(30 Aug 2001)

1. Wide shot of F-BVFB "Fox Bravo" Concorde waiting on tarmac
2. Close-up technicians working on wheels of plane
3. Pan from nose to tail
4. People with binoculars watching from side of tarmac
5. Pan from Concorde taking off to hundreds of people watching
6. First 'touch and go' exercise being performed (landing and taking off straight away)
7. Mid shot of Giles Musard, rep of DGAC French Civil Aviation Authority looking at Concorde
8. Close-up Giles Musard
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Giles Musard, representative of DGAC (French Civil Aviation Authority): "In fact it's not really a flight test, it's a training flight. The test, this morning Concorde took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle - and tests have been done over the Atlantic. We did supersonic flight. But right now the flight is over, it's finished, and it is only crew training. And the touch-and-go is just simulating approach, landing, and take-off as soon as the wheels are on the ground."
10. Second 'touch and go' exercise
11. Man controlling operation with walkie talkie
12. People watching from behind barriers
13. Various of Concorde landing

STORYLINE:

Air France Concorde pilots performed training exercises on Thursday, to prepare for the expected resumption of commercial flights once the aircraft is given its air-worthiness certificates.

The airline's F-BVFB ('Fox Bravo') Concorde, which underwent technical test flights on the 22, 23 and 27 August 2001, was used for the exercises at Vatry Airport in the Champagne region of France.

Air France requires its Concorde pilots to retrain if they have had more than six month's break from flying the aircraft.

As Concorde has not flown since last year's Air France Concorde crash in Paris, which claimed 113 lives, the airline's 12 pilots must requalify.

For the last few days, they have been training on simulators and Thursday's operation was the first time they have carried out so-called "touch and go" exercises in a real plane.

The "touch and go" operation, the most difficult manoeuvre for a Concorde pilot, involves taking off and landing within quick succession and then rotating on the tarmac.

The DGAC (French Civil Aviation Authority) is expected to issue Air France Concorde's with air worthiness certificates next week.

The UK's CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) is expected to do the same for British Airways Concorde also next week.

Commercial flights for Air France Concorde are expected to resume in November.

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