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the barrel decorated with parallel vertical lines of engine turning and with the additional engraving, the friction fitting pull-off cap to match with the distinctive arrow shaped pocket clip, interior with squeeze converter, together with a Sterling silver fountain pen of similar design, the screw off cap additionally engraved 'British Airways Lockheed TriStar 500 Sept 76', interior with slide converter, barrel with London import hallmarks for Sterling silver, 1974 (2)

Footnote: Provenance: Both the property of the late C Roger Moss OBE, Finance Director of British Airways. The Parker pen was used to sign the purchase order for Concorde 216. Concorde G-BOAF (216), known as Alpha Foxtrot, or ‘Foxy’, was the last Concorde to be built, and made its inaugural flight from BAC Filton, Bristol, UK on 20th April 1979. On 1st January 1983, it made the fastest Trans-Atlantic crossing by a commercial aircraft on a flight from New York to London. The total flying time was 2 hours, 56 minutes and 35 seconds and it held the record for five years. On November 26th 2003, Concorde Alpha Foxtrot G-BOAF flew from Heathrow back to Filton via the Bay of Biscay, crossing low over the Clifton Suspension Bridge on the way. This was the last ever Concorde flight and in 2004 she became the star attraction when ‘Concorde at Filton’ opened to the public at Aerospace Bristol. During its service life the Lockheed TriStar went through several variations. The biggest change was the introduction of the '500', launched in 1976, which took the Tristar into a new market sector by improving its range considerably. British Airways introduced TriStars originally in 1975/6, so this pen was probably also used to sign off purchase orders for such aircraft.

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