CONCORDE G-BOAD

HISTORY

1975 - May 9

Registered G-BOAD to British Aircraft Corporation Ltd.

1976 - Aug 25

Maiden flight from Filton, Bristol.

1976 - Dec 6

Delivered to British Airways.

1979 - Jan 5

Re-registered G-N94AD/N94AD to British Airways/Braniff Airways.

1980 - Jun 19

Re-registered to British Airways.

1996 - Feb 7

G-BOAD piloted by Captain Leslie Scott with Senior First Officer Tim Orchard, together with Senior Engineering Officer Rick Eades sets the current York to London record for a commercial aircraft of 2 hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds.

2000 - Aug 16

Grounded when its Certificate of Airworthiness is withdrawn as a result of the investigation into the Paris crash 3 weeks beforehand.

2002 - Jan 29

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

2002 - Feb 10

Returns to service with a return flight to New York.

2002 - Jun 4

Flying in close formation with the Red Arrows, G-BOAD along with other aircraft, takes part in the Queen’s Jubilee Flypast. At the controls of G-BOAD are Civil Aviation Authority Chief Test Pilot Jock Reid and British Airways Chief Concorde Pilot and aircraft Commander on the day – Captain Mike Bannister.

2003 - Jul 26

Returning from Barbados, having just started the final season of flights to the Caribbean, the crew of G-BOAD have to issue a Mayday call as bad weather around Heathrow prevents them landing and the aircraft becomes dangerously low on fuel.

2003 - Oct 8

With the retirement of Concorde confirmed, G-BOAD takes part in the Farewell Tour programme with a visit to Boston and at the same time sets the current East to West Atlantic crossing record with a time of 3 hours 5 minutes and 34 seconds. The aircraft was piloted by Chief Concorde Pilot Captain Mike Bannister.

2003 - Nov 10

Final flight from LHR to JFK and retirement to the Intrepid Museum, New York.