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Old 17th Feb 2015, 13:39
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Concorde was actually 6 prototypes and 14 production aircraft (7 to AF, 7 to BA), plus a 'destructive test' incomplete airframe that was heated and stressed in a rig to simulate airline flights to test for fatigue problems (there were none).

The final prototypes were almost up to production standard - the British one, G-BBDG, flew with BA staff as pax but never in airline service. It was the spares 'christmas tree' for the fleet so was just a shell by the end of Conc ops. It was trucked to Brooklands and given most of the interior of G-BOAB (the Heathrow stalker). What will happen to AB now is anyone's guess.

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