01 G-AXDN
Manufacturer’s No. – 01
Present location – Duxford, Cambridge, UK (Open to the Public)
Owned by the Duxford Aviation Society
CONCORDE G-AXDN at her Present location IWM Duxford UK
VISITING DETAILS -
IWM Duxford, Duxford Airfield, Duxford, Cambridge, CB22 4QR. Tel – 01223 835000 Costs – Adults £16.50, Children under 15 are free, OAP £13,20
COMMENTS -
This one flew faster than any other Concorde!
You are able to view this airframe from below and above from a platform within the hanger. It is also possible to visit the interior at selected times for a small charge of £0.50 pence. The Duxford Aviation Society are doing a super job looking after this airframe, she is in wonderful condition and shows no signs of her age.
02 F-WTSA
Manufacturer’s No. – (02) 102
Present location –Musee Delta, Athis-Mons near Orly Airport, Paris, France (Open to the Public)
Assembled by Aerospatiale, Toulouse, France.
Owned by Athis-Paray-Aviation
VISITING DETAILS –
The museum is open Wednesday and Saturday from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Adults 3 €
Children 1 € 5 to 11 years
40 , av Jean Pierre Bénard
91200 Athis Mons
Tel 01 69 38 83 38 or 01 60 48 14 48
WEBSITE – http://museedelta.free.fr/
COMMENTS –
F-WTSA’s final flight was between Toulouse and Paris Orly was on May 20th1976. Takeoff was at 15:19 and she arrived into at Orly 16:26, where an ADP team would take over responsibility for the aircraft. It was gifted to ADP, the operator of Orly and other Paris airports in 1976 to replace a full size wooden replica that was originally on show at the airport, which was destroyed by fire a few years earlier.
The aircraft was decommissioned with the engines and of many parts being recovered to be used as spares for the Air France fleet. As the aircraft was going on public display its test equipment installations were removed, and its cabin was reconfigured to give her the interior of an in-service aircraft.
In 1988, ADP, the Orly airport operator decided that Concorde 02 was no longer a priority and condemned it to be scraped and to be cut into pieces. Athis-Paray-Aviation saved Sierra Alpha from this tragedy, and since April 12th 1988, it has been on display at the Museum Delta in Athis-Mons, just outside the airport.
