@3holelover - While the technical barriers to getting an airframe airworthy could probably be overcome, the legal barriers cannot.
In fact, before this thread was rebooted, I said to M2dude that his biggest problem to even get the working ground repairs started again would be to get the contract that BA had the museums sign re-drafted, which would take lawyers, and lawyers need money - a lot of money.
Dead on. It is mainly the dear paperwork that keeps Concorde from flying. If one only considers the TU-144 that sat in storage for who knows how many years before the Russians got it flying again.
What would the world be without lawyers?
Paradise!
