CAC Plant Reports 1939, numbers 23 – 35

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1972 The supersonic Concorde airliner prototype (serial 002, G-BSST) made its first visit to Sydney on Saturday 17 June 1972. After landing in Darwin on 15 June the aircraft underwent a day of servicing and checks and on 17 June made the flight from Darwin to Sydney in 2 hours 51 minutes. The route had been carefully planned by the Department of Civil Aviation to avoid townships and Aboriginal reserves. The flight corridor passed near Alice Springs where the sonic boom was measured and its effects studied. In Sydney a crowd reported to be around 20,000 watched the aircraft land. The crowd included protesters opposed to the environmental impacts of the aircraft. The aircraft G-BSST was flown by British Aircraft Corporation test pilot Brian Trubshaw. The Concorde was accompanied by a chartered VC-10 carrying engineers and technicians. Source: The Sun-Herald (Sydney), 18/06/1972