Where is the Heathrow Concorde?
Oct 11, 2016, 11:41 pm
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Oct 12, 2016, 1:33 am
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I took this photo 10 days ago, just before awaiting clearance to depart on a less interesting aircraft.
Oct 12, 2016, 2:02 am
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How much of it is still active? I know it can't fly but have BA kept any of the systems in semi-working order?
On another positive note, the Concorde at Filton will have an undercover home soon..
On another positive note, the Concorde at Filton will have an undercover home soon..
Oct 12, 2016, 3:04 am
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Oct 12, 2016, 3:07 am
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It's supposedly filled with piles of old Highlife magazines, to weight the old girl down in winds etc - as there is no longer any fluid within the aircraft (e.g Oil or Fuel).
I also understand that much of the aircraft was stripped out and used for spares.
I also understand that much of the aircraft was stripped out and used for spares.
Apr 20, 2017, 4:38 am
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Apr 20, 2017, 4:59 am
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Silly question, but why is there still a Concorde at Heathrow?
I would have thought there was great pressure for space at LHR - and that the space taken up by Concorde could be used for other more pressing operational needs.
I would have thought there was great pressure for space at LHR - and that the space taken up by Concorde could be used for other more pressing operational needs.
Apr 20, 2017, 5:05 am
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That's something I wondered too, when I went past her a few weeks ago. It would be lovely if there were an aviation museum attached to LHR (like the KLM aircraft on the roof of AMS, but bigger), and Concorde would be a star exhibit. But I am 100% sure that space and commercial considerations would preclude this happening, which is a shame.
Apr 20, 2017, 5:56 am
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So it remains forever as an example of the days when BA was a world class airline (if not "the" world class airline.)
Apr 20, 2017, 6:04 am
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It is too expensive to move. BA can't scrap it, imagine the outrage. I don't think where it stands at the moment is used for anything - or ever will be.
So it remains forever as an example of the days when BA was a world class airline (if not "the" world class airline.)
So it remains forever as an example of the days when BA was a world class airline (if not "the" world class airline.)
That's good for BA, because it means people continue to associate them with that level of innovation and service (however true or otherwise the actuality is). It's probably also good for Heathrow who have that association with a perceived premium aspect of air travel. You can kid some of the people all of the time ...
Apr 20, 2017, 6:24 am
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It almost went to dubai a few years back but It got decided against, again because of the outcry. Other plans was to put concorde inside T5 but I believe it came down to cost and Ba didn't want to display something from the past in there home terminal. Something they could no longer do. A more recent plan was to display the aircraft near the london eye.
It never got the post crash mods so this aircraft G-BOAB hasn't flown since July 2000. It couldn't fly away from Heathrow like the other aircraft. G-BOAA also never had post crash mods so got shipped up to East Fortune, Scotland. Would of been silly to have two concordes at Heathrow. G-BOAB was supposed to have been modified but then retirement was announced, it probably would of flown away to a museum if it could have and G-BOAA would have remained at Heathrow as this would never have been modified and used for spares.
It never got the post crash mods so this aircraft G-BOAB hasn't flown since July 2000. It couldn't fly away from Heathrow like the other aircraft. G-BOAA also never had post crash mods so got shipped up to East Fortune, Scotland. Would of been silly to have two concordes at Heathrow. G-BOAB was supposed to have been modified but then retirement was announced, it probably would of flown away to a museum if it could have and G-BOAA would have remained at Heathrow as this would never have been modified and used for spares.
Apr 20, 2017, 6:34 am
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It's currently on BA leased land, not HAL land, and from what I remember that area was never used for much more than ground equipment storage.
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