FBW Aircraft of the 60s
"The only Western analogue FBW aircraft of the time of comparable size to an airliner (IIRC) were the Avro Vulcan and Concorde. France had no Vulcans, so the airworthy test Concorde they had to hand was the obvious choice."
The Vulcan wasn't pure fly-by-wire. It's control surfaces were remotely signalled but had a physical connection rather than electrical. Sort of fly-by-stiff wire :-)
One of the spin-offs of having Concorde at Manchester is that it is used by many different organisations for events. One a while back had a discussion about Technology benefits due to Concorde, part of that was about Concordes "1sts". First FBW was challenged as the feeling was that there must have been another by then. Nobody could think of another so it stood the debate. Is anyone aware of any others ?