Aérospatiale / BAC

The story so far

Concorde was not built by a company — it was built by a treaty. In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement so binding that neither government could withdraw without paying the other's costs, which is the only reason the aircraft survived the decade.

Aérospatiale in Toulouse and the British Aircraft Corporation in Filton built it together, sharing a production line 800 kilometres apart. Both companies were later folded into what became Airbus and BAE Systems, but Concorde remains their monument: the only supersonic airliner ever to fly a sustained commercial career.

Aérospatiale / BAC aircraft

Silhouettes are sized by real wingspan — bigger aircraft draw bigger.

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