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Along with the French Concorde F-WTSB, the aircraft was used to enable sufficient testing to allow for the Concorde fleet to receive certification. On retirement the aircraft was stored at Filton airfield from the mid-1980s until 2003, when she was transported by road to the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey .
Brooklands Museum is a motoring and aviation museum occupying part of the former Brooklands Motor Course in Weybridge, Surrey, England.. Formally opened in 1991, the museum is operated by the independent Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd, a private limited company (No.02109945) and a registered UK charity (No.296661); its aim is to conserve, protect and interpret the heritage of the Brooklands site.
This Concorde was once used as a source of spares, before being restored using parts from Air France's F-BVFD, and has flown 16,239 hours. [25] G-BOAF : (216) first flew on 20 April 1979 from Filton and was the last Concorde to be built. [26] It made Concorde's final flight on Wednesday 26 November 2003.
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey City of Norwich Aviation Museum , Norwich International Airport , Norfolk Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre , Newquay , Cornwall – closed [ 20 ]
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Brooklands was a 2.767-mile (4.453 km) motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit [n 1] as well as one of Britain's first airfields, which also became Britain's largest aircraft manufacturing centre by 1918, producing military aircraft such as the Wellington ...