Issues

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2015

Issue 1Oct 2015Concorde in Tehran
Watching Concorde’s construction
Issue 1aXmas 201530th anniversary of the unique 4-Concorde formation flight on Christmas Eve 1985

2016

Issue 2Jan 2016Farewell to Concorde test pilot André Turcat
40th anniversary of first scheduled flights
Issue 3Mar 2016Concorde women – designer, pilots, engineers, cabin crew
Concorde’s supersonic rivals – the Boeing 2707 and the Soviet Tu-144
Issue 4
May 2016
40th anniversary of first scheduled flight to the USA
Possible successors to Concorde
Issue 5Jul 2016Special issue: the history of Concorde G-BBDG

Issue 6

Oct 2016
Flying colours – Concorde overcomes challenges in the air
Construction of the new Concorde museum at Filton
Issue 7
Dec 2016A Concorde flight seen from the jump seat
A new book by pilot Christopher Orlebar
Concorde’s hydraulic systems

2017

Issue 8Feb 2017G-BOAF moves to her new home
Concorde and the Avro Vulcan
Issue 9Apr 2017Captain Derek Woodley flies Concorde to Jakarta
Famous passengers
A look at Concorde’s engines and power

Issue 10
Jun 2017Christopher Orlebar recalls his Concorde training
Concorde’s fuel system
News from Cap Avenir Concorde in Toulouse
Issue 11Aug 2017Maintaining Concorde
Inauguration of new exhibits at Filton and Toulouse
Issue 12Oct 2017Certification flight testing
Concorde in Greenland
Issue 13Dec 201740th anniversaries of inaugural services to New York and Singapore

2018

Issue 14Feb 2018Concorde in Lapland
Concorde’s fly-by-wire system
Issue 15Apr 2018How Concorde was built
The Concorde simulators
Farewell to Christopher Orlebar
Issue 16Jun 2018Chasing the eclipse – 30th
anniversary of 001’s flight in the umbra
British Concorde enthusiasts visit Toulouse
Issue 17Aug 2018Concorde and the Red Arrows
Remembering Sir George Edwards, father of Concorde
Concorde and medical services
Issue 18Oct 201815th anniversary of Concorde’s retirement
Landing procedures
Supersonic, by Lawrence Azerrad
Issue 19Dec 201815th anniversary of the last flight
Anglo-French visits to Brooklands and Filton
Reviews of Haynes Manual Icons and The Last
Concorde

2019

Issue 20Feb 2019The Barbados Concorde service
Concorde and Braniff
Restoring G-BOAC
Issue 21Apr 2019The maiden flights
Concorde at 20
50th anniversary celebrations in UK and France
Issue 22Jun 2019G-BOAF returns to life
F-WTSA: a transatlantic odyssey
Issue 23Aug 2019The first and the fastest: Vickers Vimy and Concorde
Three Concordes chase solar eclipse
Issue 24Nov 2019Franco-British celebration in Paris
Honouring the British Concorde fleet
An epic flight by G-BOAC

2020

Issue 25Feb 2020The life of Concorde G-BOAG
Reminiscences of a BA cabin crew member
Issue 26May 2020Focus on the Concorde engineers, from development to life in service
Issue 27Aug 2020Concorde’s round-the-world tours
F-BTSD and the world speed record for circumnavigating the Earth

Latest restoration work on G-BBDG
Issue 28Nov 2020The Times Square model of Concorde
News from Duxford, Manchester and Brooklands

2021

Issue 29Feb 2021Concorde in the Gulf
High-temperature trials
Concorde and Gulf Air
Life under lockdown
Issue 30May 2021Buying a Concorde;
Test flights with G-AXDN
Issue 31Aug 2021Re-painting Alpha Golf
Machining the parts for Concorde
TAS aviation fair
Issue 32Nov 2021Feature issue: one of a kind – G-AXDN at 50 years