T5 Concorde
Oct 20, 2008, 3:28 pm
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Nobody actually knows it would seem, but my best guess it will be put on display somewhere outside at LHR but necessarily at T5. See here for some discussion:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=816071
If anybody else knows more, please say!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=816071
If anybody else knows more, please say!
Oct 20, 2008, 5:17 pm
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The Heathrow Concorde is still sitting at the back of the BA maintenance sheds at the eastern end of Heathrow, on the same complex as the stricken 777 which has now had its markings removed.
Personally, I would have liked to have seen the Concorde displayed on the roundabout complex on the approach to T5, but there's no way that's going to happen now with all work completed.
Personally, I would have liked to have seen the Concorde displayed on the roundabout complex on the approach to T5, but there's no way that's going to happen now with all work completed.
Oct 21, 2008, 2:04 am
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A real shame as it would have made an amazing centrepiece inside the terminal.
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Oct 21, 2008, 12:30 pm
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I believe Joan Collins still travels through T5, from time-to-time, with her wig boxes. Would one of these not make a fitting substitute for the golden age of supersonic air travel?
Oct 22, 2008, 2:33 pm
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Oct 23, 2008, 12:57 am
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I know there would be engineering design constraints and as the roof wasn't designed/built for that load it is probably a no-no but, hell, one can pray for someone with some vision!
Even the model from the Concorde Roundabout would look good!
Oct 23, 2008, 1:37 am
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As I child I used to live in Finland, and I was always in awe at the propeller plane which is housed insidie the HEL airport, hanging from the ceiling.
To have an entire Concorde hanging from the ceiling in T5 would be quite something
But I don't see how they'll be able to bring it in now... a bit too late to have it installed in one piece, and if it's done piece by piece, the service distruptions would be catastrophic IMO.
To have an entire Concorde hanging from the ceiling in T5 would be quite something
But I don't see how they'll be able to bring it in now... a bit too late to have it installed in one piece, and if it's done piece by piece, the service distruptions would be catastrophic IMO.