Originally Posted by
tubby linton
Any more on why a BA Captain flew the aircraft but never in service? Did he retire?
I did a quick search for Captain E.C. Miles and found a reference to him
in this book. The book quotes an article from 'The Age' that may well be the one you read originally. I noticed that it refers to Captain Miles' thirty year career. Counting back, it means that his civil flying career must have started just after WWII, which equates to him most likely having a background of flying military stuff during WWII and putting him pretty close to a possible retirement age at the time of the Concorde's route proving programme. This is a guestimate of course, but it could explain why he didn't continue flying the type in service.
Have you tried e-mailing the webmaster of
ConcordeSST.com about this question? He might be able to answer it, or perhaps knows of someone who could explain it.