Aircraft Number 208 | |
Current registration | G-BOAB |
Manufacturer's Serial Number | 100 -008 |
Production Variant Number | 102 |
Maiden Flight | First Flight 18th May 1976 : Filton, England |
British Airways delivery | 30th September 1976 |
Registration history:- | First Registered as G-BOAB on 3rd April 1974 to the British Aircraft Corporation Ltd |
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12th January 1979 aircraft re-registered as G-N94AB / N94AB by British Airways / Braniff Airways |
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17th September 1980 aircraft re-registered G-BOAB by British Airways |
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De-Registered - 4th May 2004 |
Final Flight | August 15th 2000 - BA002P JFK-LHR |
Total Hours Flown | 22,296 Hrs 55mins |
Total Landings | 7,810 |
Total Supersonic Cycles | 6,688 |
Current Useage | Retired from service and will go on display at Heathrow |
Notes |
Concorde 206's first flight on 18th May 1976 was under the command of BAC test pilot Capt. Eddie McNamara and took 3hrs 32mins, from Filton to Fairford via the Bay of Biscay. It reached a top speed of Mach 2.05 at a height of 63,500ft. 12 other BAC test/development flights took place before the aircraft was ready for delivery to British Airways
G-BOAB was the third Concorde to be delivered to British Airways on Jan 14th 1976 with a 1hr 30min flight from RAF Fairford. Touch and Go landings were made at both London Gatwick and Heathrow during the flight by the BA crew of Capt. Tony Meadows and Capt. Brian Walpole.
The aircraft's final flight was a positioning flight back to Heathrow, on the
evening before the fleet's Certificates of air-worthiness were to be officially
removed, under the Command of Capt. Les Brodie. The aircraft was next in line
for inter check and would have been the 6th BA aircraft back in service. As
it was BA only required 5 aircraft, therefore G-BOAB was never modified and
never flew again |
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G-BOAB retracts it's undercarridge shortly after take-off Picture courtesy of John Kelley |
What used to be regular sight at Heathrow: Concorde 208 taxies to the runway in prepration for take off. BA Picture | ||
Alpha Bravo Landing at Heathrow in July 2000 Picture courtesy of Jorgos Tsambikakis | Concorde was a regular visitor to Miami, as this was an extention to the Scheduled Washington Service Picture courtesy of Don Boyd (Sunbird Photo) | ||
G-BOAB departs from the 1996 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Picture courtesy Philippe Noret | Alpha-Boavo suffered a rudder separation enroute to New York in 1992 Picture courtesy Bill Hough | ||
G-BOAB in seen here its 1980's Union Jack livery in Rio, with just the word 'British' and not 'British Airways' on the side . Picture courtesy of Daniel R Carneiro | G-BOAB in Storage at Heathrow. The aircraft waited to be modified and returned to service, but was destined never to fly again. |