He may be 103 years old, but Robert Angles still remembers his days working in the Bristol aircraft industry during the heyday of Concorde. He's become the first person to see the new documentary Concorde - First To Last - A Supersonic Love Affair, which was shown yesterday (June 15) for the first time.
Sir George White, great-grandson of the founder of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, was on hand to show the company’s oldest surviving employee the film. Mr Angles, who still reads without glasses, recalled 37 years at the company.
After serving in the RAF as an engineering officer, Mr Angles travelled from Weston-Super-Mare to Filton Airfield for work every day. Known as Bob to his work colleagues, he said: “We were in the stress office where we would deal with the drawings.
