Конкорд: Тарихы мен сақталуы

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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. One aircraft was scrapped in 1994, and another was destroyed in the Air France Flight 4590 crash in 2000.

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. F WTSS (production designation 001) was the first Concorde to fly, on 2 March 1969, and was retired on arrival at the French air museum at Le Bourget Airport on 19 October 1973, having made 397 flights covering 812 hours, of which 255 hours were at supersonic speeds. Concorde 001 was modified for the 1973 solar eclipse mission with rooftop portholes and observation equipment. Its flight over Africa became the longest observation of a solar eclipse, lasting some 74 minutes. It remains in its Solar Eclipse mission livery complete with rooftop portholes. G BSST (002) first flew on 9 April 1969 from Filton to RAF Fairford. Its last flight was on 4 March 1976 when it flew to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, England. It had made 438 flights (836 hours), of which 196 flights were supersonic.

Both pre production aircraft were used to further develop the design of the aircraft. Changes to design include different wing planform, more fuel, different engine standard and different air intake systems. G AXDN (101) first flew on 17 December 1971 from Filton and was retired to the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, where it landed on 20 August 1977, having made 269 flights (632 hours), of which 168 flights were supersonic. F WTSA (102) first flew on 10 January 1973 from Toulouse. It was the fourth aircraft and the first to have the features and the shape of the future production aircraft. It was the first to fly to the United States (on 20 September 1973 to 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 were supersonic, and was then retired to Orly Airport in Paris on 20 May 1976, where it is on display to the public.

The production aircraft were different in many ways from the original aircraft, necessitating re examining certain areas to obtain certification. In all there were six "development" aircraft: the two prototypes (001/002), two pre production (101/102) and two production aircraft (201/202). F WTSB (201) first flew on 6 December 1973 from Toulouse. Its last flight was on 19 April 1985 from Chateauroux to Toulouse; a total of 909 flying hours. It is currently inside the Aeroscopia museum near the Airbus factory at Toulouse. G BBDG (202) first flew on 13 December 1974 from Filton to RAF Fairford. It last flew on 24 December 1981 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 and moved by road in May/June 2004 to the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey, where after restoration it was opened to the public in the summer of 2006.

+ Aircraft Number Registration First flew Last flew Flying hours Disposition/Location 001 F WTSS 2 March 1969 19 October 1973 812 On display at Musée de l'air et de l'espace, Le Bourget, France 002 G BSST 9 April 1969 4 March 1976 836 On display at Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, England, UK 101 G AXDN 17 December 1971 20 August 1977 632 On display at Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England, UK 102 F WTSA 10 January 1973 20 May 1976 656 On display at Musée Delta, Paris, France 201 F WTSB 6 December 1973 19 April 1985 909 On display at Aeroscopia, Toulouse, France 202 G BBDG 13 February 1974 24 December 1981 1282 On display at Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, England, UK 203 F BTSC 31 January 1975 25 July 2000 11989 Destroyed in an air crash on 25 July 2000. The remains of this aircraft are stored at a hangar at Le Bourget Airport. 204 G BOAC 27 February 1975 31 October 2003 22260 On display at Manchester Airport, England, UK. 205 F BVFA 27 October 1975 12 June 2003 17824 On display at Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia US 206 G BOAA 5 November 1975 12 August 2000 22768 On display at National Museum of Flight, East Lothian, Scotland, UK 207 F BVFB 6 March 1976 24 June 2003 14771 On display at Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Germany 208 G BOAB 18 May 1976 15 August 2000 22296 Stored at Heathrow Airport, London, England, UK 209 F BVFC 9 July 1976 27 June 2003 14332 On display at Aeroscopia Museum, Airbus Factory, Toulouse, France 210 G BOAD 25 August 1976 10 November 2003 23397 On display at Intrepid Museum, New York City, US 211 F BVFD 10 February 1977 27 May 1982 5814Scrapped in 1994. A small section of the fuselage remains at Le Bourget, France and the nose cone was sold to an American collector. 212 G BOAE 17 March 1977 17 November 2003 23376 Stored at Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados 213 F BTSD 26 June 1978 14 June 2003 12974 On display at Musée de l'air et de l'espace, Le Bourget, France 214 G BOAG 21 April 1978 5 November 2003 16239 On display at Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington, US 215 F BVFF 26 December 1978 11 June 2000 12421 On display at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France 216 G BOAF 20 April 1979 26 November 2003 18257On display at Aerospace Bristol, England, UK