In the October 2023 issue of Airliner World, Dominic Ward talked to John Britton, the chief engineer on Concorde up until its retirement, about his work on the icon
The year 1969 was a watershed for the human race. It saw Neil Armstrong become the first man set foot on the Moon and witnessed the last live performance by the Beatles on the roof of Apple Records. More than 400,000 people travelled to upstate New York for The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, while on the other side of America the cult leader Charles Manson sent his followers on a murderous mission In the Hollywood hills. The future King Charles III was invested as the Prince of Wales and Brazilian football legend Pelé scored his 1,000th goal.
