Concorde, G-BOAB I think......
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Concorde, G-BOAB I think......
Saw this on 4 Nov 2017 at east side of LHR when flying out to CPH... looked immaculate, as if it is being well cared for.
Does anyone know why, and if there are plans for its future? Is it the one that "the club" are hoping to buy and get flying again?
Does anyone know why, and if there are plans for its future? Is it the one that "the club" are hoping to buy and get flying again?
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From what I understand G BOAB is far from being well cared for and is unfortunately in a pretty sorry state. It was originally intended that it would be put on display outside T5 but for various reasons this never happened and no one now seems to know what to do with it. Last I heard was that the interior had been completely stripped out and the paintwork was in a poor state (it may look good from a distance but I think close up it is a different story)
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G-BOAF
G-BOAF, the last Concorde to be built and the last to fly, has at long last been moved into the recently-opened Aerospace Bristol museum on the Filton Airfield site. It is the centrepiece of a museum devoted to Bristol's aerospace achievements from 1910 to the present day.
AF was left to deteriorate at the side of the Filton runway for many years but superficially at least has now been restored.
Lift off for Aerospace Bristol: The new home of the last Concorde ever to fly ? Aerospace Bristol
AF was left to deteriorate at the side of the Filton runway for many years but superficially at least has now been restored.
Lift off for Aerospace Bristol: The new home of the last Concorde ever to fly ? Aerospace Bristol
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Seems a bit strange that they would keep this piece of history airside when they could probably have put it somewhere near LHR and charged a few quid to let people see it. They could even have turned it into a restaurant or something. Leaving her to fall to bits, especially in the middle of LHR, just seems like such a waste.
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See AB regularly and from distance it doesn't look too bad.
If it is in a bad state that would be odd.
I used to volunteer on the Intrepid in NYC and have some knowledge of AD.
All the former BA Concordes are all still owned by BA to prevent them been put back in the air as are all the Air France ones. You have to sign an agreement when you get one to say you will keep it looking good and in an approved (by BA) paint scheme.
The engines from AD are in a hangar at JFK and Captain Leslie Scott the pilot who holds the west-east record regularly visits the Intrepid as he lives in the NYC area.
If it is in a bad state that would be odd.
I used to volunteer on the Intrepid in NYC and have some knowledge of AD.
All the former BA Concordes are all still owned by BA to prevent them been put back in the air as are all the Air France ones. You have to sign an agreement when you get one to say you will keep it looking good and in an approved (by BA) paint scheme.
The engines from AD are in a hangar at JFK and Captain Leslie Scott the pilot who holds the west-east record regularly visits the Intrepid as he lives in the NYC area.
Seems a bit strange that they would keep this piece of history airside when they could probably have put it somewhere near LHR and charged a few quid to let people see it. They could even have turned it into a restaurant or something. Leaving her to fall to bits, especially in the middle of LHR, just seems like such a waste.
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This seems apropriate today...
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I saw BOAA at East Fortune a couple of years ago and it seemed to be in excellent condition both inside and out. It is in a hangar by itself along with a display of Concorde memorabilia.
Last month I visited the Seattle Museum of Flight and it was great to see BOAG amongst all the Boeing exhibits. Again BOAG was in excellent condition.
Last month I visited the Seattle Museum of Flight and it was great to see BOAG amongst all the Boeing exhibits. Again BOAG was in excellent condition.
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Went past AB in March last year, fairly close on the road outside. It looked immaculate, and I believe was repainted by the apprentices?. Soft spot for it, having been lucky enough to be a pax on it.
There's a nice one - sorry, forgot rego' BAOD maybe ? - on display in New York, part of the USN Entrepid aircraft carrier museum on the West side near pier 42 where the 'round-the-island' cruise starts from. Visits on board can be purchased, tho' it was closed when I visited. Kept in good nick.
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There's a nice one - sorry, forgot rego' BAOD maybe ? - on display in New York, part of the USN Entrepid aircraft carrier museum on the West side near pier 42 where the 'round-the-island' cruise starts from. Visits on board can be purchased, tho' it was closed when I visited. Kept in good nick.
Never had the opportunity or money to actually go on a flight, but my interest came about from watching the title sequence to those ‘Whicker’s World’ programmes in the 70’s - so much so that I wrote to the great man himself simply addressing the envelope to ‘Alan Whicker, Channel Islands’ asking how they managed to film the title sequence - especially the ‘frozen’ end shot of him walking beside the runway and a Concorde taking off beside him. A couple of weeks later he wrote a very nice letter back explaining it all. Dead chuffed, still have the letter.
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I've already mentioned AD on the Intrepid as I used to volunteer on the Intrepid.
I've been inside her many times and chatted with Captain Leslie Scott.
I've also been lucky enough to have been inside the shuttle Enterprise.
I've been inside her many times and chatted with Captain Leslie Scott.
I've also been lucky enough to have been inside the shuttle Enterprise.
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We were told it was more or less gutted inside and parts taken to keep the other operational shuttles in operation - at the time. This would have been 2 or so years ago. Does that ring any bells?
Sounds unlikely, yellowtriumph. Enterprise never had any engines so was never able to go into space. Didn’t have a heatshield either so if it had managed to get into space it could never come down again.
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It is gutted inside but it was never meant to go into space. Its basically just a giant glider used to test its flying ability.
We were shown round by two NASA engineers who worked on shuttles.
We climbed up a ladder into the giant hold then up again into the crew area which was totally empty. Then into the cockpit which again had been gutted of all the controls and instruments. Amazed how small the cockpit is, tiny.
It does have the heat shield and was used to develop the later tiles after a shuttle (not sure which one) blew up on re-entry after losing some tiles on take off.
It never had engines but did have weights for flight tests. It was only ever launched off the back of a 747.
I was at JFK to help at the arrival of the Enterprise and its 747 carrier. Also there was the late Leonard Nimoy who gave a fantastic speech finishing it with live long and prosper.
We were shown round by two NASA engineers who worked on shuttles.
We climbed up a ladder into the giant hold then up again into the crew area which was totally empty. Then into the cockpit which again had been gutted of all the controls and instruments. Amazed how small the cockpit is, tiny.
It does have the heat shield and was used to develop the later tiles after a shuttle (not sure which one) blew up on re-entry after losing some tiles on take off.
It never had engines but did have weights for flight tests. It was only ever launched off the back of a 747.
I was at JFK to help at the arrival of the Enterprise and its 747 carrier. Also there was the late Leonard Nimoy who gave a fantastic speech finishing it with live long and prosper.
If you want to see the inside of a shuttle the best way to do it is to visit the Museum of Flight in Seattle. You won’t get inside a real flying shuttle, but you will get inside the genuine mock up used for training the crew. And while there you can see another Concorde, G-BOAG.