Maiden flight from Toulouse. Although designated as a production aircraft F-WTSB, and its British counterpart G-BDDG, never actually entered service. They were used to undertake the final phase of testing and certification before the actual production aircraft were built. Tasks included aircrew training, route proving, endurance testing and technical refinement as well as acting as a test bed for production techniques.
1975 - Jun 7
Fly past at the Paris Air Show.
1975 - Jun 9
Start of an endurance test programme that included flights to Keflavik, Shannon, Tangier and Dakar.
1982 - 1985
Stored at Chateauroux and kept in readiness as a reserve aircraft.
1985 - Apr 19
Final flight; from Chateauroux to Toulouse.
1989 - Mar 2
Given a special paint scheme and put on display at an event at Toulouse to celebrate Concorde’s 20th anniversary.
Final Resting Place
F-WTSB is on display the Airbus factory in Toulouse.
