G-BBGD British Airways Concorde
cn 202
Information
about
the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
The Concorde development
project was undertaken under a 1962 international treaty between Great
Britain and France, design, development and construction being
undertaken by British Aircraft Corporation and Aerospatiale, it was to
be the world's first and possibly last supersonic airliner. Twenty
Concordes were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service,
all but two still exist in a preserved state at various locations around
the world, the aircraft above is Concorde 202, this was the second test
prototype, it was never used commercially but carried out much of the
type certification and test test flights and last flew in 1982 and is
now on display at the Brooklands Museum in Weybrige UK.
Concorde facts:
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Concorde first flew on
the 2nd of March 1969
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Concorde was the worlds
first airliner to fly supersonic (cruise speed Mach 2.02 or
1,330 mph)
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Concorde was the worlds
first and last airliner in commercial service to have supercruise
capability
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Concorde had a maximum
cruise altitude of 60,000 feet (18,300 metres), twice that of other
airliners.
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Concorde was the worlds
first ever civil airliner to utilise a fly-by-wire flight control
system
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Concorde was the first
airliner to be fitted as standard with an anti-lock braking system
British Airways and Air France Concordes were first operated
commercially on the 21st of January 1976
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The world's most
notorious air-crash was Air France Concorde Flight 4590 which
crashed in Gonesse, France, on the 25th of July 2000 after having
it's tyres ruptured on take-off by a piece of a titanium thrust
reverser fallen from a Continental Airlines DC-10 just a few minutes
earlier
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Concorde circumnavigated
the world in 31 hours and 51 minutes in November 1986
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Concorde made it's last
commercial flight on the 24th October 2003, and it's last ever
flight on the 26th of November 2003
Information
about British Airways - BA
British Airways was initially Founded as
"Imperial Airways" during 1924 following the merger of Instone, Handley Page,
Daimler Airways and British Air Marine Navigation. In 1939 the British
government decided to nationalise Imperial Airways and British Airways and named the
resultant company British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In 1972
BOAC and BEA were combined to create British Airways, the UK's national
airline, in 1987 British Airways was privatised. In 1988 BA acquired
British Caledonian, and in 1992 acquired Dan-Air making it the second
largest airline in Europe. BA currently is operating a mixed fleet of mainly Airbus and Boeing
airliners.
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