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Lot 637:
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Capt Peter Baker Concorde signed 12 x 8 colour photo. Baker was, between 1967 and 1980 was Assistant Chief Test Pilot on Concorde and has a total over 1300 hours logged flying Concorde. Peter P Baker AFC, who joined the Royal Air Force as an aircrew cadet in 1944 and after training at the General Reconnaissance School and between 1945-1949 served with Nos 201, 209 and 230 Squadrons and then became a flying instructor. In 1953 he was selected for the Empire Test Pilot’s Course at Farnborough and for the next three years he was at AandAEE Boscombe Down. In 1958 he retired from the RAF, with the rank of Squadron Leader, and joined Handley Page and spent five years as a test pilot on the Victor B Mk2 test programme. In 1963 he left Handley Page to join the British Aircraft Corporation (later becoming British Aerospace) as a test pilot principally on the VC10 and BAC1-11 test programmes and was the project pilot on the BAC1-11 from 1964-66. In 1967 he was appointed assistant Chief Test Pilot for Concorde and in 1980 he was promoted to Deputy Chief Test Pilot BAe Filton. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99 . Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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