14 October 1947 Chuck Yeager pilots rocket-propelled Bell X-1 through the sound barrier
1956-62 Independent studies into supersonic transplants by UK and French companies
29 November 1962 Anglo-French agreement on supersonic aircraft development signed in London
January 1963 Concord(e) name first applied
June 1963 Pan American places first commitments (six options officially cancelled in 1973)
1963 Air France places order commitments
1966 BOAC (later British Airways) places order commitments
11 December 1967 Prototype 001 rolls out in Toulouse. Options reach 74 from 16 airlines. Concorde name agreed
2 March 1969 Prototype 001 makes first flight from Toulouse, with Andr‚ Turcat at the controls
9 April 1969 British Prototype 002's maiden flight from Filton, flown by Brian Trubshaw
1 October 1969 Concorde 001 is the first to fly supersonic
4 November 1970 Concorde 001 is the first to reach Mach 2
17 December 1971 Maiden flight of first pre-production aircraft - BAC-built Concorde 101
28 July 1972 Air France and BA place firm orders for four and five aircraft respectively
10 January 1973 Maiden flight of French pre-production Concorde 102
6 December 1973 First production aircraft, Concorde 201, flies from Toulouse
13 February 1974 First BAC-built production aircraft, Concorde 202, flies from Filton
9 October 1975 France issues certificate of airworthiness (CofA)
5 December 1975 UK issues CofA
19 December 1975 First delivery to Air France (F-BVFA)
14 January 1976 First delivery to BA (G-BOAA)
21 January 1976 Air France and BA launch commercial services to Rio de Janeiro and Bahrain respectively
24 May 1976 First commercial services to Washington DC (Dulles)
22 November 1977 First commercial services to New York (Kennedy)
Jan 1979-May 1980 Braniff operates joint services with Air France and BA between Dallas and Washington DC
December 1977 BA and Singapore Airlines operate joint services from London to Singapore (and Jan '79-Nov '80)
13 January 1980 BA takes delivery of its seventh and final Concorde
22 October 1980 Air France takes delivery of its seventh, and the 14th and final production Concorde
25 July 2000 Air France Concorde (F-BTSC) crashes on take-off from Paris, and Air France grounds fleet
15 August 2000 French and UK authorities announce withdrawal of CofA - BA grounds fleet
January 2001 Details of Concorde's return to flight modification package revealed
17 July 2001 First modified aircraft - BA's G-BOAF - makes test flight from Heathrow
5 Sept 2001 French and UK authorities approve modifications and restore CofA
7 November 2001 Air France and BA resume commercial flights to New York
10 April 2003 Decision announced to ground Concorde in 2003
31 May 2003 Air France operates last commercial services
27 June 2003 Last Air France Concorde flight - Paris-Toulouse delivery to museum
24 October 2003 BA operates last commercial services
November 2003 Last BA Concorde flight?
| Concorde production history | |||
| S/N | Registration | Delivered | Remarks |
| 001 | F-WTSS | - | French prototype. Flew 2 March 1969. Preserved Le Bourget |
| 002 | BSST | - | UK prototype. Flew 9 April 1969. Preserved Yeovilton |
| 101 | AXDN | - | UK pre-production aircraft. Flew 17 December 1971. Preserved Duxford |
| 102 | F-WTSA | - | French pre-production aircraft. Flew 10 January 1973. Preserved Paris Orly |
| 201 | F-WTSB | - | First French production aircraft. Flew 6 December 1973. Preserved Toulouse |
| 202 | G-BBDG | - | UK production aircraft. Flew 13 February 1974. Stored Filton |
| 203 | F-BTSC | 5 January 1976 | Air France. Destroyed in Paris crash 25 July 2000 |
| 204 | G-BOAC | 13 February 1976 | British Airways. To be preserved in Manchester* |
| 205 | F-BVFA | 19 December 1975 | First Air France delivery. Preserved Washington DC |
| 206 | G-BOAA | 14 January 1976 | First British Airways delivery. Stored Heathrow |
| 207 | F-BVFB | 8 April 1976 | Air France. Preserved Sinsheim Museum, Germany |
| 208 | G-BOAB | 30 September 1976 | British Airways. Stored Heathrow |
| 209 | F-BVFC | 3 August 1976 | Air France. Preserved Toulouse |
| 210 | G-BOAD | 6 December 1976 | BA. Singapore Airlines colours 77-80. To be preserved in New York* |
| 211 | F-BVFD | 26 March 1977 | Air France. Broken up 1994 |
| 212 | G-BOAE | 20 July 1977 | British Airways. To be preserved at Museum of Flight in Seattle |
| 213 | F-BTSD | 19 September 1978 | Air France. Preserved Le Bourget |
| 214 | G-BOAG | 6 February 1980 | British Airways. To be preserved in Barbados* |
| 215 | F-BVFF | 22 October 1980 | Air France. To be displayed at Paris CDG |
| 216 | G-BOAF | 13 June 1980 | British Airways. To be preserved at Filton* |
| * - subject to change | |||
Source: Flight International
