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| Twenty ''']''' aircraft were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service. | |||
| These were: | |||
| *two prototypes | |||
| *two pre-production aircraft | |||
| *16 production aircraft | |||
| **The first two of these did not enter commercial service | |||
| **Of the 14 which flew commercially, 12 were still in service in April 2003 | |||
| All but two of these aircraft - a remarkably high percentage for any commercial fleet - are preserved. | |||
| ===Prototypes === | |||
| The two prototype aircraft were used to expand the flight envelope of the aircraft as quickly as possible and prove that the design calculations for supersonic flight were correct. | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|WTSS}} (production designation 001) was the first Concorde to fly, on ] ], and was retired on arrival at the French Air Museum at ] (France) on ] ], having made 397 flights covering 812 hours, of which 255 hours were at supersonic speeds. | |||
| *{{Airreg|G|BSST}} (002) first flew on 9th April 1969 from Filton UK to RAF Fairford UK. It's last flight was on the 4th March 1976 when it flew to the ] at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (England) on ] ]. It had made 438 flights (836 hours), of which 196 flights were supersonic. | |||
| ===Pre-production aircraft=== | |||
| Both production aircraft were used to further develop the design of the aircraft. Changes to design include different wing plan form, more fuel, different engine standard, different air intake systems etc. | |||
| *Concorde {{Airreg|G|AXDN}} (101) first flew on 17th December 1971 from Filton and was retired to the ] (England), where it landed on ] ], having made 269 flights (632 hours), of which 168 flights were supersonic. | |||
| *Concorde {{Airreg|F|WTSA}} (102) first flew on 10th January 1973 from Toulouse. Iwas the fourth aircraft and the first to have the dimensions and the shape of the future production aircraft. It was the first to fly to the United States (20th September 1973 Dallas Texas). For several years the aircraft was painted in British Airways colours on one side and Air France colours on the other. It made 314 flights (656 hours), of which 189 supersonic and was then retired to ] in Paris on ] ], where it is on display to the public. | |||
| ===Development aircraft=== | |||
| The production aircraft were different in many ways to the orginal aircraft necessitating re-examining certain areas to obtain certification. In all there were six "development" aircraft. The two prototypes (001/002), the two pre-production (101/102) and two production aircraft (201/202) | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|WTSB}} (201) first flew on 6th December 1973 from Toulouse. It's last flight was on 19th April 1985 from Chateauroux to Toulouse flying a total of 909 hours. It is currently outside the Airbus factory at Toulouse (France). | |||
| *] (202) first flew on 13th Decemebr 1974 from Filton to RAF Fairford. It last flew on ] ] after a total of 1282 hours. Subsequently it was stored in a hangar on the Filton Airfield and was used as a spare parts source by BA for their Concorde fleet. It was sectioned & moved by road in May/June 2004 to the Brooklands museum site in Weybridge, Surrey. It is now being restored. (Details .) | |||
| **There is an unverified story amongst British Aerospace staff that the last flight of the Filton airplane was on a contract to the UK ], to see if a supersonic jet of that size would be radar visible heading over ] and down towards the UK from the West; a test of the country's radar defences against the then-new Tupolev ] bomber. However, the flight test logs show the final flights of {{Airreg|G|BBDG}} as being test flights being related to Primary Nozzle Control (PNC) development work, which was a planned post entry into service development area. | |||
| ===French production aircraft=== | |||
| Air France had seven production aircraft in commercial service: | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|BTSC|disaster}} (203) was lost in ]). It was featured in the film "]". | |||
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| *{{Airreg|F|BVFA}} (205) made its final flight to the ] ]'s new ] at ] (USA) on ] ]. | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|BVFB}} (207) was sold for ] to the ] in ]. It flew to ], in South West Germany on ] ]. After removal of its wings and tail fin, it travelled by barge and road, to join a ] already on exhibit at Sinsheim. | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|BVFC}} (209) retired to the ] plant at Toulouse (France), where the French aircraft were constructed, on ] ], joining '''201''' and ending Air France's relationship with Concorde. The final flight was supersonic, and included a ] at Toulouse. | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|BVFD}} (211) was retired early, in ], having flown only 5,821 hours. Badly corroded after being stored outdoors, and damaged through use as a source of spare parts, it was broken up in ]. | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|BTSD}} (213) retired to the Air and Space museum at Le Bourget (France) on ] ], joining '''001'''. In ], this aircraft carried a promotional paint scheme for ]. | |||
| *{{Airreg|F|BVFF}} (215) remains on display at ] in ], being cosmetically reassembled, after the withdrawal of the type was announced mid-way through refurbishment. | |||
| ===British production aircraft=== | |||
| BA also had seven production aircraft in commercial service: | |||
| *{{Airreg|G|BOAA}} (206) was transported to the ] (run by the ]), East Fortune, near Edinburgh over land to the ], then by sea to ], then over land again to the museum from ] to ] ]. It last flew on ] ], as it never received the modifications after the Paris crash and is unable to fly, also due to the disassembly required for transport. | |||
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| *{{Airreg|G|BOAB}} (208) remains at ]. It was never modified, and so never flew again after returning home following the Paris crash. | |||
| *{{Airreg|G|BOAC}} (204) The flagship of the fleet (because of its ] registration) made its final flight to ] viewing park, where special "glass hangar" will be built for its display, on ] ]. Its maiden flight was on ] ]. | |||
| *{{Airreg|G|BOAD}} (210) departed from Heathrow for the final time on ], and flew to JFK airport in New York, from where it was then transferred (on a barge originally used to move ] external fuel tanks), to the ], New York (USA), past the ] and up the ]. Its engines were removed to reduce weight. Its temporary home is on a barge alongside the aircraft carrier Intrepid, pending the proposed creation of a quayside display hall. | |||
| *{{Airreg|G|BOAE}} (212) flew to ] in Bridgetown (]) on ], with 70 members of BA staff on board. The flight, lasting less than 4 hours, reached the maximum certified height of 60,000 ft (18,300 m). A new exhibition facility will be constructed to house the aircraft, east of the airport at the old Spencers Plantation. ''Barbados Concorde museum design:'' | |||
| *{{Airreg|G|BOAF}} (216), the last Concorde to be built, made '''Concorde's final ever flight''' on Wednesday ] ]. Departing from Heathrow at 11:30 ], it made a last, brief, supersonic flight, carrying 100 BA flight crew, over the Bay of Biscay. It then flew a "lap of honour" above ], passing over ], ], ], ] and ], before landing at ], soon after 13:00 GMT. It was met by ], who formally accepted its handover. The aircraft will be the star feature of the proposed ]. Not originally part of BA's order, G-BOAF was bought by them for 1 ] in the 1980s. | |||
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| *{{Airreg|G|BOAG}} (214), the aircraft that flew the final Speedbird 2 service from New York on ], left Heathrow for the final time on ] ]. It spent a day "resting" and refuelling in New York before making an unusual supersonic flight (which required special permission) over the uninhabited part of northern Canada, to Seattle, where it is currently displayed at the ], alongside the first ] that served as ] and the prototype ]. This Concorde was once used as a source of spares, before being restored using parts from Air France's F-BVFD. | |||
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