Man Alive - A Man Called Trubshaw A Plane Called Concorde 

I met him in 1976 and have his autograph on a 1976 Concorde ticket which I flew on to Bahrain

Amazing how they managed to get this incredible piece of engineering flying....without a hi-viz vest in sight!

I knew him when I was a child. I didn't understand all this stuff about Concorde, he was just a friend of my parents. One of those grown-ups who was fun and funny. However he destroyed my belief in Father Christmas. Christmas Eve, grown-ups party downstairs, my brother and I in bed, and Brian's distinctive voice came bellowing up the stairs, 'SHALL WE TAKE THE PRESENTS UP NOW?'... sigh.

The video cameras they used in the 70s are really good. Quality of this video is great

A hero of mine , I’m lucky to own his pilot’s licence , the 002 maiden flight Oil painting that hung on his study wall , and other items from his study.

Seeing a calendar for 1968 in his office just looks so remarkable to me even though I cognisantly know it's an old clip this just leaves me feeling more that I'm actually going back in time - loved this clip sad elements honest raw and so real.

Fabulous video. I Carnt believe it's been over 50 years since all this great stuff happened .

A brilliant documentary. Thank you so much for uploading. As Brian would have said, I'm feeling pretty 'bucked' right now. 🙂 Going to watch again.

The part around 12:07 where John is getting his eyes checked, the reason why I grew up knowing I could not be a professional pilot. Excellent vision in one eye, poor vision in the other. Always got me down occasionally growing up, but hey, that's the way it is. Great documentary.

Brilliant video! I always thought he came across moody, but he was a nice quiet, reserved man who hates attention and fuss, just trying to get on with a very stressful, high pressure job without being stopped and asked stupid, basic questions every minute.

Brilliant, the best thing Ive seen on you tube in a long time

Could watch this era over & over again! IMO BTrub was typical senior individual who was extremely well respected & typical old school English. Air Force & Aviation industry bred them that way. However you can see a humerus side of his character & more than likely quietly jelled to the interest he was receiving from the Concorde. Fantastic video & wow appreciation even more so once you see & gain more knowledge in the full background to what was involved with the Concorde. Why has it never been replicated or bettered until today because it can’t be done! What they achieved back then was INCREDIBLE & IMO taking into account the era Concorde is absolutely right up there as one of our greatest achievements.

You can tell these blokes are all mind because when they talk, they don’t move. Just eye and mouth movement

CBC also had a TV series called 'Man Alive' unrelated to this BBC version, hosted by Roy Bonisteel, and later, Arthur Kent!

The stuff of legends.

Excellent.

Fascinating programme. You just dont see any in-looks like this, on new technology, in modern tv.

What a wonderfully unassuming man.

The VC10 was also a fabulous aircraft which for many years was in service with the Royal Air force which unlike the civil version the passengers sat facing rearward.

Brilliant!

Oh that music.... I'm a teenager again!

Love it

Yep, it can be fair to say even in those days, the press were a pain in the butt.

Trubshaw picked the wrong thing to be a part of if he was such a quiet, no need for attention, man. As big of a deal as Concorde was back in the day, I think he knew exactly what he was getting into.

Technicians working all night.....ah...I remember it well........

is this the brookland concorde

What happened to Cochrane? - He came across as a smart cookie. He was obviously Scottish.

Bloody press.

Trubshaw may have been a great test pilot but a hopeless public relations man.