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Seven British Airways aircraft, and a barge to East Fortune

On 10 April 2003, British Airways announced that it was retiring its fleet of seven Concordes.⁠1

Concorde operations were finally ceased by Air France in May 2003 and by British Airways in October 2003.⁠2

On 24 October 2003, British Airways withdrew Concorde. The final scheduled commercial flight was BA002 from JFK, operated by G-BOAG, with Captain Mike Bannister.⁠3

British Airways Concorde G-BOAF photographed from below as it passes over the A38 on its last landing at Filton.
G-BOAF over the A38 on the last ever Concorde landing, Filton, 26 November 2003.Photo: Adrian Pingstone · Public domain · Commons

British Airways’ fleet of seven aircraft were subsequently dispersed for preservation at Barbados (AE), Edinburgh (AA), Filton (AF), Manchester (AC), New York (AD) and Seattle (AG), with one (AB) remaining at Heathrow.⁠3

British Airways Concorde G-BOAB parked in storage at London Heathrow after the type was withdrawn.
G-BOAB in storage at Heathrow after all Concorde flying had ended. This airframe stayed at the airport.Photo: Adrian Pingstone · Public domain · Commons
Preserved British Airways Concorde G-BOAF on display under cover at Aerospace Bristol.
G-BOAF on display at Aerospace Bristol in 2019, the airframe that made the last Concorde landing at Filton.Photo: Adrian Pingstone · Public domain · Commons

Scotland’s Concorde

Scotland’s Concorde, G-BOAA, was the first of her kind to go into service with British Airways. National Museums Scotland says she flew for 22,768 hours and 56 minutes, landing 8,064 times and going through 6,842 supersonic cycles.⁠1

In 2004, G-BOAA was loaded onto a specialist barge, the Terra Marique, at Isleworth, sailed up the Thames and along the east coast, and was rolled ashore at Torness, East Lothian, before an hour-long crossing of fields to East Fortune, guided by members of 39 Engineer Regiment’s 53 Field Squadron (Air Support).⁠1

Prototype 002 is on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, according to the Science Museum.⁠4

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Sources on this page

  1. National Museums Scotland, Concorde: The story of supersonic passenger flight
  2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Concorde (Scholars)
  3. British Airways, Celebrating Concorde
  4. David Rooney, Concorde’s legacy, Science Museum Blog, 23 September 2009