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 G-BOAB Information

Constructors : EADS / BAE SYSTEMS.
Operator : British Airways.
Registration : G-BOAB.
Constr. number : 208.
First flight date : May 18, 1976 : Filton, England.
Total airframe hours : 21,236.57 (09/1999).
Total takeoffs : 7102(01/1998);
Location : In operation with British Airways.

 Aircraft history

03rd April 1974: First Registered as G-BOAB to the British Aircraft Corporation Ltd .
18th May 1976: First flight from Filton, reaching Mach 2.05 at 63,000 feet.
30th September 1976: British Airways takes delivery of their 3rd Concorde G-BOAB (208).
12th January 1979: Registered as G-N94AB / N94AB by British Airways / Braniff Airways.
17th September 1980: Registered again as G-BOAB by British Airways.
11th September 1984: Performing the distance record of 3,965 nautical miles (4,565 miles) on a straight flight from Washington to Nice.
16th November 1984: Beginning of a Concorde charter service from London to Seattle via New York.

 Incidents
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 Pictures

 01/01/1998 - Regular flight

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 05/01/1996 - Le Bourget

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 06/01/1992 - Outside the maintenance hangar

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