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  • Title
    Archive related to construction and test flights of the Concorde 002 prototype aircraft
  • Reference
    CONC
  • Production date
    1960 - 1979
  • Creator
    • British Aircraft CorporationBiography
  • Scope and Content
    Concorde 002 was the first UK prototype of the Anglo-French aircraft, and its primary purpose was to serve as a test and development aircraft for the fleet of 16 Concordes that were to be built for British Airways and Air France. The archive contains select technical specifications of the aircraft, and comprehensively documents the 7 years of test flights between 1969 and 1976. It consists of c.500 plans, sets of information relating to aspects of the aircraft, BAC publications, notes of meetings, templates for forms and logs, and a small collection of colour photographs (details of aircraft parts).
  • Extent
    17 boxes and 10 rolled sets
  • Language
    English, French
  • Level of description
    TOP
  • Repository name
    Science Museum, London
  • Conditions governing access
    Open Access
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
  • Related items
    1977-45