Concorde Aircraft Histories
Twenty Concorde aircraft were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service.
These were
- Two prototypes
- Two pre-production aircraft
- 16 production aircraft
- The first two of these did not enter commercial service
- Of the 14 which flew commercially, nine were still in service in April 2003
All but two of these aircraft—a remarkably high percentage for any commercial fleet—are preserved.
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