CONCORDE G-BOAC

HISTORY

1974 - Apr 3

Registered G-BOAC to the British Aircraft Corporation.

1975 - Feb 27

Maiden flight from Filton, Bristol.

1975 - 1976

Used by BAC for Certificate of Airworthiness tasks and then subsequently on route proving duties.

1976 - Feb 13

Delivered to British Airways.

1976 - May 26

Flies the inaugural British Airways passenger service to Washington.

1977 - Nov 2

Flies from Barbados to Heathrow with HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip after their Jubilee tour of the Caribbean.

1979 - Jan 5

Re-registered as G-N81AC/N81AC to British Airways/Braniff Airways.

1980 - Aug 11

Re-registered G-BOAC to British Airways.

1985 - Dec 19

Achieves a speed of 1,488 mph, the highest recorded to date for any commercial aircraft.

2000 - Aug 15

Grounded when its Certificate of Airworthiness is withdrawn as a result of the investigation into the Paris crash 3 weeks beforehand.

2002 - Jul 11

First test flight following the post Paris crash modification programme, having been the fifth British Airways aircraft to receive the upgrades.

2002 - Jul 23

Returns to service with a return flight to New York.

2003 - Oct 20

With the retirement of Concorde confirmed, G-BOAC starts the Farewell Tour programme with a visit to Birmingham International.

2003 - Oct 21

The final visit to Belfast.

2003 - Oct 23

A day return to Cardiff as part of the Farewell Tour.

2003 - Oct 31

Final flight; from Heathrow to its final resting place at Manchester Airport.