Constructors : EADS / BAE SYSTEMS.
Registration : F-WTSS.
Constr. number : 001.
First flight date : March 2, 1969 .
Location : Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget Airport, Paris.

 Aircraft history

02nd March 1969: First flight   More ... > > .
01st June 1969: At the Paris Air Show both prototype aircrafts 001 (F-WTSS) and 002 (G-BSST)) are shown together for the very first time.
01st October 1969: First Supersonic Flight.    More ... > > .
08th November 1969: Customer Testing with Pilots from BOAC, Air France, Pan Am and TWA aboard Concorde 001 (F-WTSS).
04th November 1970: Now as fast as Mach 2   More ... > > .
01st January 1971: With both Concorde 001 (F-WTSS) and 002 (G-BSST) the total number of supersonic flights reached 100.
13th May 1971: First automatic landing.
25th May 1971: Exhibited at the Paris Air Show    More ... > > .
18th September 1971: Back to Toulouse, straight from a two week tour in South America.   More ... > > .
03rd May 1972: Direct Flight from Toulouse to Tangier.
29th May 1973 : Flying low over the city.
01st June 1973: High altitude sampling flights, in support to the 'international research programme', to improve the knowledge of the stratosphere.
30th June 1973: Chasing a Solar eclipse over Africa   More ... > > .
19th October 1973: Retired to the French Space&Air Museum at Le Bourget Airport   More ... > > .

	12/29/2001 - F-WTSS More > >
	12/29/2001 - TITRE_EN More > >
	12/29/2001 - F-WTSS More > >
	12/29/2001 - F-WTSS cockpit More > >
	12/29/2001 - F-WTSS More > >
	07/21/2001 - RB 593 Olympus More > >
	07/21/2001 - Landing gear (left side) More > >
	07/21/2001 - Taken from beside More > >
	07/21/2001 - Front More > >
	07/21/2001 - "Reverse" view More > >
	07/21/2001 - Engine More > >
	07/21/2001 - Landing gear (front) More > >
	07/21/2001 - Concorde and two Mirage used for Delta wing experience More > >
	07/21/2001 - Engines 3 and 4 More > >
	07/21/2001 - Landing gear (right side) More > >
	07/21/2001 - Cockpit More > >
	07/21/2001 - Engine 3 More > >
	07/21/2001 - Post-combustion in detail - variable section More > >
	07/21/2001 - Engine details (see french part for more explanation (in french) More > >
	10/01/1969 - Broken Wall of sound ! More > >
	03/21/1969 - Pyrénées More > >
	08/20/1968 - Filet d`arrêt More > >
	02/04/1968 - Point fixe More > >
	12/11/1967 - Roll-out ceremony at Toulouse More > >
	Differences between prototypes and preproduction planes More > >

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