseley
A.R.9 engines near Brooklands before the race. (FLIGHT Ph...
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 ...236 FLIGHT Internatior.al, 15 August 1963
Jaromir Hulka, Czechoslovakia, Lockheed winner Josef loth, Hungary, world champion and Lockheed entrant
Philip Mayne prepares to fag Bannister's Nipper away...
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 ...174 FLIGHT International
1 August 1963
This trio of the Tiger Club's Tiger Moth specials was originally entered for the Baginton races (not necessarily in
this formation), but G-ANMZ has since been...
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 ..."Flight International's" pilot in the John Morgan and King's Cup races was
Peter Dawson, managing director of Flying Facilities Ltd of Bristol
NICE DAY FOR THE RACES...
How was it the ultra-light T...
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 ...172 FLIGHT International, 30 January 1964
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PIPER
RROOUCTION
No need to repeat the caption information
effectively conveyed by the banner message
above the PA-3O Twin Comanche in this picture.
L...
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 ...124 FUGHT International, U July 1969
British Midget Racers The Royal Aero Club's first attempt
at scratch racing was frustrated by a small turn-out of
competitors (see "Rochester Racing," pages 141...
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dition. £2.150. Tel: P. G. Bannis...
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 ...16 FLIGHT International, 9 July 1970
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