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Constructors :
EADS / BAE SYSTEMS.
Registration :
G-BSST.
Constr. number :
002.
First flight date :
9th april 1969.
Total takeoffs :
836 (01/1998);
Location :
Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.
Aircraft history
06th May 1968:
First Registered as G-BSST to UK Ministry of Technology.
19th September 1968:
Rolled out
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09th April 1969:
First flight from Filton
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01st June 1969:
First public appearance.
25th March 1970:
Flew for the first time at Mach1.
01st September 1970:
Made an appearance at the SBAC show at Farnborough.
12th November 1970:
Reached Mach 2.
19th February 1971:
Re-registered as G-BSST to Ministry of Aviation Supply.
07th February 1972:
Flew with the production type undercarriage.
22nd April 1972:
Made its first appearance in Germany at the Hanover Air Show.
02nd June 1972:
Left Fairford and began a 45,000 mile sales demonstration tour of 12 countries in the Far East and Australia.
01st July 1972:
Returned to London Heathrow having completed its sales demonstration tour of the Far East and Australia
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04th September 1972:
Appeared daily in the flying display at the SBAC Farnborough Show.
20th February 1973:
Successfully completed the 'hot and high' performance trials and demonstrations in South Africa.
24th February 1973:
Returned from South Africa to Fairford.
01st June 1973:
Made high altitude sampling flights, in support of the 'international research programme', to improve the knowledge of the stratosphere.
09th July 1973:
Began temperature and altitude accountability trials, 2,000 feet above sea level at Torrejon, near Madrid.
04th March 1976:
Retired to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at the RN Air Station Yeovilton.
26th July 1976:
Re-registered as G-BSST to London Science Museum.
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