Constructors : EADS / BAE SYSTEMS.
Registration : G-AXDN.
Constr. number : 01 (UK Pre-Production model).
First flight date : December 17, 1971 : Filton , England.
Total takeoffs : 633(01/1998);
Location : Preserved at Duxford Aviation Museum, Cambridgeshire, UK .

 Aircraft history

16th April 1969: First Registered as G-AXDN to UK Ministry of Technology.
19th February 1971: Registered again as G-AXDN to Ministry of Aviation Supply.
20th September 1971: Roll - out at Filton.
17th December 1971: First flight from Filton to Fairford.
12th February 1972: First supersonic flight.
10th August 1972: Returned to Filton for a special upgrade to production standard, receiving the Olympus 593 Mk 602 engines.
15th March 1973: Returned from Filton to Fairford after its major modification programme.
07th November 1974: Test flight for ordinary de-icing trials, performing the fastest ever civil flight over North Atlantic.
26th February 1975: Flight to Nairobi, Kenya via Cairo, for tropical de-icing trials.
20th August 1977: Registered again as G-AXDN on delivery to Duxford Aviation Museum.
20th August 1977: Retired to the Duxford Aviation Museum.
12th July 1991: Re-painted.

	01/01/1996 - G-AXDN under the fog. More >>
	07/01/1995 - Cockpit of 01. More >>
	07/01/1995 - G-AXDN under the English sumer. More >>
	02/20/1994 - G-AXDN Prototype More >>
	11/02/1971 - Roll-out of the first preproduction More >>

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