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Concorde

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1964–1977Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1964

Roy Harris Jenkins1964

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Handles aviation issues during early British and French Concorde development.

1965

Harold Wilson1965

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Writes to Pompidou saying investment in Concorde is a luxury

1974

Harold Wilson1974

Government / Labour Party Government

England and France agree to build 16 Concorde airplanes

1976

Harold Wilson21 January 1976

Government / Labour Party Government

The supersonic Concorde jet is put into service by Britain and France

James Callaghan24 May 1976

Government / Labour Party Government

Britain and France open the trans-Atlantic Concorde service to Washington

1977

James Callaghan21 November 1977

London · Government / Labour Party Government

The 1st commercial flight of the Anglo-French Concorde jet is from London to Bahrain

James Callaghan22 November 1977

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on a trial basis

Names involved

Harold WilsonJames CallaghanRoy Harris Jenkins

Provenance

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