Between 1966 and 1979 there were 20 Concordes were built, 10 of these were built in Britain and the other 10 in France. The 20 aircraft included two prototype aircraft, which never entered service as these were built for test purposes only. Following this two pre-production prototypes were built, again, one in the UK and the other in France, these were used to further and refine the design of Concorde, and to test new ground breaking systems before they started the full manufacture of the production aircraft. 16 production Concorde aircraft were built before the program was cancelled by the British and French Governments. The first two production aircraft never entered into service, but were use to test production techniques and further development work. These also helped to paved the way for the granting of airworthiness certification, as well as providing extensive route proving information. An additional two complete airframes where built for static load testing (France) and thermal/fatigue testing (UK-RAE Farnborough), in parallel with the pre-production aircraft.
Only British Airways and Air France purchased the Concorde, with the airlines initially purchasing 5 and 4 aircraft respectively. There were 5 surplus aircraft which were in the end placed with both airlines in 1980 and they eventually purchased them for a nominal cost of £1 / 1 Franc. British Airways acquired the 2 unsold UK built aircraft, while Air France bought the 3 unsold French built craft.
At the end of Concorde operations, British Airways had a Concorde fleet of 7 aircraft while Air France had a fleet of 5 aircraft. The first British production Concorde G-BBDG was purchased by British Airways and kept within a hanger atFilton, and used for spares, to support their operational fleet.
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Manufacturers future planned Concorde airframe versions:
Concorde Freighter - Production version with higher gross weight slightly extended main landing gear legs and improved systems. Olympus 593 Mk 602 or 610 engines.
Concorde ‘B’ model - Improved production version – planned for introduction from aircraft 17 onwards. Full span leading-edge droop, and extended wingtips. Updated engines with reheat deleted. Not built.
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Concorde Development fleet
Prototypes
First and second prototypes: Shorter fuselage and only small windows in metal nose visor. Larger passenger cabin windows. Olympus 593-1, 2B or 3B engines.
001 F-WSST (French)
002 G-BSST (British)
Pre-productions
Pre-production aircraft with lengthened fuselage, smaller cabin windows and new glazed visor design. Olympus 593-4 or 593 Mk 602 engines.
101 (01) G-AXDN (British)
102 (02) F-WTSA (French)
Development Production Concordes
201 F-WTSB (French)
202 G-BBDG (British)
Operational Service Production Concorde Aircraft
Production version with higher gross weight slightly extended main landing gear legs and improved systems. Olympus 593 Mk 602 or 610 engines.
British Airways Fleet
204 G-BOAC
206 G-BOAA
208 G-BOAB
210 G-BOAD
212 G-BOAE
214 G-BOAG
216 G-BOAF
Air France Fleet
203 F-BTSC
205 F- BVFA
207 F-BVFB
209 F-BVFC
211 F-BVFD
213 F-BTSD
215 F-BVFF
Production version with higher gross weight slightly extended main landing gear legs and improved systems. Olympus 593 Mk 602 or 610 engines.