One for the train spotters. I've just stumbled across a website which purports to show which Concorde performed which flight (for BA).
Heritage Concorde - Find my flight
I had occasionally wondered which Concorde/s I flew on, as they each have slightly different histories. I was on
G-BOAD outbound (now at Intrepid Museum, New York) and
G-BOAG inbound (now at Museum of Flight, Seattle).
They both hold records:
G-BOAD: On 7 February 1996, this modern engineering marvel enjoyed a moment of record-breaking history. For that day, Captain Leslie Scott, Senior First Officer Tim Orchard and Senior Engineering Officer Rick Eades flew British Airways Concorde G-BOAD between New York City, USA, and London, UK, in a world-beating time of 2 hr 52 min 59 sec. The plane covered the 6,035 km (3,750 miles) at an astonishing average speed of 2,010 km/h (1,250 mph)
and East-West - October 8th 2003: With the retirement of Concorde confirmed, G-BOAD takes part in the Farewell Tour programme with a visit to Boston and at the same time sets the current East to West Atlantic crossing record with a time of 3 hours 5 minutes and 34 seconds. The aircraft was piloted by Chief Concorde Pilot Captain Mike Bannister.
G-BOAG: November 5th 2003 - Final flight is from JFK across northern Canada to Seattle. Having been given special permission to fly supersonic over land, G-BOAG sets a new record for the East to West crossing of North America.
G-BOAG is also the subject of this photo taken by Adrian Meredith from a Tornado, struggling to keep up.
