First Concorde Flight
“Toulouse-Blagnac airport, March 2, 1969. The white delta-winged Concorde 001 lifts off on its maiden flight. Foreground shows pilots André Turcat and Jean Pinet at the controls in the long pointed nose; midground reveals factory crowds and engineers along the runway under tricolor flags; the supersonic airliner climbs into a clear French spring sky as the future of travel goes Mach 2.”
