F-WTSA was fourth Concorde aircraft to be manufactured, and the second pre-production aircraft, to be built and to fly.

F-WTSS (production designation 001) was the first Concorde to fly, on 2 March 1969, and was retired on arrival at the French air museum at Le Bourget Airport on 19 October 1973, having made 397 flights covering 812 hours, of which 255 hours were at supersonic speeds.

Concorde F-WTSA (102) first flew on 10 January 1973 from Toulouse. It was the fourth aircraft and the first to have the dimensions and the shape of the future production aircraft. It was the first to fly to the United States (on 20 September 1973 to Dallas, Texas).

Sep 13, 2024 · Note: A rare photo of F-WTSA wearing the official logo of the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games taken at CYMX during the grand openning

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Concorde 02 F-WTSA was fourth aircraft to be manufactured, and the second of preproduction aircraft. Sierra-Alpha was the first to have dimensions and the shape of future the production aircraft: it had the extended tail cone fitted as well as the production specification secondary engine nozzle, with the thrust reverse buckets.

Mar 14, 2021 · Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde with registration F-WTSA airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet numbers and names

F-WTSA est le premier appareil qui a rigoureusement les formes extérieures de la future série ; par rapport au présérie 01, il possédait la nouvelle géométrie de pointe arrière et d'empennage vertical ainsi que le nouveau concept des tuyères secondaires, une longueur et …

Everything you need to know about F-WTSA (1973 Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 C/N 02) including aircraft data, history and photos

It was entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-WTSA and registered to Aerospatiale. It flew for the time from Toulouse on January 10, 1973, marking the first flight of a French built pre-production Concorde. It carried out a non stop return flight from Toulouse to Iceland (3,728 miles) in 3 hours, 27 minutes on February 23, 1973.