Concorde at LHR looking a little sad…

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Mar 18, 2024, 3:49 pm

#16

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Yikes! Very sad. Happy to sign up to the washing party (if the date doesn’t clash with one of my BA holidays - and SMBO approves).

With my signature it is the very least I can do!

Mar 18, 2024, 4:13 pm

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PLeblond

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PETER01

If a suitable scaffolding was erected etc we could get a gang of Flyertalkers/AV Geeks together and wash it. BigJet TV could do the commentary.

" Too much shampoo there, easy.....easy son"

I'm in.

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Mar 18, 2024, 4:42 pm

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tjcxx

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PETER01

If a suitable scaffolding was erected etc we could get a gang of Flyertalkers/AV Geeks together and wash it. BigJet TV could do the commentary.

" Too much shampoo there, easy.....easy son"

Let's get the PG Tips chimps on the case. We wouldn't need the scaffolding.

"Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot ?

You hum it and I'll play it"

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Mar 18, 2024, 4:51 pm

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PLeblond

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Originally Posted by gliderpilot

She's still 204 ft long, and 178 tons. That's a fair size.

Cabin width is 50cm wider than a CRJ-900... It was all engine and wing.

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Mar 18, 2024, 5:04 pm

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bzado

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Can't they just stick it into the lobby of The Pen? It is desolate there anyway

Mar 18, 2024, 5:07 pm

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zoemaestra

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Love trying to get a clear pic of it when taxiing out but the weather usually isn't in my favour. First two pics are from when I came in from Geneva on the 15th.

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Mar 18, 2024, 5:37 pm

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timlewis808

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Surely they should move part of the Concorde Room to the Concorde....the bar?

Mar 18, 2024, 7:05 pm

#23

BJ787

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She looked good as new at the 2011 open day. Glad to have been able to see her up close.

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Mar 18, 2024, 8:33 pm

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SteveinA2

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she looked good earlier in her life

BA 001

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Mar 18, 2024, 9:14 pm

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Centurion

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Just a reminder that flyertalk gained popularity from a scheme by the founder, Randy, that described how to buy multiple magazine subscriptions to fly Concorde for just hundreds of dollars. .

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Mar 19, 2024, 2:27 am

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Aviator11

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She does get washed occasionally.

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Mar 19, 2024, 3:08 am

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nancypants

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From the T4 to somewhere transfer bus in October 2023

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Mar 19, 2024, 3:49 am

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choosethedrew

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If only they would invest in displaying her prominently and properly, like AF did at CDG

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Mar 19, 2024, 5:57 am

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Clark Casual

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This bird at Sinnstein looked good.

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Mar 19, 2024, 6:19 am

#30

the phoenix

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It’s a shame to hear about it. Yet as NYer, I find it ironic.

We got a lot of hate that we shouldn’t get a Concorde here in NY and that we put it on a barge. We got more hate when the nose cone was broken while in storage by a passing truck.

But having been to visit a few times, I can say we’d taken good care to preserve her. And it’s just returned from a new servicing these past few months. Come see G-BOAD in NY

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