Not normally on this forum but I do have a question having seen those brilliant photos of Manchester.
Now we’ve seen the retirement of the great lady have any of the specialist ground equipment vehicles been saved?
An overlooked area perhaps?
OAW
By: Arm Waver - 16th April 2004 at 14:00
Thanks for that.
I thought I was going a bit mad and imagined it all.
Shame in a way about the early equipment. An area that gets forgotten in preservation circles?
Thanks again
OAW
By: Rampvan2000 - 16th April 2004 at 13:10
As far as I know the only thing that was marked up on the ramp for “Concorde use only” were a few belt loaders, these were slightly different to normal ones but could be used on any other BA aircraft but the normal one couldn’t be used on Concordes, so these has probably been utilised on the ramp for conventional aircraft. Hope that makes sense. Of course in the early operation of Concorde with the hydrolics on vehicle not being as up to date as now there could possibly have been some specialist vehicles but they are probably long gone now
By: Arm Waver - 16th April 2004 at 12:57
Hi. I seem to recall she needed speiclist trucks and other associated things during turn around. Think they are visible in some of the early pictures of her in service. I might be totally wrong but you know how it is.
OAW
By: Rampvan2000 - 16th April 2004 at 12:41
Hi,
What specialist equipment are you refering to?
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April 15, 2004 at 1:39 pm