SFO MuseumThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Commercial Concorde flight. On January 21, 1976, Air France launched Concorde service between Paris and Rio de Janeiro, and British Airways introduced Concorde service on its London to Bahrain route.
#Onthisday in 1969, the first Concorde prototype took off on its maiden flight departing from Toulouse, France. Developed as a joint endeavor between the governments of Great Britain and France, the aircraft that made this flight, Concorde 001, was built in France.
The Concorde could travel at Mach 2.04 or 1,350 miles per hour, faster than the speed of the Earth's rotation. The Concorde was in service between 1976 and 2003. Did you ever fly on a Concorde?
