Plane-Spotter.com - Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde

In memory of the Concorde
Last day in regular service: October 24th 2003

	*G-BOAC at the Aviation Viewing Park - Manchester International Airport* Photos from a trip MAN and the AVP on May 1st 2004
	G-BOAG has arrived the Museum of Flight Capt. Mike Bannister about to hand over the logbooks to the new owner, Museum of Flight in Seattle Photo: Andreas Mowinckel *More pictures from the G-BOAG arrival at Boeing Field and Museum of Flight*
	Photos: Andreas Mowinckel
	Last day at Heathrow
G-BOAE Speedbird 9020 Departure to Edinburgh shortly after 10:00	Photos: Stian Svensen
G-BOAE First arrival Speedbird 9021 back from Edinburgh	Photo: Stian Svensen
G-BOAF Second arrival Speedbird 9010 back from "Round the Bay" trip	Photo: Stian Svensen
G-BOAG Third and final arrival Speedbird 002 back from New York	Photos: Stian Svensen
	I would like to thank Stian Svensen for letting Plane-Spotter.com use his magic photos from his trip to Heathrow on October 24th. He and his Canon EOS 10D has delivered the goodies again!

Technical data

Wingspan	25.6 m
Length	61.7 m
Height	12.2 m
Wing area	358 m²
Max t/o weight	185,065 kg
Cruising speed	2,150 km/h (1,160 kt - mach 2.02)
Take-off speed	400 km/h (215 kt)
Landing speed	300 km/h (160 kt)
Service ceiling	60,000 ft
Range	6,230 km (3,360 nm) max fuel , max payload and reserves 6,580 km (3,550 nm) max fuel, 8,845kg payload and reserves
Fuel capacity	119.5 m³
Power	4x 170 kN Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610
Passenger cabin	128 maximum certified 100 British Airways 92 Air France
Cargo capasity	20.3 m³

Concorde Mile Stones

2 March 1969	First flight of aircraft 001 from Toulouse
9 April 1969	First flight of aircraft 002 from Filton to Fairford (the test centre)
1 October 1969	First supersonic flight
28 June 1972	BOAC orders five aircraft
20 September 1973	Aircraft 002 make the first visit to USA (Dallas/Fort Worth)
17 June 1974	First double Atlantic crossing in one day
5 December 1975	The Concorde get its Certificate of Airworthiness
21 January 1976	Commercial supersonic travel commences from London to Bahrain
22 November 1977	First commercial flight between London and New York
8 November 1986	First round the world flight with a Concorde 17,560 km in 29 hours 59 minutes
7 February 1996	G-BOAD with a record flight between New York and London 2 hours 52 minutes 59 seconds
7 November 2001	BA re-launches its scheduled services to New York
24 October 2003	Concorde makes it’s last commercial flight from New York to London

Photo: Stian Svensen

Photo: Christian Kamhaug

More Concordes from Airpics.com

The Concorde Fleet

Serial number	Registration number	Airline	Delivery date	Flight hours at retirement *	Status
001	F-WTSS	Sud Aviation / BAC		812	French Air and Space Museum, Le Bourget, Paris, France
002	G-BSST	BAC / Sud Aviation		837	Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, Somerset, UK
101	G-AXDN	BAC / Aerospatiale		633	Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK
102	F-WTSA	Aerospatiale / BAC		656	Musee Delta, Orly Airport, Paris, France
201	F-WTSB	Aerospatiale / BAC		754	Airbus, Toulouse, France
202	G-BBDG	BAC / Aerospatiale		803	Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, UK
203	F-BTSC (F-WTSC)	Air France	January 5th 1976	11,989	Crashed on July 25th 2000 at CDG Remains stored in a hangar at Le Bourget
204	G-BOAC	British Airways	February 13th 1976	22,260	The Aviation Viewing Park, Manchester Airport, UK
205	F-BVFA	Air France	December 19th 1975	17,824	Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles Airport, Washington DC, USA
206	G-BOAA	British Airways	January 14th 1976	22,769	Scottish National Aviation Museum, East Fortune Airfield, UK
207	F-BVFB	Air France	April 8th 1976	14,771	Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Germany
208	G-BOAB	British Airways	September 30th 1976	22,297	Stored at Heathrow Airport, UK To be displayed at Terminal 5
209	F-BVFC	Air France	August 3rd 1976	14,322	Airbus Factory at Toulouse, France
210	G-BOAD	British Airways	December 6th 1976	23,397	USS Intrepid Air and Space Museum, New York City, USA
211	F-BVFD	Air France	March 26th 1977	5,815	Scrapped 1994, fuselage section stored at Le Bourget, France
212	G-BOAE	British Airways	July 20th 1977	23,376	Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
213	F-BTSD (F-WJAM)	Air France	September 19th 1978	12,974	French Air and Space Museum, Le Bourget, Paris, France
214	G-BOAG (G-BFKW)	British Airways	February 6th 1980	16,239	Museum of Flight, Seattle, USA
215	F-BVFF (F-WJAN)	Air France	October 22nd 1980	12,421	Parked at the Air France engineering base CDG, Paris, France
216	G-BOAF (G-BFKX)	British Airways	June 13th 1980	18,257	Aviation Heritage Center, Filton, UK

* Thanks for the help Nige!

2005/02/20