Concorde: 40 Years of Supersonic Magic

The eleventh (front) and thirteenth airframes were put together at the Airbus aircraft assembly factory in Toulouse, France
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Supersonic Assembly
The eleventh (front) and thirteenth airframes were put together at the Airbus aircraft assembly factory in Toulouse, France. Development costs were around 1.134 billion pounds, funded by both governments and prepared the way for the creation of Airbus.

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