| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | F-BVFF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sud-BAC Concorde |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Aerospatiale-British Aerospace Concorde |
| Aircraft Version: | Aerospatiale-British Aerospace Concorde 101 |
| C/n (msn): | 215 |
| Operator Titles: | Air France |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 25 November 1986 |
| Photo by: | David Carter |
| Photo ID: | 18574 |
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Some testing of the Concorde's sonic boom over land was done in Australia in 1972. After it entered service, visits by Air France and British Airways were confined to luxury air cruises. Landings and takeoffs at noise-sensitive Sydney airport was always over Botany Bay. The long legs of subsonic wide-bodies had nullified much of the Concorde's speed advantage. When launched, Concorde would have been 12-15 hours quicker London-Sydney than a typical 707 service. But against a 1980s one-stop 747 service the saving was only four hours. This photo is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 14 November 2017, and has since been viewed 467 times. |