Concorde aircraft histories
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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.
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Concorde | |
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British Airways Concorde in 1986 | |
Role | Supersonic airliner |
Manufacturer | BAC (now BAE Systems) Sud Aviation (now Airbus) |
First flight | 2 March 1969 |
Introduction | 21 January 1976 |
Retired | 26 November 2003 |
Status | Retired |
Primary users | British Airways Air France See Concorde#Operators for others |
Number built | 20 (including 6 non-airline aircraft)[1][2] |
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