Concorde Rare flown FBTSC Endurance Flight Crew signed 1975 French FDC, One of only 50 covers carried on the flight, signed by three crew Pinet, Ultra scarce numbered 19/50. Charles De Gaulle airport 21/6/1975 CDS postmark. The cockpit crew for the Concorde endurance/route-proving flight on 21 June 1975 (Flight ST 2009, routing Paris CDG – Lisbon – Caracas) on board the airframe F-BTSC (then operating under the temporary registration F-WTSC or variant typo F-BSTC) consisted of: Jacques Schwartz – Captain (Commandant de bord), Jean Pinet – Test Pilot (Pilote d'essais), Bernard Kamps – Flight Test Engineer (Mécanicien navigant d'essais). On June 21, 1975, Concorde F-BTSC (then flying under its temporary French flight-test registration F-WTSC) completed its very first endurance/route-proving flight. Key Details of the Flight. The Mission: This flight was part of a mandatory 750 to 1,000-hour route-proving program required by aviation authorities before Concorde could be granted its official Certificate of Airworthiness. The Route: The aircraft flew a round-trip endurance loop from Paris (Charles de Gaulle) across the Atlantic Ocean and back, testing sustained supersonic cruise capabilities (Mach 2) over a realistic airline distance. The Aircraft (Serial No. 203): This specific airframe was the second production-line Concorde built in France. It completed its maiden flight earlier that year on January 31, 1975.

All autographed items are hand signed and 100% authentic. I have been a dealer for 25 years and until recently the owner of one of the largest Autograph auction houses in the UK. Now part retired I am selling my collection. Always interested in buying bulk collections as well. I sell TV Film autographs, Star Wars, Dr Who, James Bond, RAF covers, Great War and WW2 WWII memorabilia, Aviation, Concorde, Space, NASA collectables, Cosmonauts, Music, Politics, Historic and Royal memorabilia, Titanic, Postal History and Benham, Internetstamps, Buckingham covers, A G Bradbury and Scott Official covers and other First Day covers FDCs and Coin covers PNCs.