Random thought... where did the Concorde go?

[tegwin]

I know up until a few years ago there were several running the trans-atlantic route...

But once the service ended... where did the planes go?


Are any still in a useable condition or did they all get broken up for parts or stuck in museums?

Im sure I heard that Branson wanted to buy them.... Anyone got any pics?

[_Batty_]

is that a fraudulent harmony?

[5pen]

There is a Concorde at Barbados airport if that's any help. Google and Wikipedia may help shed further light...

[Scotfox]

Well there's one in the Flight Museum at East Fortune

[5pen]

_Batty_ said:

is that a fraudulent harmony?

Very good.

[rasputin]

tegwin said:

Im sure I heard that Branson wanted to buy them.... Anyone got any pics?

I haven't got any pics of him buying Concord. Will this do?

[blueST]

There's one at Manchester Airport and I was told there is one at an Airport in Bristol.

[Shaw Tarse]

there's a Concorde at Manchester airport.

[chrisr29]

There's one at Brooklands museum. Pays your money you can take a look around it.

[Big Rod]

Scotfox said:

Well there's one in the Flight Museum at East Fortune

That'll be one that didn't have the fuel tanks modified after the accident and so to get it there they chopped the wings off it ensuring it'll never get off the ground again!! 2@s!!!

[haggy]

Shaw Tarse said:

there's a Concorde at Manchester airport.

Just sat in a hanger?

[blueST]

haggy said:

Shaw Tarse said:

there's a Concorde at Manchester airport.

Just sat in a hanger?

It was sat outside when I had a tour round it. There was some talk of putting in a hangar eventually.

[Slacey]

haggy said:

Shaw Tarse said:

there's a Concorde at Manchester airport.

Just sat in a hanger?

No, it's out in the open as an exhibit.

[PeetBee]

blueST said:

There's one at Manchester Airport and I was told there is one at an Airport in Bristol.

It's at British Aerospace's airfield in Filton. You can just see it from the road as you drive through Filton.

[Eric Mc]

Every Concorde ever built still survives, except for the Air France one that crashed and one other Air France machine that was scrapped. All the rest are in museums or in storage.

[phlap]

haggy said:

Shaw Tarse said:

there's a Concorde at Manchester airport.

Just sat in a hanger?

Just sat outside for now. They are planning a new building for it but there are apparently rare newts in the way (I kid you not). These are presumably the same rare newts which are holding up our A34 bypass but I digress....

Concorde is at the Aviation Viewing Park on which is well signposted along with a few other retired airliners.

[aussiebruce]

there's at least one at heathrow too. How many were there??? seems to be loads

[Spiritual_Beggar]

There is one in New York (the bds don't deserve it since it was the Americans pride that caused Concorde's downfall imo).

There is one at Filton, Bristol, where the thing was designed I was actually right near the airport when it flew overhad and landed on its final flight.

Amazing scene!! A real great of British ( and i suppose a little bit of French ) engineering

[hugoagogo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde#Aircraft_his...

didn't know that the crashed one was the oldest one still flying at the time of the crash

[Scotfox]