Ephemeris

Concorde's first flight

2 March 1969 · 15:40 · Toulouse, France

Concorde's first flight: Stillis Midwinter

At 3:40 pm Concorde 001 took off from Toulouse-Blagnac for its first flight. The real weather and sky over Toulouse that afternoon.

The weather that day

  • 4.7 to 13.9 °C, rain, 0.8 mm of rain.
  • A southeast wind, 11 km/h on average, and pressure from 1011 to 1008 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 07:30, sunset at 18:44.
  • The moon: full moon, 97% lit.

Its name

Stillis Midwinter: Drizzle on and off for seven hours: winter in Toulouse.

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