concorde
CONCORDE The first time the world saw Concorde was at it’s first ever rollout in Toulouse, with over 1,100 guests present. The first prototype Concorde was ceremonially rolled out. The aircraft was called Concorde 001. ... At this ceremony though it was announced that they were to change the name to Concorde to match the French, it was said that the ‘e’ stood for "Excellence, England, Europe and Entente". It was said the overall shape, aerodynamics, flight controls, propulsion and auxiliary systems made Concorde a generation ahead of any other form of civil transport. ... K’s chance to show off the Concorde’s beauty, when on the 19th September 1968 Concorde 002 rolled out of the British Aircraft Corporations plant in Filton, Bristol. ... Concorde 001 finally took off on the 2nd March 1969, registered as F-WTSS the aircraft lifted from the tarmac of Toulouse at 15:40 hrs at a speed of 205 knots. ... At 16:08 hrs Concorde 001 made a perfect landing. ... K was in the spotlight again when Concorde 002 made her first flight from Filton. Concorde 002s crew for that flight was chief test pilot for commercial aircraft BAC, Brian Trubshaw, copilot John Cochrane, and Brian Watts the engineer observer. After carrying out the specified test items 002 made her approach to RAF Fairford that had been equipped as the main Concorde flight test centre. ... On the 1st October 1969 Concorde 001 with on her 45th test flight she exceeded Mach 1 for the first time. ... From now on both Concorde prototypes were to proceed up the Mach scale during flight tests. ... Concorde 001 reached Mach 2 on 4th November 1970 with the U.K Concorde 002 reaching Mach 2 on November 12th. ... The first production Concorde was revealed at Filton on the 20th September 1971. There were still 4 months of testing on the ground before Concorde 01 was to take her maiden flight.