Monday, 29th August 2005 by James Turnbull Researching my recent
Le Bourget Airport post I discovered a couple of Concordes on
display and, seeing as there were only ever 20 of them built, I
decided to see how many I could find on Google Maps. Le Brouget
houses the remains Aircraft 203 which disastrously crashed in
July 2000 and Aircraft 211 which was scrapped for parts. Also in
one of the hangers is the very first Concorde (001). The outside
display features Aircraft 213 however the satellite photos are
out of date so the Concorde cannot be seen. Concorde 102 was the
fourth plane built and the last of the preproduction aircraft.
It has been on display at Orly Airport since the 1970s and
replaced a full-size wooden replica Concorde that had been lost
to a fire. Outside the Aerospatiale HQ at Toulouse Airport (near
where the Airbus 380s are assembled) is Concorde 201, the first
“production” Concorde although this plane never went into
service. Also at Toulouse to the north is Concorde 209 which was
the last of