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40 years ago, precisely today, Concorde performed its first flight from Toulouse-Blagnac airport in France. 40 years later, the adventure has come to an end, but passion remains. Most of us were not born for the first flight, but we all heard of Concorde when we were little. Sometimes, it was the very plane that made us discover aeronautics.
For this occasion, various exhibitions have been organised. For instance, here in France, it was possible to see a Concorde on the very airport it had taken off 40 years beforehand. You can find a few of them in museum, in Duxford for instance. Concorde will stay in everybody's minds although its life was put to an end too quickly ... six years ago, by a joint decision from Air France and British Airways.
Pictaero pays a tribute to such a magnificent plane!
Many thanks to Alain Michot for this shot taken at the 1971 Paris Air Show.
At Tarbes-Lourdes in 1978!
A very specific nose.
Take off and landing.
The British prototype and the flight deck.
40 years later!
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