Full disclaimer up front: This post originates from the official website of the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace in France. I have already noted tomorrow’s date (April 1st) and am crossing my fingers that this is real and actually going to happen.
In honor of the 40th anniversary of its first flight in 1969, the French Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace has restored Concorde F-BTSD (cn. 213) to flying condition and will take to the sky again on June 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM from Le Bourget Field at the Paris Air Show.
The restoration, which took place in secrcet, was funded by benefactors and aviation enthusiasts with the help of former Concorde maintenance technicians.
The two-hour flight will have F-BTSD departing Le Bourget with 50 passengers heading west out over Ireland for a trip above mach one. The last time this aircraft flew was June 2003.
By: OneLeft - 1st April 2009 at 10:26
from the official website of the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace in France.
Poisson d’Avril as the french woud say!
1L.
By: Bmused55 - 1st April 2009 at 07:33
As much as I’d love this to happen, I think this is very much an April fools.
To my knowledge, the Concorde is no longer licensed to carry passengers, so even if they had restored one to flight condition you could only have the flight crew aboard.
By: Ren Frew - 1st April 2009 at 01:08
Now, that´s a good one:D:D:D
April 1st. and all that!
Springtime for Airbus… 😀
By: galdri - 1st April 2009 at 00:57
Now, that´s a good one:D:D:D
I was inside that aircraft a week ago, and I can tell you that thing is not going anywhere in a hurry:D:D
April 1st. and all that!
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March 31, 2009 at 10:48 pm