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F-BVFC (209) French Production
Current registration - F-BVFC
Manufacturer’s Serial Number - 209
Production Variant Number - 101
Maiden Flight - 9th July 1976: Toulouse, France
Air France delivery - 3rd August 1976
Registration history
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First Registered as F-BVFC to Air France
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12th January 1979 aircraft re-registered as N94FC by Air France / Braniff Airways
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1st June 1980 aircraft re-registered as F-BVFC by Air France
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Final Flight - June 27th 2003: AF6903: Paris Charles De Gaulle – Toulouse
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Current Location – Retired from service to the Airbus Factory at Toulouse, France and now forms part of the new Aeroscopia Museum at Tolouse.
Aircraft history
March 1997 – May 1998
Went through a D check
2000 – Aug 16th
Stranded in New York for 3 months, when the Certificate of Airworthiness is withdrawn from all Concorde’s as a result of the Paris crash.
2000 – Sep 21st
Flies home from New York to Paris, to what many thought would be the final Air France Concorde flight
2003 – 27th June
Final flight; AF6903 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Toulouse.
Aircraft Comments
Final Flight - June 27th 2003: AF6903: Paris Charles De Gaulle – Toulouse
Hours Flown - 14,332 Hrs
Landings - 4,358
Supersonic Flights - 4,200
Current Location – Retired from service to the Airbus Factory at Toulouse, France.
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F-BVFC (209) Condition
209 will form part of the Aeroscopia museum in Toulouse, from information we have received the aircraft remains in very good condition. We are pleased that this airframe will be a very important part of the Aeroscopia display.
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