Constructors : EADS / BAE SYSTEMS.
Operator : British Airways.
Registration : G-BOAC.
Constr. number : 204.
First flight date : February 27, 1975 : Filton, England.
Total airframe hours : 21,959.54 (09/1999).
Total takeoffs : 6918 (01/1998);
Location : In operation with British Airways.

 Aircraft history

03rd April 1974: First Registered as G-BOAC to the British Aircraft Corporation Ltd.
27th February 1975: Concorde 204 (G-BOAC) is flying for the very first time.
30th June 1975: The CAA awarded Concorde 204 (G-BOAC) its special category Certificate of Airworthiness.
07th July 1975: Starting the endurance flight tests. Destinations are London, Bahrain, Bombay, Kuala Lumper, Singapore, Melbourne, Beirut, Gander and Damascus.
01st September 1975: Made two return flights from London to Gander, Newfoundland, and became the first aircraft to make four Atlantic crossings in a single day.
13th February 1976: British Airways takes delivery of their 2nd Concorde G-BOAC (204).
05th January 1979: Registered as G-N81AC / N81AC by British Airways / Braniff Airways.
11th August 1980: Registered again as G-BOAC by British Airways.
19th December 1985: Performed the highest recorded ground speed in commercial service to date, with a speed of 1,488 mph.

	01/01/1975 - G-BOAC inside at Filton More >>
	01/01/1975 - Concorde G-BOAC, outside at Filton More >>

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