Meet Captain Tony Yule
Date: Sat 26 & Sun 27 February 2012
Time: 12:00 /14:00
Where: Concorde Hangar
Cost: Included in museum admission
Admission: Adult £9.50, £7.50 Concessions,
Child £4 (under 5 free), Members free and family tickets
available
Suitable for: Everyone
Join Captain Tony Yule, former Concorde pilot for inspirational
talks about aviation and what it was like to pilot Concorde.
Captain Tony Yule aboard Concorde G-BOAA at East Fortune.
A lifetime in the air
Captain Tony Yule, a former Concorde Senior First Officer
(SFO) has completed 46 years of continuous aviation service.
His first 15 years were spent with the RAF including five years
flying the 'V' bombers and then as a flying instructor on the Jet
Provosts at RAF College Cranwell.
After the RAF, Tony served with the former British Overseas Air
Corporation (BOAC) on their Super VC10 passenger aircraft and then
went on fly with British Airways (BA) as Senior First
Officer on the BAC-111 for four years.
Captain Tony Yule has said:
For this pilot, as far as I’m concerned, life is about as good
as it gets.
Whilst serving with BA, Tony started his dream job as SFO, on
the Concorde Fleet from 1987-1993 and then gained Command role on
the Boeing 757 and 767s fleet, based in Edinburgh, until his
retirement.