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#Onthisday in 1973, the first non-stop Concorde flight over the North Atlantic was completed in a record-breaking duration of 3 hours 33 minutes. The trip from Washington to Paris was completed by Concorde 02 (F-WTSA), which can be visited at Musee Delta, Orly Airport, Paris, France. Image: Air France postcard, Concorde, 1976. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.166.0142 This image was posted on September 26, 2019.

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This post mentions the following things involved with the SFO Museum collection:

Air France. It is related to Air France (the company) .