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Concorde
Jouets de StrasbourgConcorde w/ remote control
- Model
- 2894
- Type
- Aircraft
- Topic
- Travel & Transport
- Country of manufacture
- France
- Mechanism
- Battery
- Movement
- Steerable, moves forward, engine lights
- Materials
- Tin & plastic
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 58x26x12
- Condition
- Good
- Manufactured
- 1970 – 1976
Research notes
first version (1968) was friction powered; Construction of six prototypes began in February 1965, and Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976 with Air France from Paris-Roissy and British Airways from London Heathrow. On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after take-off; commercial service was suspended until November 2001. The surviving aircraft were retired in 2003
Featured in
- Avions Jouets 1945-1970 — p. 127
- Joustra — p. 160
