VAPILOT2004,
When I went to see Concorde on Intrepid, it was on a barge at sea level alongside the aircraft carrier. It was cordoned off, with no access to the public.
From whatever viewpoint you could get, Concorde looked miserable. The paintwork was dirty, with dark rainmarks streaked down the fuselage, and dark rings on top of the wings where rainwater had sat, and then evaporated.
If anyone from Intrepid reads this, when you originally got Concorde, I was told in an e-mail from you that you were going to look after 'BOAD.
You have failed. We want it back home where it will be appreciated.
Thank you kind sirs for the news, even if it wasn't good.
G-BOAD was not just any Concorde !~As if there were
ever just any Concorde~!,
but a record-setter. I am very ashamed of her keepers at the Intrepid Museum.
I would imagine there are hundreds (at least) in the greater NY area willing to get out the buffing tools and go to work for free, were it possible. An anniversary is coming up for first flight (big one - Thirtieth) and we have just passed the record crossing flight's tenth.