Following a period of transition, Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft.
A Concorde aircraft has been preserved at the far west of the runway.
The country also placed provisional orders for three Concorde aircraft.
That occasion was also the first visit by a Concorde aircraft to Barbados.
The Mach 2 Concorde aircraft entered service in 1976 and flew for 27 years.
Observers aboard a Concorde aircraft were able to stretch totality to about 72 minutes by flying along the path of the Moon's umbra.
Twenty Concorde aircraft were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service.
In 2000 the ensemble was en route to their hotel near Paris when the building was struck by a Concorde aircraft.
Prior to Iranian Revolution, Iran had an outstanding order for two Concorde aircraft.
It was an example of the car as a symbol of optimism and progressive technology, similar to the SM's contemporary, the Concorde aircraft.