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20 Concorde planes were built, see more info about each one below!

The Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976 with a British Airways flight from London-Bahrain and Air France flight from Paris-Rio-de Janeiro, via Dakar. In 1976 when the Concorde came into service. The US Congress banned the Concorde from landing in the US, citing citizen protest over the Concorde's supersonic boom which halted BA's and Air France from starting flights to the US. However, in 1977 the US removed the ban and on 22 November 1977 flights from Paris & London back flying to John F. Kennedy airport in New York. Over time due to noisy complaints, services to other destination ended and Concorde's only destination become New York. A British Airways Concorde flight From London to New York in 2 hours, 52 minutes, 59 seconds. The Concorde averaged a speed on 1,250 miles per hour, or near mach 2!

ConcordeTakingoff

G-BOAC taking off. Author Eduard Marmet

Prototypes

002

002 at Fleet Air Arm Museum. Photo Public domain

Pre-production aircraft

101

101 at Imperial War Museum Duxford, England. Photo MoorwaySouth

British build Production Aircraft

G-BOAF

G-BOAF at the Aerospace Bristol, England.

French Build Aircraft

Concorde service information sourced from Heritage Concorde

F-BVFA

F-BVFA at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly Virginia. Photo Public domain