CO-RET89D "CONCORDE 50th 2019" by AIRMAIL A380 Strasbourg-Atlanta, 20 SIGNATURES

50 years since the First Flight of Concorde 001 (1969-2019)

On Sunday March 2, 1969 at 3:38 p.m. the Prototype Concorde 001 registered F-WTSS took off from the Toulouse-Blagnac runway for its first flight. It lasts 29 minutes. The crew is made up of pilot André Turcat, co-pilot Jacques Guignard, flight engineer Henri Perrier and flight engineer Michel Rétif. Thousands of spectators came to witness this unique event. In October 1969, he broke the sound barrier. In November 1970, he passed Mach 2.

For the Concorde specialist - the aerophilatelic cover “50 years of the first flight of Concorde 001” departing from Toulouse, carried on board the first flight of the Air France A380 to Atlanta and signed by the 23 crew members of the AF 688 Flight

A very limited number of aerophilatelic covers, produced for the “50th anniversary of the first Concorde flight”, was carried on board and signed by the 23 crew members of the Air France A380 who carried out the first AF 688 flight. Paris CDG - Atlanta ATL from March 31, 2019. Part of the print was put on sale to the public. Last copies to grab!