The Concorde Spies - How Soviet Agents Infiltrated The Concorde Project

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Join this channel to get early access to new videos a week ahead of their public release: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC8R7kmt-W14zWUcr8mymEQ/join привет! :D One of the more fascinating aspects of the development of the BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde, and today is frequently overlooked by the many other facets of the world's only successful supersonic airliner to date, is the infiltration of a vast espionage network within both the French and British development teams of the Concorde project, as facilitated by communist sympathisers and contacts who were working directly on the project, such as the notorious 'Ace'. At the same time, British and European counter-intelligence agencies worked tirelessly to identify Soviet agents and handlers working within Western Europe, who sought out details on the Concorde project under what was known as Operation Brunhilde, and questions linger as to how much of the stolen information by communist operatives would actually come to inform the finalised Tupolev Tu-144, which would see a hasty maiden flight ahead of the Concorde during 1968. Chapters: 0:00 - Preamble 1:12 - Off to a Supersonic Start 4:22 - Communist Interest 7:02 - Sergei Pavlov 9:38 - Sergei Fabiew 11:10 - Jean-Paul Soupert 14:32 - The Czech Priests 15:20 - Ace 17:39 - The Tragic Tupolev 20:23 - Concorde Career 22:40 - Conclusion All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): [email protected] The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images. If you enjoyed this video, why not leave a like, and consider subscribing for more great content coming soon. Press the Join button to get access to new videos a week ahead of schedule by becoming a channel member for just £2.99 a month! Paypal: https://paypal.me/rorymacve?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/rorymacve Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D References: - Key Aero (and their respective references) - Wikipedia (and its respective references)