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After years of development from Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation, Concorde took to air for the first time in 1969, only to be grounded for good 34 years later
Twenty years ago today Concorde - the great feat of British and French engineering - made its final commercial flight. On board for the journey from were 100 lucky celebrities.