# The first Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft has been named as a historical monument. Concorde 001, the first of the 20 aircraft to be built which took to the skies in a test flight in 1969, is now housed in the Aeroscopia museum outside Toulouse in France. The Concorde entered into commercial service in 1976, and whisked travellers between London or Paris and the US east coast in just over three hours. The service was retired in October 2003, three years after a crash outside Paris that killed 113 people.
First Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft is now historical monument