Concorde 001, registered F-WSST, first took off from Toulouse on this day 40 years ago at 3.40pm. The supersonic aircraft was flown by Andre Turcat, left the ground at 3.40pm and climbed to 10,000ft.
Picture credit - Rex Features
Take a look at the bulk of issue 6 March 1969 in the Flight pdf archive dedicated to Concorde, including an article on the technology used, the aircraft structure, fuel system, aerodynamics, flight testing, payload accommodation and aircraft data, a cutaway drawing and an airline pilot's view.
In the 13 March issue of Flight we published a poem of Concorde's first flight by Robert Gordon plus more pictures of the aircraft in the air.
To celebrate Concrode's first flight 40th anniversary we have five copies of the a new book of the aircraft's photographic history to give away.
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