40th Anniversary of the first Concorde Test Flight - On 9 April 1969, Chief Test Pilot Brian Trubshaw made his first flight in the British-built prototype Concorde 002 (G-BSST).
On that memorable day six brave men took to the air from Filton, near Bristol, landing 22 minutes later at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
To mark this forthcoming anniversary we at Club Concorde have put together some memorabilia packages for you to purchase for yourself or for friends. To find out more about these packages and to read the full story, visit the 40th Anniversary page
25/03/2009
40th Anniversary Party for Concorde! - Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum are having a special day on the 9th April. April 9th will be the 40th anniversary of the first British Concorde taking to the skies. Concorde 002 made 439 flights, was airborne for 723 hours and flew supersonically for 173 hours. The last flight was made on March 4th 1976 when it was flown from Fairford to the Fleet Air Arm Museum. Join the celebrations under Concorde. Hear talks by Concorde Captains, join in the family activities and have a slice of Concorde Birthday Cake. View the Fleet Air Arm website for more details (external link)
25/02/2009
Concorde retires to new eco-home - One of the world's most iconic aircraft is in a new eco-friendly retirement home at Manchester Airport. Read full story (external link)
26/11/2007
Concorde's Last Flight - 26 November 2007 was the 4th Anniversary of Concorde's last flight. ITV Local West released a montage of Concorde's last flight on 26th November 2003 and you can view it here.
We are grateful to Tom Poole, Channel Manager at ITV Local West for sending these videos of Alpha Fox's last flight from London Heathrow to Filton on 26th November 2003. Captain Les Brodie flew The Fox, the baby of the fleet, on this sad occasion.
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