View Full Version : Concorde Question / Washington - Heathrow Service 1977
LAS1997
23rd Oct 2011, 20:41
This may be a tall order; but I am trying to trace some flight information regarding a Concorde flight from Washington to Heathrow on Saturday, August 13th 1977.
Can anyone advise me:-
1/ The flight number of this service?
(I presumme there was just one service a day)
2/ The Concorde used? (G-BOAA/AB/AC/AD/AE?
3/ The Captain's name?
If anyone can advise me some or all this information or refer me to a relevant website this would be very much appreciated.
wieesso
23rd Oct 2011, 20:56
ooops, sorry!
Groundloop
24th Oct 2011, 08:10
He asks a question about the Washington service and gets a reply which is all about New York!:ugh:
LAS1997
24th Oct 2011, 14:56
Yes; I appreciate its a long shot; but I am hoping someone out there has an old BA timetable from the period that could supply the flight number of the Washington - Heathrow service. Or someone who perhaps flew Concorde during that time and has it logged.
beamender99
24th Oct 2011, 17:36
BA Concorde MIA Schedule? — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4468146/)
gruntie
24th Oct 2011, 17:45
How about here? concorde forum (http://www.concordesst.com/home.html)
MARK9263
26th Oct 2011, 20:53
The inaugural flight numbers were BA579 LHR-IAD & BA578 IAD-LHR.
In April 1978, they became BA189 LHR-IAD & BA188 IAD-LHR.
LAS1997
27th Oct 2011, 07:58
Thank's Mark; would you by chance know the frequency of the service? I believe there were three services a week between IAD-LHR in August 1977; is this correct and would you know the day's?
visibility3miles
27th Oct 2011, 08:12
Try asking people at the Dulles airport, or better yet, at
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall.
National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/)
If you contact them, poke around until you get a knowledgeable airplane buff. Chances are the first person to answer the phone or e-mail won't know and won't know who to ask.
It only flew that route once a day, not more, in its later years. I have no idea about earlier.
MARK9263
27th Oct 2011, 10:04
I am going off memory, but I think LHR-IAD operated Tue/Thu/Sat and the return IAD-LHR op Wed/Fri/Sun.