Delta Golf     G-BBDG

Manufacturer’s No. – 202

Present location – Weybridge, Surrey, UK. (Open to the Public)   

Assembled by BAC at Filton, Bristol, UK

Owned by British Airways PLC

CONCORDE G-BBDG at her Present location of Brooklands, UK

VISITING DETAILS -

Brookland Museum, Brookland Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0QN  www.brooklandsconcorde.com  Costs – Adults £9.00, Children 5-16 £5.50, OAP £7.70             

COMMENTS –

The first Aircraft to carry 100 passengers at Mach 2

This airframe had been acquired by British Airways in 1984 and stored at Filton as a source of spare parts; hence she was in a poor state. She has since been transferred by road to Brooklands Museum and undergone a full restoration by a team of volunteers, and now shines to full glory. The only sad part of this restoration is that they stripped parts from Concorde G-BOAB at Heathrow to restore the interior of G-BBDG.  Brooklands has also restored the Concorde Simulator, This is also open the public.

Sierra Bravo   F-WTSB

Manufacturer’s No. – 201

Present location – Airbus SAS, Toulouse, France (On View to the Public)

Owned by Airbus SAS 

VISITING DETAILS –

WEBSITE - http://www.taxiway.fr/

Adults € 18.50 – Youth / Minors & Students € 14.00 Children / – 6 years FREEu

Reservations are mandatory 05 34 39 42 00 or www.taxiway – resa.fr.

Guided tours in French, sometimes in English (us). Guided tours every day during school holidays (except Sundays and holidays) / 2-3 visits per week outside school holidays (except Sundays and holidays).

Information necessary for the visit:

French nationals and European Union: the name (and maiden name for married women), name, date and place of birth, nationality, telephone number. Non-EU nationals: name, date and place of birth, country of birth and nationality, telephone number. Compulsory Registration Deadline: two full business days before the date of the visit (this time takes into account non-working days: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).

COMMENTS -

Although this Concorde was designated as a production aircraft F-WTSB, and its British counterpart G-BDDG, never actually entered service. They were used to undertake the final phase of testing and certification before the actual production aircraft were built. Tasks included aircrew training, route proving, endurance testing and technical refinement as well as acting as a test bed for production techniques