In its smart new colour scheme, G-BOAF makes an impressive sight as it puts on reheat to power itself to its Mach 2 cruise speed.

G-BOAA at London Heathrow, preparing for its first scheduled service to Bahrain in January 1976.

Capt Jock Lowe (left), one of the original BA Concorde pilots, prepares for another transatlantic flight. The instrumentation is far removed from the ‘glass’ cockpits of today’s airliners.