Sud Aviation
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Société nationale de constructions aéronautiques Sud Aviation was a French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, originating in the merger of SNCASE and SNCASO on 1 March 1957. Both companies had been fo
Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II ZU-ALO in South Africa
Concorde
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Concorde is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation. Studies began in 1954 and a UK–France treaty followed in
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…Corporation (BAC) in November 1962, merging their design and production efforts to develop a supersonic transport. Out of these combined efforts, Concorde would emerge. At first, the new consortium intended to produce long-range and short-range versions, however there was no interest in the short-range…
Concorde after takeoff in 1986
British minister of technology Tony Benn (left) and Sud Aviation president Maurice Papon (right) during the presentation of the French Concorde prototype, December 1967.
British Airways Concorde in early BA livery at London-Heathrow Airport in the early 1980s
Concorde 001 first flight in 1969