Concorde - 50år siden akkurat nå - Airbus Video

The maiden flight, described by captain André Turcat as ‘a trip around the runway’ lasted just 29 minutes and did not exceed 480 kph. Alongside Turcat the crew consisted of flight mechanic Michel Rétif, flight engineer Henri Perrier and co-pilot Jacques Guignard. Words, images and video courtesy of AIRBUS. Sjekk video her: http://tinyurl.com/y6e4dbwy

It’s 3.38pm on 2 March 1969 and the first page in the history of supersonic commercial aviation has just been written. As Concorde’s four Olympus 593 turbines carry the aircraft into the distance the joy of the technicians, engineers, employees and onlookers witnessing the moment is plain to see. Six hundred journalists from around the world are at hand to report how ‘old Europe’ has met the challenge of melding speed and technology in service of passenger transport. "She flies, she flies." Millions of television viewers in Britain heard commentator Raymond Baxter's excited shout. It was the culmination of years of political, technical and engineering collaboration between Britain and France. Watch a commemorative video below compiled by AIRBUS from their huge Concorde film archive.