Aircraft Number 213 | |
Current registration | F-BTSD |
Manufacturer's Serial Number | 100 -013 |
Production Variant Number | 101 |
Maiden Flight | 26th June 1978 : Toulouse, France |
Air France Initial Delivery:- | 18th September 1978 (as lease) |
Registration and Ownership history:- | First Registered as F-WJAM to Aerospatiale |
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14th September 1978 aircraft re-registered as F-BTSD by Aerospatiale |
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18th September 1978 aircraft leased to Air France |
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12th January 1979 aircraft re-registered as N94SD by Air France / Braniff Airways |
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12th March 1979 aircraft re-registered as F-BTSD and returned to Aerospatiale |
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9th May 1980 aircraft leased to Air France |
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23rd October 1980 aircraft was purchased by Air France |
Final Passenger Flight | May 31st 2003 : AF001 : New York JFK - Paris Charles De Gaulle |
Final Flight | June 14th 2003 : AF380Y: Paris CDG- Paris Le Bourget |
Total Hours Flown | 12,974 Hrs |
Total Landings | 5,135 |
Supersonic Cycles Nov 2001 |
3,672 |
Current Useage | Retired from service to Le Bourget Air and Space museum, Paris, France |
Notes | F-BTSD holds the world records for fastest flights around the world in both directions:
In April 1996 F-BTSD was painted in a Special Pespi livery when Pepsi Cola undertook a major $500 million US re-branding project. |
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