12/04/2014
Concorde makes its last trip to Toulouse
Airbus transferred to the device MSN1 Aeroscopia museum
Blagnac, 14 March 2014
© Airbus Group / JV. Reymondon
Born in Toulouse in 1969, Concorde was the pride of the United Kingdom and France for almost 35 years, and although the supersonic has finally stopped flying in 2003, the myth still persists.
At the end of this year, the park aeronautical discovery Aeroscopia finally open its doors in Blagnac, and allow fans and aviation enthusiasts to discover many iconic aircraft and equipment of the history of aviation, including Concorde.
The model presentation, MSN1 is one of the first units built in Toulouse. It made its first flight Dec. 6, 1973, before taking part in the "upper atmosphere" in October and November 1974 test campaign in Morocco. It was then, in turn, testing and presidential plane tickets until 19 April 1985, when it made its last flight on returning to Toulouse.
Restored with the support of the Heritage department of Airbus, today is that this single copy of the Concorde, with both test facility but also a cabin thirty seats will be moved, from the plant site Jean-Luc Lagardère where he was for several months after being repainted and refurbished, to reach the site of the future museum,
Aeroscopia Airbus benefits from a financial support of € 3.5 million and the provision of many other mythical planes: a Caravelle, one of the first Airbus A300 and A400M first test.
Concorde MSN1, which will be one of the essential parts of this new memorial site, belongs to the National Academy of Air and Space.