On this day in 1976, the Concorde performed its first commercial flight. F-BVFA took off from Charles de Gaulle towards Rio de Janeiro with a stopover in Dakar. G-BOAA had at the same time taken off from Heathrow towards Bahrain. For the first time, passengers traveled faster than sound.

2005 , 215 , Aerospatiale , BAC , British Aerospace , CDG , Charles de Gaulle , Concorde , F-BVFF , France , Paris , Roissy , Sud Aviation , Sud-Aviation

Exposure Time	1/1000 s
ApertureFNumber	f/8.0
ISO	200
Model	Canon EOS 10D
Lens	100.0-400.0 mm
Focal Length	115 mm
Date Time of Original	2005:10:29 17:23:39

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Robin MORET

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Saturday, October 29, 2005

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Sunday, January 20, 2019

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2005, 215, Aerospatiale, BAC, British Aerospace, CDG, Charles de Gaulle, Concorde, F-BVFF, France, Paris, Roissy, Sud Aviation, Sud-Aviation

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