Undertakes a number of route proving and endurance flights including trips to Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, Caracus, Lisbon and Gander.
1976 - Nov 2
Start of a major sales tour of the Far East. Locations include Bahrain, Singapore and Hong Kong, covering over 30,000 miles.
1976 - Jan 6
Leased to Air Fance
1976 - Dec 8
Returned to Aerospatiale.
1977
Takes part in a sales promotional tour to the Middle East.
1979
Has a staring role in the disaster rmovie Airport 79 - The Concorde.
1979 - Jun 11
Re-leased to Air France.
1980 - Oct 23
Purchased by Air France.
1982 - Nov
Put into storage due to over capacity within the Air France Concorde fleet.
1986 - Apr 28
Returns to service, replacing other airframes that require maintenance.
1989 - May 2
Pope John Paul II flies on F-BTSC.
1998 - June
Taken out of service for major maintenance work.
1999 - Nov 1
Returns to regular service.
2000 - Jul 25
Final flight; the aircraft crashes at Gonesse shortly after take off from Paris Charles de Gaulle, no crew or passengers survive. The crash results in all Concordes being grounded for re-engineering work on tyres, landing gear and fuel tanks.
Final Resting Place
The remains of F-BTSC are stored at Le Bourget airport.
