I am busy compiling a list of the relatively few occasions that Concorde flew to South Africa. The “hot & high” trails are well known but there are other occasions which seem to have gone unrecorded in South Africa. Here is a brief list of the ones I know of – can anyone add to it or offer additional information?
January / February 1973 Concorde G-BSST “Hot and High” trials in Johannesburg, supersonic trials in Cape Town (over the ocean)
March 1976 Concorde G-BBDG “Hot and High” trials in Johannesburg, supersonic trials in Cape Town (over the ocean). Data from production model compared with data from prototype
March 1985 Concorde G-BOAC Cunard charter flight to carry passengers to and from QE2 on its world cruise. Set new London to Cape Town speed record, new Cape Town to London record and return flight record for its class.
April 1990 Concorde G-BOAF Charter flight – no further details known
March 1992 Concorde G-BOAC Chartered for launch of new BMW 3 series. Carried out promotional flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town
1993/1994 Concorde G-BOAC No further details known
February 2000 Concorde G-BOAD American charter – Washington to Cape Town and return – no further details known
By: Niel.S - 15th September 2022 at 09:47
Hi there,
I would love to see the info of the ’73 and ’76 flights please.
Keep well,
Niel
By: antiqueaviation - 10th November 2018 at 16:47
Again many thanks Sabrejet – these details clear up a lot of uncertainty I had about the later flights, particularity the March 1992 trip. :eagerness:
By: Sabrejet - 10th November 2018 at 14:09
These seem to be the only others:
100/14Mar90/G-BOAF/1318/1327/LHR-JFK/1654/1700
100/14Mar90/G-BOAF/1850/1906/JFK-ACA/2150/2155
100/16Mar90/G-BOAF/1851/1859/ACA-LAS/2125/2129
100/16Mar90/G-BOAF/2355/0015/LAS-HNL/0317/0320
100/19Mar90/G-BOAF/2255/2314/HNL-PPT/0145/0148
100/22Mar90/G-BOAF/2055/2107/PPT-CHC/2356/0001
100/26Mar90/G-BOAF/0001/0014/CHC-SYD/0142/0145
100/29Mar90/G-BOAF/0259/0319/SYD-DPS/0646/0655
100/31Mar90/G-BOAF/0325/0343/DPS-CMB/0623/0626
100/31Mar90/G-BOAF/0722/0729/CMB-MBA/1010/1015
100/03Apr90/G-BOAF/1408/1415/MBA-CPT/1700/1706
100/07Apr90/G-BOAF/0800/0811/CPT-ROB/1117/1122
100/07Apr90/G-BOAF/1220/1228/ROB-LHR/1543/1552
LAS=Las Vegas, DPS=Bali, MBA=Mombasa
100/15Mar92/G-BOAF/0925/0941/LHR-LIS/1105/1110
100/15Mar92/G-BOAF/1300/1323/LIS-ABJ/1625/1630
100/15Mar92/G-BOAF/1747/1757/ABJ-JNB/2134/2140
100/18Mar92/G-BOAF/0645/0656/JNB-CPT/0847/0856
100/18Mar92/G-BOAF/1430/1440/CPT-JNB/1610/1618
100/19Mar92/G-BOAF/0640/0656/JNB-CPT/0838/0845
100/19Mar92/G-BOAF/1413/1423/CPT-JNB/1545/1601
100/20Mar92/G-BOAF/0639/0650/JNB-CPT/0835/0842
100/20Mar92/G-BOAF/1424/1430/CPT-JNB/1600/1603
100/23Mar92/G-BOAF/0635/0651/JNB-CPT/0835/0840
100/23Mar92/G-BOAF/1424/1430/CPT-JNB/1559/1603
100/24Mar92/G-BOAF/0639/0650/JNB-CPT/0820/0830
100/24Mar92/G-BOAF/1416/1426/CPT-JNB/1555/1608
100/25Mar92/G-BOAF/0631/0650/JNB-CPT/0825/0831
100/27Mar92/G-BOAF/0929/0939/CPT-ABJ/1235/1240
100/27Mar92/G-BOAF/1337/1342/ABJ-LIS/1636/1641
