On 9 April’ 1969, Brian Trubshaw made his first flight in the British-built prototype. The 22 minute flight left from a test runway at Filton near Bristol and landed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Concorde completed its first supersonic flight on 1 October’ 1969. The first commercial flights took place on 21 January, 1976 when British Airways flew from London Heathrow to Bahrain and Air France from Paris to Rio. Concorde's final commercial flight was on 23 October, 2003.