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    F-BVFD (211) French Production

    Current registration - F-BVFD

     

    Aircraft Number - 211

     

    Manufacturer’s Serial Number -100 011

     

    Production Variant Number - 101

     

    Maiden Flight - 10th February 1977: Toulouse, France

     

    Air France delivery - 26th March 1977

    Airframe Broken up in 1994 due to being excess to Air France requirements

     

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    Registration history

     

    • First Registered as F-BVFD to Air France  
       

    • 12th January 1979 aircraft re-registered as N94FD by Air France / Braniff Airways

     

    • 1st June 1980 aircraft re-registered as F-BVFD by Air France
       

    • Final Flight - May 27th 1982
       

    • Hours Flown - 5,814 Hrs
       

    • Landings - 1,929
       

    • Supersonic Flights - 1,807 
       

    • Current Location – Broken up in 1994 at Paris CDG

     

    Aircraft Comments

    Final Flight - May 27th 1982

     

    Hours Flown - 5,814 Hrs

     

    Landings - 1,929

     

    Supersonic Flights - 1,807 

     

    Current Location – Broken up in 1994 at Paris CDG

    Aircraft history

    1982 – May 27th

    Withdrawn from service after the closure of the Paris-Dakar-Rio route, leaving the aircraft surplus to Air France requirements.

    Fox-Delta was chosen as it was the aircraft that had had its airframe repaired after suffered a heavy landing in Dakar 5 years previously, in November1977 (the landing was at 14 feet per second against the standard 10 fps limit and caused the rear tail bumper wheel to be crushed.)

     

    It was later broken up in 1994, at Charles de Gaulle, Paris, France. After being out of service for 12 years it had suffered serious corrosion.

     

    The nose assembly was sold to a rich American on 16 March 1995 for FF300,000 (~€45,730). The rest of the fuselage was moved to Dugny, close to the taxiways at Le Bourget.

    F-BVFD in better times

    F-BVFD (211) Condition

    Some of the fuselage is stored at Le-Borget in a storage yard. The airframe is incomplete and it's future is uncertain

     

    Pictures of F-BVFD (211) (Happier times)

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