mardi 16 juillet 2024

AF 100F - The French Presidential CONCORDE

 

- AF 100F -
The French Presidencial Concorde

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The Concorde in flight 

The supersonic aircraft CONCORDE will be a plane used by the President of the Republic, François MITTERRAND for official trips on several continents. 


French President Pompidou after his arrival in the test Concorde 

in Toulouse on May 07, 1971

French President Georges POMPIDOU was the first to fly the CONCORDE 001 prototype on an official trip from Brétigny sur Orge to Toulouse. The aircraft flew at 2,000 kilometers/hour. 


French President F.MITTERRAND getting off the Concorde 

during his official visit to Zaire on December 9, 1984

It was French President François MITTERRAND who decided to use a specific CONCORDE for long-distance presidential travel, after a trip to China.  

The French Presidential Concorde on the tarmac of a French Polynesian airport. 

The aircraft was specially reconfigured for his travels, with a special layout for the President in the front, featuring special seats and a bed for lying down.

Interior of a Concorde 

The rear was reserved for guests. As you can see from this photo, the interior was very tightly packed to enable the aircraft to reach extreme speeds and carry up to a hundred people.

The French Presidential Concorde on the tarmac of a French Polynesian airport.

Thirteen tanks containing a total of 95.8 tonnes of kerosene, or around 119,500 liters (density 0.8), feed the engines. These tanks are located in the wings, in the tail cone behind the baggage compartment and in the fuselage.

CONCORDE Cockpit 
The fuel requirement for a flight to the USA was a full load of 95 tonnes, with around 13 tonnes remaining on arrival. This remaining quantity could be used in the event of air-conditioning or engine failure, and as a back-up in the event of the arrival stopover being unavailable.  
The return to EUROPE did not require a full tank, thanks to favorable winds. The quantity for the return trip was around 78 tonnes, with a further 13 tonnes left over.

Arrival of French President FMitterrand in Uzbekistan on April 25, 1994

The call sign of this presidential CONCORDE was AF 100F.
To give an idea of the speed of this aircraft, it made regular flights between Paris and New-York in 3h30mins, compared with the usual 7h20mins for conventional aircraft...

The average round-trip fare on CONCORDE averaged 8,000 to 9,000 euros over the latter part of its career.

Arrival of President F Mitterrand at Pointe-à-Pitre airport, December 6, 1985 

A second CONCORDE was kept on stand-by in case the first presidential CONCORDE had technical problems. 

Arrival of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac on May 07, 1986 at Roissy airport, on his way back from Japan.

From September 18 to 18, 1987, Prime Minister Jacques CHIRAC completed a supersonic marathon of over 47,800 kilometers, passing through Pointe à Pitre, Lima, Hao and Nouméa


Arrival of French President F Mitterrand in Caracas, Venezuela, September 10, 1989 

To enable the President of the French Republic to carry out his role anywhere on the globe, the aircraft was equipped with a system for encrypting “sensitive” communications. 

The Americans have long had a specific, but more conventional, aircraft for their President's flights:


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Concorde F-BVFA flying over the Lannion region January 03 1977
A radio pilot was on board to handle the calls.

French president Mitterand arrives at Bujumbura airport in Burundi 

with Burundi President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 

at the 11th Franco-African summit on December 11, 1984

In December 1984, President François MITTERRAND mobilized seven aircraft, including two CONCORDEs, to visit Zaire and Burundi. 

Departure of Pope John Paul II from Reunion Island on May 02, 1989

When Pope John Paul II visited Reunion Island on May 02, 1989, an Air France CONCORDE was chartered to fly him between Saint Denis de la Réunion and Lusaka in Zambia. 

Departure of French President F Mitterrand on June 24, 1988 

from Pearson International Airport, Canada

The end of French presidential flights came in 1995.  

The President who succeeded François MITTERRAND, Jacques CHIRAC, preferred to travel in a more conventional aircraft for reasons of economy. 

The French Presidential Concorde 

After a flight, between 16 and 20 hours of maintenance were required. Maintenance requirements increased with the age of the aircraft. 


 

 Computer-generated image of EXOSONIC from AIR FORCE ONE Supersonic

Interestingly, the USA is currently studying the feasibility of returning to presidential supersonic flights with this type of project:


 

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The AIRBUS A330-200 of ET 60

Currently, the French President uses a classic aircraft, the COTAM 0001, which stands for Commandement du Transport Aérien Militaire and has been managed by Escadron de Transport 60 since 2015.


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ET 60 also manages all French government aircraft: 



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