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Concorde - Aircraft Profile - Aerospatiale-BAC : Concorde

Concorde

Manufacturer : Aerospatiale-BAC
Number Built : 20
Production Began : 1976
Retired : 2003
Type : Civilian

The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a turpbojet powered supersonic passenger airliner, produced bewteen the British and French companies. The Concorde programme was instigated through the Anglo-French government treaty which brought together both the French company Aerospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (now BEA systems ). The First Concorde prototype flew in 1969, and Concorde entered service in 1976, continuing for 27 years. Only 20 aircraft were built, the development phase represented a substantial economic loss. Both British Airways and Air France were subsidised by their governments to buy the aircraft. The Concorde flew mainly between London and New York or Washington taking less than half the time than any other airliner. The Air France Concordes also flew form Charles Degaulle airport in Paris. The only crash was of a Air France Concorde on the 25th pf July 2000, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and other financial factors caused the Concorde fleet to cease flying on the 24th October 2003, with the last flights being on the 26th of November 2003. Concorde will remain an aviation great.

Concorde


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  A sight never to be repeated. Concorde G-BOAE gracefully drifts above London with Buckingham Palace immediately below, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, the River Thames and the London Eye in the middle distance.  On 24th October 2003, the world said goodbye to this elegant airliner, bringing to a close almost thirty years of commercial supersonic travel.

Concorde over London by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
 Shortly after 2.00pm on Friday 24th October 2003, supersonic commercial aviation was brought to a close as three British Airways Concordes touched down within minutes of each other at London's Heathrow Airport for the last time.  Here, BA Captain Mike Bannister brings G-BOAG home for the final touchdown.

Concorde - The Final Touchdown by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
Concorde G-BOAC climbing steadily towards its operational height of nearly 60,000 feet and cruising speed of Mach 2.

The Queen of the Skies by Adrian Rigby.
 A sight never to be repeated as a British Airways Concorde bids farewell to new York in October 2003.

Concorde over New York (Concorde Farewell) by Ivan Berryman.

Concorde Artwork Collection



Final Touchdown by Ivan Berryman.


Concorde Farewell by Ivan Berryman.


Concorde over Manhattan by Ivan Berryman.


Concorde over London by Ivan Berryman.


Concorde - The Final Touchdown by Ivan Berryman.


Concorde over New York (Concorde Farewell) by Ivan Berryman.


Concorde over London by Ivan Berryman.

Farewell Concorde by Philip West.

Concorde - Second to None by Stephen Brown.


Concorde - Pride of Britain by Stephen Brown.


Queen of the Skies by Philip West.


Concorde - The Last Flight Home by Stephen Brown.

The Jubilee Flight by Stephen Brown.

Concorde - The Pride of Bristol by Stephen Brown.


Concorde - The Golden Years by Stephen Brown


Concorde - The Supersonic Thoroughbred by Stephen Brown.


Concorde - Homeward Bound by Stephen Brown


Concorde - Safely Home by Stephen Brown


Concorde - The Last Goodbye by Stephen Brown.


Concorde - The Final Touchdown by Stephen Brown


Concorde - Early Morning Arrival by Stephen Brown.


Concorde - The Last Flight Home by Robert Tomlin.


Speedbird by Simon Atack.


Concorde - The Last Flight Home by Robert Tomlin.


The Queen of the Skies by Adrian Rigby.


British Aerospace Concorde by Gerald Coulson.

Concorde by Michael Turner.

Pride of Britain by Adrian Rigby.

Hero of the Sky - Concorde by Barry Price.


Concorde Farewell by Michael Rondot.


British Airways Concorde by Barry Price.


Delta Golf by Barry Price.


Concorde Formation by Robert Taylor.
Signatures for : Concorde
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Captain Paul Bandall
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Captain Paul Bandall

Concorde pilot, joining Concorde as Senior First Officer in 1998.




Captain Michael Bannister
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Captain Michael Bannister

Chief Concorde Pilot for British Airways from 1995 until the retirement of the aircraft.




Captain James Bedforth
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Captain James Bedforth

Concorde Pilot - he joined the Concorde aircrew after many years experience, but following the grounding of all Concorde flights piloted other aircraft before demoting himself in order to fly with the reinstated Concorde.




Captain Paul Douglas
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Captain Paul Douglas

Concorde Pilot and general manager of flight operation for British Airways.



