Concorde G-BOAD
The most famous Concorde aircraft was more than likely the plane with the registration G-BOAD.
Its maiden flights was made on the 25th August 1976 at Filton in the UK, it was delivered to its new owner British Airways on 6th December 1976.
When it was first registered back on 9th May 1975 it was known as G-BOAD, in 1979 it was re registered as G-N94AD / N94AD. During this period Braniff Airways leased 10 Concordes 5 from British Airways and 5 from Air France.
G-BOAD was also leased to Singapore Airlines and it ran both liveries on the plane, cabin crews were mixed between the two carriers.
Concorde G-BOAD flew a total of 23,397hours and 25 minutes making 8406 landings and going supersonic 7010 times.
G-BOAD was also used in the fly past for the Queens Golden Jubilee on 4th June 2002.
G-BOAD is made its last flight to JFK where it now resides at the USS Intrepid Museum in New York. The Concorde is only there on loan and acts as a big advertisement for British Airways.
Concorde G-BOAD
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I had the absolute privilege of flying in this beautiful bird on the 1st June 1992 from JFK to Lhr whilst 6 months pregnant! I was working for Thomas Cook Business Travel at the time as a guest of BA and this is one of the most memorable moments of my life. My seat was 19B !
Would love to visit this special aeroplane again and hopefully will travel to New York to the USS Intrepid Museum to meet her again.
Jenny from Scotland.