Episode 21: Iconic aircraft - Meet a Concorde pilot 

I could listen to Captain Hutchinson all day long, best wishes.

Every interview I've seen with John, firstly, I can't stop listening, secondly it seems to me that he was and still is totally in love with Concorde, but also aviation it self. I can't imagine what it must have been like to be in the prime of your life and career as a Concorde Captain, ripping around the skies at supersonic speeds, to me, that is God like status. Not only that, but he had the Greatest of all times, Muhammad Ali in his company. Thanks for sharing your story, Captain.

I love hearing Captain John Hutchinson speak! Great inspiration to myself.

John is a true professional and an extremely pleasant gentleman. I've been honoured to meet John, Mike Banister and Jock Lowe on numerous occasions over the years. On a side note, the 'Royal' Concorde, G-BOAC was given this name due to several reasons. Firstly it was the aircraft of choice to transport members of the Royal family on official overseas duties. Also, the registration of this particular aircraft reads; Great Britain, British Overseas Airways Corporation. G-BOAC now resides at Manchester Airport MAN/EGCC in the UK. It is housed in a purpose built hanger within the airport visitors centre.

Absolute class. Thanks so much for posting this wonderful interview. John is a legend in aviation and always worth listening to.

My favorite pilot of all time

Thank you Captain John Hutchinson, I really love hearing your experiences, happy landings

Such a great story teller John is. Seems like such a great guy. I hope he is in good health

I could listen to John talk aviation all day long.

I could listen to Captain Hutchinson all day. Thank you for this!

I knew Johnnie Walker, Concorde Test Pilot and Alan Heywood, Flight Test Engineer in the early 70's and often toured around 'Old Smokey' prototype at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire airfield with Alan, including sitting in the cockpit, seeing the then gigantic onboard computers inside the fuselage, the wing inspection panels open and dripping Avgas into 45 gallon drums previously filled Swarfega hand cleaner. It is said Alan once took his yellow labrador Ben onboard at Mach 2 setting an unofficial World record for the fastest dog! A one off incident occurred after a Concorde prototype tail was extended to prevent a serious shudder at Mach 1+. The new tail section, fabricated at Filton, near Bristol, was fitted inside the usual RAF Fairford, hangar. A subsequent test flight saw the tug connected to the nose gear and the driver, who had performed this action many times, just drove ahead without thinking about the extended tail section and promptly sheared it off on the upper vertical hangar wall section. "Millions of £'s" worth of damage occurred. Needless to say the hangar section was rapidly cut away by way of a slot to accommodate the higher tail section. The tug driver was never heard of again or even seen in 'The Bull' public house nearby where he was a regular. The incident was never reported in the Press as one can imagine the then Minister for Aerospace Michael Heseltine would have had a very red face in Parliament with awkward questions from the Labour bench opposite! Alan commented in those early days that the fuel tanks were vunerable from being punctured by debris but it went passed the boffins as nobody wanted to add anymore weight...... something in years to come, would result in the Paris crash and sadly contribute to bringing an end to a fabulous chapter of supersonic passenger aircraft designed and built in the UK and France, against all technical and financial barriers. Johnnie Walker, as his name implied a certain brand of amber liquid in a square bottle, was routinely teased as being a paid promoter of the brand just because he had the same signature embroidered on his dressing gown. Johnnie always took it in his relaxed and gentlemanly stride. Both men were regulars at 'The Mill' public house at Withington, Gloucestershire and resided in the village. Unfortunately these pioneers along with chief test pilot, Brian Trubshaw and many others who worked on the oroject are no more. All were legends and courageous in their own right, as is still, ex-BA Concorde Captain John Hutchinson, for his wonderful RU-vid videos and classic narrations, such as "3-2-1 NOW" as full engine throttles were applied on Concorde take off rolls. A long and happy retirement to Captain Hutchinson.

You didn't pass the Concorde course by some miracle, You passed because you studied the course intensely! I appreciate your humbleness.

Absolutely Wonderful Interview.

Such an interesting guy.

What a gentleman 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Inspiring podcast. Congrats to all

Legend JH! I have a question for him, I have not heard anyone ask him, but do you think he could still fly Concorde now, if asked in the event they brought her back?

So fascinating, how things have changed

How can intakes produce thrust ? Don't understand

What about radiation john. I put in 25 years. At high altitude And I was crippled by the nerve damage.

i ve said it before but i ll say it again Captain Hutchinson is a true gent. Why cant people like him be the inspiration for the younger generation? nah we ve got reality T.V. instead. no wonder the world is a shithole being run by shysters! rant over. glad i found these videos though excellent.

interesting

Sounds like "a girlfriend in every city" 🙂

After the Polish crash with their head of state this imperative to be on time doesn't appear attractive to me. Safety first better to arrive late than be the late.

Fantastic technological tour-de-force, but a grotesque oil-squandering & CO2 creating indulgence. The same is true to a lesser extent of most leisure flight travel. I suppose the space tourism Musk-style is even worse