The prototype Concorde exhibited at the 1973 Paris Air Show with show code "153". The second prototype SA.360 Dauphin F-WSQX (msn 002), coded "179" is in the foreground.

Prototype Concorde on display at Musée de l'air at Le Bourget. This iconic aircraft first took to the air on 02 Mar 1969 at Toulouse-Blagnac in the hands of André Turcat, Concorde's chief test pilot, accompanied by Jacques Guignard, Henri Perrier and Michel Retif. It was also the first Concorde to go supersonic on 01 Oct 1969, holding Mach 1.05 for 9 min, again flown by Turcat.

This first Concorde prtotype was built by Aérospatiale at Toulouse and made the inaugural test flight from Toulouse on 2nd March 1969. It first went supersonic on 1st October of that year and went on to fly with Aérospatiale until October 1973 when it was retired to this super museum for display. The small sticker between the forward door and windshield signifes that this plane was modified with rooftop portholes for use on the 1973 Solar Eclipse mission and equipped with observation instruments. It performed the longest observation of a solar eclipse to date, about 74 minutes.

Unique wooden throttles of Concorde prototype 001.

The prototype as a flying aircraft not stuffed and mounted in a museum.

This aircraft was on display at the Paris airshow in 1995

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The prototype Concorde exhibited at the 1971 Paris Air Show.

The first prototype Concorde performs smokily for the 1971 Paris Air Show crowd on a rather damp day.