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No way to treat a lady

Posted: 02 Jul 2008, 21:54
by steve p
Just found this via the Key forums. Warning, it will bring tears to your eyes... :-(

http://nycaviation.com/forum/what-is-ha ... 12589.html

Best wishes
Steve P

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 02 Jul 2008, 22:19
by Garry Russell
It's bee hit by something......otherwise not too bad for something left out in a dirty city envoironment.

How's the LHR one.I heard that was not looking too good???


Garry

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 02 Jul 2008, 23:32
by FlyTexas
Poor old girl. :-( G-BOAD flew for Braniff (under the reg N94AD when flown in the US) for a short time back in the late 70's. She was quite a sight to see in the Texas skies back then.

Brian

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 02 Jul 2008, 23:38
by Garry Russell
I think it was only G-BOAF and 'G that didn't fly for Braniff as the interchage was over by the time they were delivered.

Shane there was so much opposition to routes BA and AF wanted to fly in conjunction with other carriers :-(

Garry

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 03 Jul 2008, 00:41
by ianhind
Ah yes N94AD that appeared back over here each time as G-N94AD, along with her sisters with similar registrations.

Although there are suggestions that G-BOAF was also G-N94AF, there are no photos around unlike the other five BA Concordes with hybrid registrations - perhaps an intention that did not happen.

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 03 Jul 2008, 00:52
by steve p
Garry Russell wrote:It's bee hit by something......otherwise not too bad for something left out in a dirty city envoironment.
Yeh, the East Fortune Comet looks in pretty good shape in the photos I took a couple of years ago too, but the reality was a bit different. I'm a bit concerned about the reports of peeling paint and birdsh*t, and the fact that there seems to be little funding available to do anything about it.

Best wishes
Steve P

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 03 Jul 2008, 04:32
by FlyTexas
ianhind wrote:Ah yes N94AD that appeared back over here each time as G-N94AD, along with her sisters with similar registrations..
:o I wasn't aware that there was more than one Concorde flown here in the US. Thanks for the info. :) Back in those days it always amazed me that anyone would want to travel from Washington DC to Dallas on Concorde. I mean one minute you're streaking along at Mach 2 over the Atlantic, and before you know it you find yourself putt-putting along subsonically over corn fields. :-( Kind of like using a race horse to pull a milk wagon, if you ask me. :lol:

Brian

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 03 Jul 2008, 11:00
by Garry Russell
Air France machines also flew for Braniff :)

Garry

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 03 Jul 2008, 14:15
by John
Dam that makes me angry :brick:

John

Re: No way to treat a lady

Posted: 03 Jul 2008, 18:19
by jonesey2k
Indeed. And on some other forum's our American friends reckon we are over reacting as its "Just an airplane that doesn't even fly anymore"
Just sore I reckon.