100/27Mar92/G-BOAF/1805/1820/LIS-LHR/1953/1958
LIS=Lisbon, ABJ=Abidjan, JNB=Johannesburg
100/23Oct93/G-BOAC/0912/0924/LHR-ATH/1151/1155
100/23Oct93/G-BOAC/1320/1345/ATH-NBO/1740/1750
100/30Oct93/G-BOAC/1120/1140/NBO-HRE/1355/1400
100/31Oct93/G-BOAC/1010/1025/HRE-HRE/1203/1207
100/04Nov93/G-BOAC/1200/1218/HRE-JNB/1342/1355
100/09Nov93/G-BOAC/0900/0913/JNB-CPT/1109/1113
100/10Nov93/G-BOAC/0800/0810/CPT-ABJ/1115/1120
100/10Nov93/G-BOAC/1245/1252/ABJ-LIS/1534/1539
100/10Nov93/G-BOAC/1657/1711/LIS-LHR/1840/1848
ATH=Athens, NBO=Nairobi, HRE=Harare
100/11Feb00/G-BOAD/0929/0942/LHR-IAD/1332/1336
100/12Feb00/G-BOAD/1600/1618/IAD-RAK/1947/1951
100/15Feb00/G-BOAD/1000/1013/RAK-LOS/1322/1330
100/15Feb00/G-BOAD/1518/1532/LOS-CPT/1820/1827
100/19Feb00/G-BOAD/1044/1059/CPT-HRE/1310/1315
100/21Feb00/G-BOAD/1906/1921/HRE-NBO/1135/1140
100/26Feb00/G-BOAD/0630/0658/NBO-AQJ/1024/1027
100/28Feb00/G-BOAD/1146/1157/AQJ-CAI/1244/1252
100/02Mar00/G-BOAD/0955/1020/CAI-LIS/1313/1320
100/02Mar00/G-BOAD/1440/1505/LIS-IAD/1843/1848
100/03Mar00/G-BOAD/1615/1625/IAD-LHR/2016/2022
IAD=Washington, DC, RAK=Marrakesh, LOS=Lagos, AQJ=Aqaba, CAI=Cairo
I have more detail on the ’73 and ’76 flights if you want them: maybe PM me with email address?
By: antiqueaviation - 10th November 2018 at 12:24
Awesome Sabrejet – absolutely perfect! Just the kind of details I am looking for. Did not know about that “Round the World” flight in 1989 at all.
That kind of flight schedule for all of them would be most welcome.
Many thanks!
PS – for some reason G-BOAC also carried SAA markings on the forward fuselage for some unknown reason at some point during this epic flight.
By: Sabrejet - 9th November 2018 at 21:56
Next Cape Town seems to be this epic (flight type ‘CH’ – not sure what that is but I guess Charter):
100/01Apr89/G-BOAF/1133/1153/LHR-JFK/2133/2136
100/01Apr89/G-BOAF/1702/1720/JFK-ACA/2015/2020
100/03Apr89/G-BOAF/1620/1630/ACA-OAK/1850/1855
100/03Apr89/G-BOAF/2100/2111/OAK-HNL/2331/2336
100/05Apr89/G-BOAF/2157/2214/HNL-PPT/0044/0051 (on 5th – dateline)
100/08Apr89/G-BOAF/1924/1945/PPT-CHC/2225/2232
100/12Apr89/G-BOAF/0114/0118/CHC-SYD/0242/0301
100/14Apr89/G-BOAF/2334/2351/SYD-PER/0230/0237 (on 15th?)
100/15Apr89/G-BOAF/0416/0433/PER-CMB/0753/0759
100/17Apr89/G-BOAF/0805/0811/CMB-MBA/1053/1058
100/20Apr89/G-BOAF/1000/1010/MBA-CPT/1256/1301
100/23Apr89/G-BOAF/0815/0825/CPT-ROB/1130/1133
100/23Apr89/G-BAOF/1235/1240/ROB-LHR/1601/1608
ACA= Acapulco International Airport; OAK=Oakland; HNL=Honolulu; PPT=Fa’a’ā International Airport; CHC=Christchurch, NZ; SYD=Sydney; PER=Perth; CMB= Colombo; MBA=Mombasa
By: Sabrejet - 9th November 2018 at 21:32
G-BOAC March 1985:
(service/date/chocks out/wheels off/route/wheels down/chocks in)
100/28Mar85/1112/1126/LHR-ROB/1453/1458
100/28Mar85/1624/1629/ROB-CPT/1935/1940
100/29Mar85/1003/1019/CPT-ROB/1332/1336
100/29Mar85/1445/1452/ROB-LHR/1825/1830
ROB=Roberts International, Liberia; CPT=Cape Town.
I’ll see if I can find any others.
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November 9, 2018 at 7:04 pm