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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
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.
Arrival of French President FMitterrand in Uzbekistan on April 25, 1994
Arrival of President F Mitterrand at Pointe-à-Pitre airport, December 6, 1985
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
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 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:
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.
ET 60 also manages all French government aircraft:
of French Presidents
- From 1955 to 2016 -
- since 2017 -
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