London Heathrow's BA Concorde G-BOAB on the Move.

It’s interesting Ren, but probably only to a few of us.

It seems there is probably an element of blame to be laid at the respective doors of both BA and the RAF Museum. I suspect the larger portion lies with BA though.

When BA decided to start retaining airframes for display, they were only too happy for them to be displayed at Cosford. I believe that for many years BA sent a maintenance team to Cosford annually to keep the airliners in good condition. This maintenance support was apparently withdrawn on or after September 11th, 2001. Does the date sound familiar to anyone?

Times have changed and what was the Aerospace Museum at Cosford became the RAF Museum at Cosford. With Cosford’s emphasis changing to concentrate mainly on the preservation of airframes and artefacts of relevance to the history of the RAF, it was plainly obvious that they no longer fitted in at Cosford. The new exhibition hall at Cosford also meant the stay of the airliners at Cosford would soon be coming to an end. The timing is perhaps propitious for the RAF Museum.

However, at the root of all this lies the fact that BA abandoned five examples of the heritage they had intended to keep. None of us know so cannot comment on how active BA were in finding new homes, or even indeed whether or not the abandonment of the airliners by BA in 2001 was a fait accompli.

What is known is that the 707, Trident and VC-10 are being reduced to short display sections.

As the National Airline of Great Britain were British Airways right to let these fine examples of their own heritage be reduced to nose sections and scrap?

Regards,

kev35

Neglecting and then disposing of the last remaining BA owned Concorde wouldn’t really be a surprise would it? One only has to look what they have done to the BA Collection at Cosford.

Regards,

kev35

If Cosford can be used as an example then I’d expect ‘AB’ to be sold off as baked bean lids sooner rarther than later… 😡

The BA collection has been treated disgracefully and I wouldn’t expect the Concorde fleet to fare any better to be honest… ?

I believe once T5 opens she will be moved one last time to a location over there.

1L.

Interesting. it seems that BA have very strange attitudes regarding the preservation of their heritage. Wasn’t it a condition that all those given Concordes on their retirement were supposed to have them under cover within a set time frame? I seem to recall it was 3 years but I may be wrong on that.

But apparently BA’s last remaining example will be left to rot outside Terminal 5. Is this a case of do as I say rather than do as I do?

Neglecting and then disposing of the last remaining BA owned Concorde wouldn’t really be a surprise would it? One only has to look what they have done to the BA Collection at Cosford.

Regards,

kev35

Glad it’s been moved. It was a bit tight on wing tip clearance when backtracking on the old runway 23. A bit concerning at night.

It is to be used for de-icing practice all acounts.

That’s not true. She was moved because of work to the the taxiways around her original location. This spot was chosen as it is meant to have better views from outside the airport perimeter.

I believe once T5 opens she will be moved one last time to a location over there.

1L.

De-icing practice?

What an honour for the a/c!

Though is’nt this road now closed???

the only bit of the road that is closed is where the actual crossing is, and a few metres either side. you can still get fairly close to the crossing, still good for watching aircraft – not so good for photos.