Originally posted by silver:
Air France figures at the end of February 1998
Aircraft registration / Aircraft number / Hours flown / Supersonic cycles / Landings
F-BVFA / 205 / 15,922 / 4,823 / 6,257
F-BVFB / 207 / 12,413 / 3,784 / 4,474
F-BVFC / 209 / 12,249 / 3,700 / 4,171
F-BVFD* / 211 / 5,814 / 1,807 / 1,929
F-BVFF / 215 / 10,997 / 3,300 / 3,775 <=
F-BTSC / 203 / 11,399 / 3,465 / 4,688
F-BTSD / 213 / 11,425 / 3,434 / 4,448
* 'FD' was taken out of service in 1982 and dismantled in 1994.
According to Air France the aircraft involved in the accident first went in service in 1980. I would assume it was aircraft number 215, or FF, which was delivered to Air France on October 23, 1980 (same data source)... As you can see from the table above, Concorde 215 had the least flight hours and number of landings...
Correction: the Concorde involved in the accident was F-BTSC (203), or 'Sierra Charlie'. it was originally delivered to Air France, then leased to Aerospatiale, leased back and finally sold to AF.
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