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CONCORDE G-BOAG

Aircraft number: 214

Hours flown: 16,239

Landings: 5,633

Supersonic flights: 5,066

The Last Passenger Flight by Patricia Forrest

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HISTORY

1978 - Jan 21

Registered G-BFKW to British Aerospace.

1978 - Apr 21

Maiden flight from Filton, Bristol.

1980 - Feb 6

Delivered to British Airways.

1981 - Feb 9

Re-registered G-BOAG to British Airways.

1980 - Apr 26

Grounded after a serious engine problem resulted in an aborted flight to New York.

1981 - Feb

Re-entered service after repairs costing £1m.

1982 - 1984

Grounded for use a BA spares donor until this role was assumed by the retirement of G-BBDG and F-BVFD.

1985 - Apr 25

Used to unveil a new interior and a new exterior paint scheme, the Landor livery, before being returned to service.

1985

Fly past with the Red Arrows at the Royal International Air Tatto.

1996 - May 27

G-BOAG starts a refurbishment programme.

1999 - Dec

G-BOAG is the last Concorde to be repainted in the new Chatham livery.

2001 - Oct 19

First flight after the post Paris crash modification programme, the third British Airways Concorde to fly again.

2003 - Oct 1

Visit to Toronto to start the North American farewell tour.

2003 - Oct 14

Visit to Dulles Airport, Washington to conclude the North American farewell tour.

2003 - Oct 22

Visit to Manchester as part of the UK farewell tour.

2003 - Oct 24

Final flight from New York before joining G-BOAE and G-BOAF on a low circuit of London and then touching down at Heathrow together to mark the last day of Concorde commercial flights.

2003 - Nov 3

Flight to New York on the first leg of a journey to its retirement home at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

2003 - Nov 5

Final flight is from JFK across northern Canada to Seattle. Having been given special permission to fly supersonic over land, G-BOAG sets a new record for the East to West crossing of North America.

Final Resting Place

G-BOAG was retired to the Museum of Flight, Seattle USA. It is open for public viewing, for more information visit the Museum of Flight web site at www.museumofflight.org

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