Commemorating The Fastest Ever Transatlantic Crossing by A Commercial Aircraft

Captain Les Scott, Senior First Officer Tim Orchard and Senior Engineering Officer Rick Eades made history on the 7th February 1996, when they flew Concorde G-BOAD from New York to London in a record-breaking 2 hours,52 minutes and 59 seconds; the fastest ever transatlantic crossing by a commercial aircraft.

As far as we know this is the first time anyone has published such a signed Limited Edition Print of this momentous occasion. These men have actually gone down in the history books!

A small edition, destined to become sought after by collectors of Concorde memorabilia as well as those who would like to own such a rare and historic picture. The Artist Proofs have been especially flown out to Captain Les Scott for signing at his home in America.

Overall print size approx: 28” x18½”

200 - Primary Edition
Signed by the co-pilot, Tim Orchard on this momentous flight
£95 inc vat (£80.85+vat)

25 - Artist Proofs
Signed by both the pilot - Captain Leslie Scott and co-pilot Tim Orchard
£125 inc vat (£106.38 +vat)

Orders from outside the European Union are free of VAT

The Signatories

We do hope you will find these biographies of interest. We think that by knowing a little about the men behind each signature, it will help you get the most pleasure from your limited edition print. We would ask you not to reproduce the biographies in any format without our permission.

Captain Leslie Scott (Artist Proof only) graduated from the School of Air Training, Oxford in 1968 and joined BOAC (British Airways) on the VC10. In 1975, a year after converting to the B747, he became a pilot instructor/examiner, a role he practised on all subsequent aircraft types, including instructors' instructor on Concorde. In 1978 he led the operations group involved in the design and development to certification of the first 100/200 series B747 flight management system.

He gained his command in 1984 on the BAC 1-11 before moving back to the B747. 1994 saw him on Concorde, which he flew until retirement in 2002. On February 7, 1996 he was captain of the crew that set the world record time of 2:52.59 on the "blue ribbon" New York to London route. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation. He lives in New York, USA.

Senior First Officer Tim Orchard (both editions) began his flying career in 1971. He has flown over 50 types of aircraft and is currently licensed to fly Aeroplanes, Helicopters, Hot Air Balloons and Hot Air Airships.

Tim is an air-test pilot, a Display Pilot, a Flight Instructor and a Senior Examiner (of Pilots and Flight Instructors) for the Civil Aviation Authority.

He jointly holds the Concorde World Record time for the journey from New York to London: 2hrs 52 minutes (7th February 1996).

Tim has flown in formation with the Concorde on several occasions; the Heathrow 50th Anniversary with Red Arrows and several air-to-air photography sorties.

In his career with British Airways Tim has flown the Hawker-Sidley Trident, the Concorde and the Boeing 777 as well as spending nine years as personal pilot to the BA Board in an executive aircraft.

Tim is Managing Director of a BA subsidiary which runs its own airfield. He owns a hot air balloon and a 1950s DeHavilland Chipmunk aircraft.

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