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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Flight Plan for First Commercial Air France (France) Concorde Flight to the United States
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0942
- Creators:
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Air France
- Dates:
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1976-05-24
- Languages:
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English,French.
- Physical Description:
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.05 Cubic feet1 folder
- Repository:
Flight plans for the first commercial Air France Concorde flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on May 24, 1976.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the flight plan (four pages plus a chart) for the first commercial Air France Concorde flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on May 24, 1976. The flight plan was presented to the National Air and Space Museum at the conclusion of the flight by the pilot, Capt. Pierre Dudal. The Concorde aircraft that made this flight is held in the National Air and Space Museum's artifact collection (Inventory number: A20030139000).
Arrangement
Arrangement
Three documents.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Concorde became the first supersonic airliner for commercial flight when Air France and British Airways jointly inaugurated its service in 1976 to destinations around the globe. Designed and built by AĆ©rospatiale of France and the British Aviation Corporation, the Concorde could comfortably carry up to 100 passengers and cross the Atlantic in fewer than four hours - half the time of a conventional jet airliner. However, its high operating costs resulted in very high fares that limited the number of passengers who could afford to fly it. These problems and a shrinking market eventually forced the reduction of service until all Concordes were retired in 2003.
The Concorde that made the first commercial Air France Concorde flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on May 24, 1976 is the aircraft in the National Air and Space Museum's artifact collection (Inventory number: A20030139000).
Administration
Author
Amara Pugens
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Air France, Gift, 1976, NASM.XXXX.0942
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Amara Pugens, 2023.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Flight Plan for First Commercial Air France (France) Concorde Flight to the United States, NASM.XXXX.0942, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Concorde (Jet transports) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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