1. A moody photo taken in November 1968, showing a very new G-ASGO.
2. On 27 December 1972 G-ASGO is standing at the gate at Nandi, Fiji, at 5am for an early departure to Sydney.
3. Looking over the shoulder of Captain Tony Frish during the take off roll at Nandi.
4. The first class section of the aircraft during cruise. The lady is F/O Ivan Lintner's wife Val, who used to work for Caledonian.
Photo A. Frish
Photo A. Frish
Photo A. Frish
Photo A. Frish
1. The scene in the cockpit is slightly busier.
2. G-ASGO at the gate at Sydney, getting ready for the next leg to Melbourne.
3. Looking out over the right wing on the way to Melbourne.
4. Engine no.4 during cruise, with Australia in the background.
Photo collection H. Dekker
Photo Amsterdam City Archive / Schiphol Airport
Photo Amsterdam City Archive / Schiphol Airport
Photo collection H. Dekker
1. After the hijack: G-ASGO is left on the runway with large amounts of water streaming through the fuselage, and out the drainmasts.
2-3. Two more photos showing the aftermath of the hijack.
4. The front cabin of the aircraft is completely destroyed by the fire.
Photo collection H. Dekker
Photo A.J. Altevogt
Photo A.J. Altevogt
Photo A.J. Altevogt
1. This overhead view shows the effects of the fire on the fuselage itself.
2. The aircraft still parked on the runway after the hijacking with airport vehicles in attendance.
3. A closer view of the damaged front of the aircraft.
4. Soon after the incident the aircraft is moved to the maintenance base on the east side of the airfield.
Photo B. van Drunick
Photo B. van Drunick
Photo A.J. Altevogt
1. G-ASGO after the hijacking, showing the damage to the front of the fuselage.
2. G-ASGO during dismantling at Schiphol airport, you can see the large hole in front of the rear door where the fuselage section for the museum was removed.
3. Scrappers work fast, it doesn't take long to reduce an airliner to a pile of metal.
Just hit 'play' to go to 13:00 in this video, where the first flight of G-ASGO is shown from the outside. Part of the take-off as filmed from the inside is from another flight on G-ASGG (based on the radio chatter and runway designation). From a 1969 BBC documentary about Brian Trubshaw, 'Man Alive - A Man Called Trubshaw A Plane Called Concorde'.
Colourschemes
BOAC
Second version of BOAC 'Golden Speedbird' scheme, golden edge on cheatline removed and cheatline now arcs smoothly down towards the nose without the step of the previous scheme.
BOAC/BA
As above but with British Airways titles on the forward fuselage.
