Seems like Concorde won't fly again..ever

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 31 May 2006, 17:56

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 34,00.html

:crying: :crying: :sad:

Chris Trott · Post by **Chris Trott** » 31 May 2006, 18:24

The perfect irony to this would be for Boeing to go and buy their Concorde off BA and then offer it to the Save Concorde group for their flight since Boeing is already maintaining the aircraft in a near airworthy status at the Museum of Flight.

Would be interesting to see.

Maybe someone in the government will wake up though and force BA to reliquish ownership or sell all of its Concordes and give Branson a chance to get one or two as well.

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 31 May 2006, 18:34

No chance of that Chris. The Concordes are very much BA's property and not the governments/public property. The deal which privatised BA included terms under which Concorde became their private property.

SCG are, from what I have seen and read, not very credible and still do not have a full understanding of what it would take to get one flying again. They have managed to annoy both BA and Airbus and I dont think the people who look after G-BOAF at Bristol are too keen on them either as thats the one they usually cite as the one they want to get flying again (a poor choice). G-BOAG (the Boeing museum one) would probably be a better bet, being about the lowest houred one and having at the most time until a D check being required at the time they were withdrawn (unlike 'AF, which was nearly due for one). Having all stood in various places for 2 and a half years now, I doubt any of that makes much odds any more.

Bottom line is I dont think this is likely in the foreseeable future and looks even harder to achieve since from what I have heard, even the Vulcan project has hit the rocks. If one does ever fly again, I would think it would more likely be an ex-Air France one.

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 31 May 2006, 18:37

Chris Trott wrote:The perfect irony to this would be for Boeing to go and buy their Concorde off BA and then offer it to the Save Concorde group for their flight since Boeing is already maintaining the aircraft in a near airworthy status at the Museum of Flight.

Would be interesting to see.

Maybe someone in the government will wake up though and force BA to reliquish ownership or sell all of its Concordes and give Branson a chance to get one or two as well.

It seems Boeings interest in the Concorde has changed during recent years. I know some years ago they conducted SST trials using the TU-144LL aircraft borrowed from the Russians.

How times change. :think:

britishtourer · Post by **britishtourer** » 01 Jun 2006, 20:43

It would be great to have one flying again, but to make that a reality, I believe that BA must give ownership to the museum's that own them.

blanston12 · Post by **blanston12** » 01 Jun 2006, 22:11

They seam to make a big deal about it when they had there 'last flights'. At the time I though there should have atleast been one more flight for each to there destination museums rather than forcing them to be disassembled. This seams to be more of the same.

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 01 Jun 2006, 22:44

Joe, of the BA ones only Alpha Alpha and Delta Golf were dismantled and of the Air France ones, I think only Fox Bravo, purely because there was no other way of getting them into their new homes because the runways are too short or unserviceable.

'AC flew into Manchester, 'AD flew into New York (and was then lifted on to the barge :crying: ), 'AE flew to Barbados, 'AF flew to Filton and 'AG flew to Seattle, via NY setting a new record for east to west crossing of continental America (or something like that). Dont forget that after teh accident, only 5 BA aircraft and 4 AF aircaft had been modified and were actually in flying condition.

Post by **DaveB** » 02 Jun 2006, 00:05

Toby wrote:

'AF flew to Filton and 'AG flew to Seattle, via NY setting a new record for east to west crossing of continental America (or something like that).

Now.. I'm waiting for the post to say that the American's actually did it quicker.....

DaveB :tab:

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 02 Jun 2006, 00:18

Post by **DaveB** » 02 Jun 2006, 00:26

BOY.. he'll be pi$$ed off about this

At least there's one thing we KNOW we were never bettered at and that was making a viable (eg.. flying and not wooden) 'Transatlantic Supersonic' passenger aircraft

Not very 'PC' I know and I appologise to our friends over there who are not so 'Texan' in their outlook on life

ATB

DaveB :tab: