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Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 19 Sep 2015, 19:56
by GHD
Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 19 Sep 2015, 20:18
by DaveB
Painted up in Red Bull colours perhaps
ATB
DaveB
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Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 19 Sep 2015, 20:31
by Vancouver
I wonder how affordable it would be
But that led to an interesting article and 5 min interview with the art critic and recently departed Brian Sewell.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34304203 What a character. Britain doesn't seem to produce his type anymore.
Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 20 Sep 2015, 09:24
by adysmith
Without approval and support from a design authority (which has consistently been refused ever since she was last flown) this project, like all Concorde to the sky projects since that fateful day, is doomed to be a complete waste of money.
Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 21 Sep 2015, 11:01
by Nigel H-J
I doubt whether the CAA would grant a license for Concorde to fly again in this country, apart from that, the costs would be enormous let alone maintenance.
But we can always keep on dreaming!!
Regards
Nigel.
Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 21 Sep 2015, 18:47
by Archer
There has been a press release from the Le Bourget museum stating that their Concorde is definitively NOT for sale, they consider it just as much a piece of French history as the Mona Lisa. I don't see that leaving the country either.
Actually, the part where they plan to have a Concorde on display in the center of London is a good one, a shame they got overenthusiastic and unrealistic...
Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 22 Sep 2015, 12:20
by clavel9
Archer wrote:There has been a press release from the Le Bourget museum stating that their Concorde is definitively NOT for sale, they consider it just as much a piece of French history as the Mona Lisa. I don't see that leaving the country either.
Actually, the part where they plan to have a Concorde on display in the center of London is a good one, a shame they got overenthusiastic and unrealistic...
I think that displaying Concorde in the city is a great idea: interest in the aircraft transcends interest in aviation generally: not everyone who might want to see the aircraft would be willing to make a journey out to one of the aviation museums to see it.
Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 22 Sep 2015, 16:14
by airboatr
DaveB wrote:
Painted up in Red Bull colours perhaps
ATB
DaveB
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just for that you can go sit in corner for five minutes so you can think about what you said.
plus .. do 10 push ups for uttering blasphemy
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Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 22 Sep 2015, 16:36
by DaveB
Well.. I could manage sitting in the corner but 10 push-ups.. no way!
ATB
DaveB
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Re: Concorde to fly again?
Posted: 22 Sep 2015, 16:47
by airboatr
well .. upon further review, I guess since Pepsi got to put their name on it ,,,, why shouldn't Red Bull get theirs on it...
But if they did... I'd call it just -- plane
Bull!
sentence commuted ... and a full pardon given...
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