The Concorde made its first supersonic passenger flight 40 years ago
The Concorde made its first transatlantic crossing on September 26, 1973, and it inaugurated the world's first scheduled supersonic passenger service on January 21, 1976— British Airways initially flying the aircraft from London to Bahrain and Air France flying it from Paris to Rio de Janeiro.
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The ill-fated aircraft, an Air France Concorde with registration number F-BTSC, primarily carried German tourists heading to board a Caribbean-bound cruise ship in New York. Tragedy struck as the plane accelerated down the runway, with a fire igniting on the left side under the wing.
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On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history. [1]
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The long, strange, luxurious saga of flying faster than the speed of sound. By Sam Blum Published: Apr 22, 2019 Save Article The pointy-nosed plane barreled down the French tarmac and into the.
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On March 2, 1969, the first Concorde took to the air from Toulouse, France. Only 20 Concordes were built, with 14 going into regular service with Air France and British Airways, including the G.
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On 2 March 1969, the prototype Concorde 001 embarked on its maiden flight from Toulouse. The new 100-passenger plane was a supersonic marvel that put Britain and France at the cutting-edge of aviation technology: a commercial aircraft capable of flying from London to New York in just under three hours at up to Mach 2, or 1350mph. The joke was, due to the timezone-challenging speed, you'd.
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Concorde is a tailless aircraft design with a narrow fuselage permitting 4-abreast seating for 92 to 128 passengers, an ogival delta wing and a droop nose for landing visibility. It is powered by four Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 turbojets with variable engine intake ramps, and reheat for take-off and acceleration to supersonic speed.
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Club Concorde states that the aircraft flew just under 12,000 hours across 4,481 flights. Unfortunately, the aircraft was destroyed in a fatal accident on the 25th of July 2000. On the 25th of July, F-BTSC was operating flight AF4590. This was a charter Air France flight heading from Paris (CDG) to New York (JFK).
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Flying with Air France and British Airways, the glamorous supersonic jets offered a luxurious and speedy trip across the Atlantic and other select routes for 27 years. Capable of speeds over two times the speed of sound and at altitudes up to 60,000 feet (18,290 m), Concorde could fly from London to New York and return in the time it took a conventional aircraft to go one way.
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The Air France Concorde, registered F-BTSC, was set to operate flight 4590 on July 25th, 2000, packed with excited passengers heading to New York from Paris. But due to a bizarre combination of chance events, the 100 passengers and nine crew members would never make it to the States. A brief history of Air France's Concorde fleet
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Twenty Concorde aircraft were built: two prototypes, two pre-production aircraft, two development aircraft and 14 production aircraft for commercial service. With the exception of two of the production aircraft, all are preserved, mostly in museums.
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Air France flight 4590, flight of a Concorde supersonic airplane that crashed in Gonesse, a suburb of Paris, on July 25, 2000. The airplane went down in flames almost immediately after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and 4 others on the ground. It was the first fatal crash of a Concorde in 24 years of regular passenger service.
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Air France operated Concorde routes to Rio de Janeiro, Washington D.C., New York, Caracas, and Mexico City, among others. Concorde is remembered for many things, such as its supersonic flights, its style, and its flagship services from Europe to New York. This is not the only place it flew to, however.
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Its codename: Concorde 001, the first prototype of a supersonic aeroplane, the result of Franco-British collaboration bringing together Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation. After 29 minutes in the air, the plane executes a textbook landing back at Toulouse-Blagnac, in front of a cheering crowd.
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Published Jan 22, 2021 (Original Caption) British Airways Concorde lifts off from airport here 1/21, on its inaugural passenger flight to Bahrain. Simultaneously a Concorde of Air France was making flight to Rio de Janeiro. 45 years have now passed since the Concorde performed its first-ever commercial flight.