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World events also dampened Concorde sales prospects; the 1973–74 stock market crash and the 1973 oil crisis had made airlines cautious about aircraft with high fuel consumption, and new wide-body aircraft, such as the Boeing 747, had recently made subsonic aircraft significantly more efficient and presented a low-risk option for airlines. [39]
(203) was the Concorde lost in the crash of Air France Flight 4590 on 25 July 2000 in the small town of Gonesse, France near Le Bourget, located just outside Paris, killing 113 people. The remains of this aircraft are stored at a hangar at Le Bourget Airport. It is the only Concorde in the history of the design to be destroyed in a crash.
As the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, Concorde was popular with royals, celebrities, and business executives.
In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft to the museum. [3] With a Tupolev Tu-144 [4] already on display since 2001, it is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. Both aircraft's preserved interiors can be accessed by the public. [citation needed]
Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the aircraft photographed by Whyld, is now on display at Aerospace Bristol. - Suzanne Plunkett/CNN Interestingly, although camera technology has moved on, aircraft ...
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