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Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde blank illustration templates

By Norebbo •  4 min read

Despite the fact that the Concorde is one of the most unique looking commercial airplanes ever built, it’s also one of the simplest. At least when viewed from a side profile.

It’s an aircraft best viewed from slightly above or below, and drawing it in a completely side on perspective (as is typical of my aircraft template style) makes it hard to see all the design elements which makes this aircraft so unique.

Blank side view templates of the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde

Creating this set of side view drawings for the Concorde was both extremely easy and infuriatingly difficult. It was easy because of how simple the overall shapes are. On the flip side, it was difficult because of how simple the overall shapes are. I’ll explain what I mean in a moment, but here are the templates:

All white Concorde side view

Side profile illustration of an all white Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde with and without the landing gear (as well as a version of it in “droop nose” configuration).

Concorde line drawing

Here are the same views of it, but in line drawing / blueprint format.

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So yeah. Creating the base outline for these templates was relatively easy. The Concorde is basically a giant wedge shape, and there’s actually very little to it.

This is the set of templates that taught me how problematic “simplicity” can be when creating side view aircraft drawings. If there’s not a lot of detail to show, the templates end up looking relatively simple and not very detailed.

I love creating extremely detailed aircraft illustrations (my Beechcraft 1900D is a good example), and drawing the Concorde didn’t give me the sense of satisfaction that I normally get after completing a complex set of illustrations. It wasn’t supposed to be like this! (lol)

Concorde vs 747 vs 737 size comparison

A visual size comparison of the Concorde vs the 747-200 and 737-200. It’s longer than many people think it is.

The neatest design details

The Concorde is one of the only aircraft in existence that I’ve had a lifelong fascination with (the 747 is the other airplane that always made me weak in the knees). It was the very first aircraft I ever drew a picture of way back in elementary school, and it’s unique design elements had everything to do with it.

It looked like a fighter jet (which no 10 year old boy can resist), and I’ve never lost that initial fascination. Here are some of the reasons why:

Norebbo

My name is Scott, and I started in the design industry over 20 years ago with a bachelors degree in Industrial Design from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI. I have an extensive background in both 2D and 3D illustration, and these days, I spend a majority of my time creating aircraft templates and airliner art. I’m basically an airplane dork.

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