CONCORDE 50th ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE
During his time as an RAF photographer, Rick Brewell was involved in two air-to-air photoshoots with Concorde. He explains to editor Dino Carrara about the challenges of those sorties.
As I drove to London’s Heathrow Airport on June 13, 1990 for an assignment, I knew it was going to be a memorable day, both on the ground and in the air. However, unlike thousands of other people making their way to the busy hub that Wednesday, I wasn’t catching a fight. Instead, I was covering an event involving veterans from the last world war and two legendary aircraft.