G-BSST departs from Filton on her Maiden flight on April 9th 1969
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002 arrives at RAF Fairford at the end of her first ever flight
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At the end of its first ever flight the UK prototype comes into land at RAF Fairford, its designated flight test base
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The pilots of the prototype UK Concorde on its 1st flight Brian Trubshaw (left) and John Cochrane (right) on the flight deck of 002
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Concorde (G-BSST) Cruises at 40,000ft during its initial test flights
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G-BSST on a development flight in 1971
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G-BSST on the ground in at the end of a days flying
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Concorde 002 G-BSST left Fairford and began a 45,000 mile sales demonstration tour of 12 countries in the Far East and Australia in 1971. In this picture she is seen over Singapore
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G-BSST in her current home, Preserved at the Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton
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002 is wraped up in protective plastic in 1999 during refurbishment of the Concorde hall at Yeovilton. Concorde was too large to move outside so this was the best solution to protect the aircaft
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