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Aerospatiale/BAC
Concorde
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In
the late 1950s both Bristol Aircraft
(which became part of British Aircraft Corp) and Sud-Aviation
(which became part of Aerospatiale) were independently designing
supersonic commercial aircraft. It was soon obvious that
neither could afford such a project and in 1962 an agreement was
made between the companies to work together.
Designed to operate at just over Mach 2, the
Concorde first flew on 2 March 1969. Scheduled services began with
Air France and British Airways on 21 January 1976.
High operating costs and environmental concerns
ended production after 20 were built. Only 14 entered
commercial service. The last Concorde was retired on 24
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