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Old 23rd Oct 2011, 20:41
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Concorde Question / Washington - Heathrow Service 1977

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.
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ooops, sorry!

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He asks a question about the Washington service and gets a reply which is all about New York!
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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.
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BA Concorde MIA Schedule? — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
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How about here? concorde forum
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The inaugural flight numbers were BA579 LHR-IAD & BA578 IAD-LHR.

In April 1978, they became BA189 LHR-IAD & BA188 IAD-LHR.
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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?
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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
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.
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I am going off memory, but I think LHR-IAD operated Tue/Thu/Sat and the return IAD-LHR op Wed/Fri/Sun.
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