Postcard of Concorde F-BVFA

ID: SIA2013-07783 (front) and SIA2013-07784 (back)

Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017

Form/Genre: Postcard

Date: c. 2003

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 09-171, Box 1, Folder: Udvar-Hazy Center Postcards

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Summary

Color postcard of the Concorde F-BVFA plane landing at Washington Dulles International Airport on June 12, 2003. The plane is housed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia. . The posttcard has basic information about the plane and is unused. The message side has a pre-printed note: "Dear _____, The Concorde is the fastest passenger airplane in the world! What I think is great about the Concorde is... [blank space] You have got to come see it!"

Subject

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
  • Dulles International Airport
  • National Collections

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photographer of original image of the plane is Jeff Tinsley

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 09-171, Box 1, Folder: Udvar-Hazy Center Postcards

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 2003

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Postcard
  • Airplanes
  • Concorde (Jet transports)

Form/Genre

  • Postcard
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2013-07783 (front) and SIA2013-07784 (back)

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 4w x 5.25h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

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