Further Delay In Concorde Relaunch
May 8, 2001, 5:21 am
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Further Delay In Concorde Relaunch
Further Delay In Concorde Relaunch
British Airways suffered a setback in its attempts to get its supersonic Concorde aircraft back into service.
The airline admitted yesterday that plans for a test flight had fallen behind schedule.
The airline had hoped to stage proving flights by early May to test alterations made to one of its seven Concordes.
The timing of the tests was backed by the Anglo-French inter-governmental Concorde working group, which said in late March it expected a BA Concorde to conduct ground and test flights "during the next few weeks."
However, BA said it had "no timescale" for the flight and that modifications to the first Concorde, were only "two-thirds" complete.
BA's proving flight is a crucial part of the final stage of a testing
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2001/05/989320248.html
British Airways suffered a setback in its attempts to get its supersonic Concorde aircraft back into service.
The airline admitted yesterday that plans for a test flight had fallen behind schedule.
The airline had hoped to stage proving flights by early May to test alterations made to one of its seven Concordes.
The timing of the tests was backed by the Anglo-French inter-governmental Concorde working group, which said in late March it expected a BA Concorde to conduct ground and test flights "during the next few weeks."
However, BA said it had "no timescale" for the flight and that modifications to the first Concorde, were only "two-thirds" complete.
BA's proving flight is a crucial part of the final stage of a testing
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2001/05/989320248.html
May 30, 2001, 9:51 am
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BA, Air France to relaunch Concorde together-paper
BA & AF will re-introduce Concorde flights at the same time, possibly in September, following final tests over the summer, the Guardian reported on Wednesday.
The newspaper quoted Air France sources as revealing the plans.
The sources said both companies would have to wait for the outcome of the air accident investigator's report into the Air France Concorde crash near Paris last July that killed 114 people.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010529/l2957535.html
BA & AF will re-introduce Concorde flights at the same time, possibly in September, following final tests over the summer, the Guardian reported on Wednesday.
The newspaper quoted Air France sources as revealing the plans.
The sources said both companies would have to wait for the outcome of the air accident investigator's report into the Air France Concorde crash near Paris last July that killed 114 people.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010529/l2957535.html
May 31, 2001, 6:04 am
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Concorde: Airline Pact To Fly Together
Air France and British Airways will restart their Concorde flights together, according to the French airline's chairman.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemp...017982,00.html
Air France and British Airways will restart their Concorde flights together, according to the French airline's chairman.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemp...017982,00.html
Jul 17, 2001, 8:00 am
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Late September? Early October? Seems so!
Former air crash investigator, John Guntrip, discusses Concorde safety modifications
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/144000...p-yeats_vi.ram
UPDATE:
A newly modified Concorde jet took off from Heathrow airport Tuesday, embarking on the first supersonic test flight for the plane since the fleet was grounded after a crash in Paris last year.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/inte...-Concorde.html
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Former air crash investigator, John Guntrip, discusses Concorde safety modifications
(Voice, so player such as Realplayer required)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/144000...p-yeats_vi.ram
UPDATE:
A newly modified Concorde jet took off from Heathrow airport Tuesday, embarking on the first supersonic test flight for the plane since the fleet was grounded after a crash in Paris last year.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/inte...-Concorde.html
[This message has been edited by doc (edited 07-17-2001).]