Warren Hazelby
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Warren Hazelby

Concorde Pilot




Captain Chris Norris
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Captain Chris Norris

Concorde pilot over two separate spells, once from 1977 to 1988 following 8 years as a co-pilot, and subsequently from 1997 for another 6 years.



Christopher Orlebar FRAeS
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Christopher Orlebar FRAeS

Christopher Orlebar learned to fly in 1965, joining British Airways (BOAC) in 1969, and flying VC10s. In 1976 he flew Concorde, staying with the aircraft for a further 10 years. He has since been involved in writing and lecturing on aviation subjects, particularly Concorde.



Peter Sinclair
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Peter Sinclair

Peter T Sinclair joined British Caledonian in 1980 and after the airlines merged became a British Airways Concorde pilot in 1991. This was the highlight to a varied aviation career, which had included Game Park flying in East Africa, worldwide freighting and operating wide-bodied passenger aircraft. During his 6 1/2 years flying Concorde he accumulated 2600 hours and over 600 Supersonic Transatlantic flights to New York, Washington and Barbados. He was also involved in The Concorde Fleet's Supersonic flights over the North Sea, Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean Sea, from many destinations, and a Tour of East and South Africa. On the day the Chatham Flag colour scheme was launched for Concorde operated on the air-to-air photographic publicity flight. Other responsibilities carried out on the Fleet included presentations on the aircraft and PR duties with the passengers. Left the Fleet to take a command on the B747, then finally the B777 before retirement. Since leaving British Airways has taken up a position flying the B747 once again, as well as continuing to operate his Auster light aircraft purely for pleasure.



Captain Brian Trubshaw
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25 / 3 / 2001Died : 25 / 3 / 2001
Captain Brian Trubshaw

Ernest Brian Trubshaw was born on January 29th 1924 and educated at Winchester, where he was captain of cricket. He had been captivated by flying since the age of 10, when he saw the Prince of Wales' aircraft land on the beach at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, not far from where his family then lived. In 1942, he signed up for the RAF, training on a Stearman biplane in America. He joined Bomber Command in 1944, flying Stirlings and Lancasters, before transferring the next year to Transport Command. His flying skills were rated as exceptional and, in 1946, he joined the King's Flight, piloting George VI and other members of the Royal Family; he was occasionally roped in for after-dinner games with the young Princesses at Balmoral. After teaching at the Empire Flying School and the RAF Flying College from 1949-50, Trubshaw was almost sent to Malaya as one of only two RAF pilots who also had helicopter experience. Instead, he was given permission to leave the service to become a test pilot for Vickers-Armstrong, where he remained for 30 years, becoming chief test pilot in 1960, and director of test flights from 1966. Trubshaw worked on the development of the Valiant V-bomber, the Vanguard, the VC-10, and the BAC-111, all of which he test flew. His coolness in saving Britain's prototype VC-10 from disaster on an early test flight won him the Derry and Richards Memorial Medal for outstanding test flying contributing to the advance of aviation in 1965. Structural failure had been threatened when an elevator section broke loose and the aircraft shook as though the tail was shaking the dog. Trubshaw could not read the instruments because of the violent motion, but broadcast to base the nature of the trouble in case he could not get back. He then managed to land the aircraft with only half the elevator control. He later described this manoeuvre as one of my trickier moments. Three years earlier, Trubshaw had been awarded the same medal for his work in the early 1950s on the Valiant jet bomber, on which he tested the delivery system for Britain's first atom bomb, the 10,000 lb Blue Danube. In 1985, on the eve of his retirement, Trubshaw revealed that while flying a Valiant V-bomber, he had been compelled to drop a concrete replica of the weapon into the Thames estuary. Prior to joining the Concorde project, he also flew V-bombers, the aircraft responsible for the nuclear deterrent of the UK. He was the original test pilot for Concorde, Trubshaw flew the British-assembled Concorde 002 from Filton in Bristol to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, on April 9 1969. and was awarded the OBE and CBE. He died 25th March 2001.



Captain Mark Walden
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Captain Mark Walden

Concorde pilot, flying with the aircraft from 1998 until the retirement of the aircraft in 2003.



Captain Brian Walpole
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Captain Brian Walpole

Concorde pilot who flew Concorde aircraft for over 12 years, commanding the first supersonic service from London to New York. Promoted to General Manager British Airways Concorde Division in the early 1980s, he has won a host of awards, including the freedom of the City of London, and an OBE.


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