Concorde, where did they all go?
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Concorde, where did they all go?
The Concorde's were dispersed around the world, does anyone know where they all went and are they being looked after properly??
I know the Manchester one looks good and the Germans have placed their's on a nice pedestal, i don't know about the others..
I know the Manchester one looks good and the Germans have placed their's on a nice pedestal, i don't know about the others..
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As to whether they're being looked after, I couldn't say, but the 14 operational jets with British Airways and Air France ended their service lives thus:
British Airways aircraft
AA – Museum of Flight, Edinburgh
AB – London Heathrow Airport
AC – Manchester Ringway Airport
AD – Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York
AE – Grantley Adams Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados
AF – Airbus UK, Filton
AG – Museum of Flight, Seattle
Air France aircraft
FA - US National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
FB - Technik Museum Speyer, Sinsheim, Germany
FC - Airbus headquarters, Toulouse
FD - Withdrawn from service and subsequently scrapped, 1994
FF - Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
SC - Lost in Paris accident, July 2000
SD - Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace, Le Bourget, Paris
British Airways aircraft
AA – Museum of Flight, Edinburgh
AB – London Heathrow Airport
AC – Manchester Ringway Airport
AD – Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York
AE – Grantley Adams Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados
AF – Airbus UK, Filton
AG – Museum of Flight, Seattle
Air France aircraft
FA - US National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
FB - Technik Museum Speyer, Sinsheim, Germany
FC - Airbus headquarters, Toulouse
FD - Withdrawn from service and subsequently scrapped, 1994
FF - Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
SC - Lost in Paris accident, July 2000
SD - Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace, Le Bourget, Paris
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FA - US National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
The most graceful aircraft in the building.
I've heard several BA Concordes are open for tours in the UK. Would love to step aboard one. While we're on the subject, anyone know if interior tours available at the Intrepid site ? - I tried contacting the museum - no response.
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Concorde.
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.
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.
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Why was that Concorde left on a barge in the first place?
Why didn't they put her somewhere on dry land in a hangar or some kind of covering till they had time to move her to her final home?
Why didn't they put her somewhere on dry land in a hangar or some kind of covering till they had time to move her to her final home?
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Took a look at BBDG last week. A fantastic job has been done in the restoration project, lets hope, unlike the Wellington there that it gets finished!
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Sorry Fish@BY, the barge is her final resting place. I also visited Intrepid this year and whilst Concorde was 'visitable' she really looked sad. So did most of the aircraft on Intrepid's deck - for example it's so sad to see a Scimitar going rusty. Parking aeroplanes on a widswept deck or barge on a tidal, salty riverbank does not seem like a good recipe for long term preservation to me. As a tourist attraction in NYC, as a museum to the space race and to maintain US patriotic fervour, it has its place, but not as an aircraft preservation centre - IMHO.
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I went to the Intrepid a couple of years ago and just about all the a/c there were going rusty! Not well looked after at all really. I seem to remember I mentioned that in my report for my local aviation magazine at the time. As for keeping Concorde on land, there's nowehere to put it near the Intrepid!
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Originally Posted by 1DC
The Concorde's were dispersed around the world, does anyone know where they all went and are they being looked after properly??
I know the Manchester one looks good and the Germans have placed their's on a nice pedestal, i don't know about the others..
I know the Manchester one looks good and the Germans have placed their's on a nice pedestal, i don't know about the others..
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THe one in BGI was put in a purpose built hangar which did not survive the first hurricane season.According to a local engineer the aircraft was stripped of anything useful and will probably never fly again.They were still arguing over who was going to pay for the hangar damage last time i visited.
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RE: Sad Tale Concorde reg - G-BOAD
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.
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.
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.
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I was oneof the lucky one,s
managed to get a lift from lba - lhr on the jumpseat on her last ever flight from lba ,,,Must admit one of the best things i my life and what machine she was,Take off from the 32 end out over the chevin .The hairs stood up on theback of my head ..
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As of March 2006, The Intrepid museum is set up now with a walk through of Concorde. Along with price of admission to the aircraft carrier. It is not in great shape. You enter at the door at the leading edge of the wing and exit just behind the cockpit. The inside is all plexiglass, but at least you can see.
I acutally flew on Condorde back in '86 at Expo in Vancouver, what a thrill. So what if it was a flight to no where. It was still cheaper per mile than a trip across the Atlantic. and to expereince M2.02 and FL550 , what a day!
TB
ps...would put a pic up if I knew how.
I acutally flew on Condorde back in '86 at Expo in Vancouver, what a thrill. So what if it was a flight to no where. It was still cheaper per mile than a trip across the Atlantic. and to expereince M2.02 and FL550 , what a day!
TB
ps...would put a pic up if I knew how.
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I forgot to add that they also conduct weddings on Concorde at East Fortune, although I have heard that there is only limited space so apart from the wedding party, there is not a lot of folk who can attend..
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Fortunately G-BOAD is on a barge, so nice and easy to tow somewhere else if she deteriorates.
Intrepid have/had plans to move her onto the quayside and cover her, if by the time her loan agreement comes up for renewal nothing has been accomplished, then her future at Intrepid would be in doubt. I'm sure quite a few museums in the US would be interested in giving her a great home.
Intrepid have/had plans to move her onto the quayside and cover her, if by the time her loan agreement comes up for renewal nothing has been accomplished, then her future at Intrepid would be in doubt. I'm sure quite a few museums in the US would be interested in giving her a great home.