Concorde looking so lonely (w/ photo) !
Jan 13, 2005, 11:07 pm
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Concorde looking so lonely (w/ photo) !
All by herself at Heathrow
At least she's not in Barbados!
I don't see why some sheik or Donald Trump doesn't buy her and let her fly!
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At least she's not in Barbados!
I don't see why some sheik or Donald Trump doesn't buy her and let her fly!
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Jan 14, 2005, 1:00 am
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At last we agree on something! She looks as if some scally has nicked her wheels.
Roll on the day when she's in T5.
Oh, and she can't fly anymore, the air-intake computers, still a UK state secret despite their 1969 vintage, have been removed.
Roll on the day when she's in T5.
Oh, and she can't fly anymore, the air-intake computers, still a UK state secret despite their 1969 vintage, have been removed.
Jan 14, 2005, 5:01 am
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A sad sight indeed 
I always have a little peer out of the window when taxiing to the north runway, great views from the upper deck ^ Not a great fan of the aluminium foil effect in the windshield but its protecting the cockpit, alas I doubt the cabin interior needs any protection...
I always have a little peer out of the window when taxiing to the north runway, great views from the upper deck ^ Not a great fan of the aluminium foil effect in the windshield but its protecting the cockpit, alas I doubt the cabin interior needs any protection...
Jan 14, 2005, 5:23 am
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Jan 14, 2005, 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by rkenyon
Jan 14, 2005, 11:35 am
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Originally Posted by philco
That's beyond belief! Can anybody understand why you'd scrawl graffiti over concorde? (on any other AF plane is understandable in my book - I find the airline grim to say the least!)
PS. Just trying to get all three photo links in hence the rather OTT sentence
Jan 14, 2005, 2:09 pm
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Why don't they barge her to the Mohave desert? Isn't that where the U.S. airlines store their unused planes? She wouldn't deteriorate as much there and could be quite a tourist attraction.
Jan 14, 2005, 3:39 pm
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Originally Posted by daph
Why don't they barge her to the Mohave desert? Isn't that where the U.S. airlines store their unused planes? She wouldn't deteriorate as much there and could be quite a tourist attraction.
Jan 14, 2005, 4:32 pm
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Jan 14, 2005, 7:56 pm
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Originally Posted by rkenyon
The Seattle Concorde (G-BOAG) has been ruined somewhat: the tour starts by entering the middle door (in front of the wing) and walking along only the first half of the cabin, the rear is blocked off behind thick plexiglass... as are all of the seats (two large plexiglass tubes run down either side encasing all of the seating area, so there's only a narrow channel to walk down the middle of the aisle - not like it was all that wide in the first place). The cockpit is also off limits and encased within plastic.
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