TONY BANHAM COLLECTION
No. 6231. Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 002 (G-BSST c/n 13520)
Photographed at Farnborough, UK, September 4-10, 1972, by Tony Banham

Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 002
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03/15/2007. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Second prototype and the first built in the UK, first flown at Filton, Bristol, on April 9, 1969.

Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 002
(Neville Denton Collection)

First supersonic flight was made on March 25, 1970, when Mach 1.15 was reached, while it reached a maximum speed of Mach 2.05 on October 7, 1971.

Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 002

G-BSST made its last flight while delivered to Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset, on March 4, 1976.

Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 002

For supersonic flight a visor was raised forward of the windshield. To improve forward view during take off and landing the entire nose section forward of the windshield was drooped."


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