Concorde goes on show at Heathrow
A British Airways Concorde is going on display at Heathrow Airport 28 years after its first commercial flight.
Concorde Alpha Bravo will go on show to the public to the north east of the airport near Heathrow’s Visitor Centre.
Captain Mike Bannister, Concorde’s chief pilot, will present the aircraft and its logbook to Mick Temple, the airport’s managing director.
Alpha Bravo took off from London to Bahrain in 1976 and has flown 22,000 hours during her service.
‘An inspiration’
The supersonic aircraft will be towed from British Airways’ hangar at 1500 GMT on Wednesday.
Mr Temple said: “Concorde has played a vital role in the history of Heathrow and it seems only fitting that the airport should be its final resting place.”
The Concorde was the third to be delivered to British Airways in September 1976.
During her service she went supersonic about 6,700 times.
Captain Bannister said: “Over the years millions of people have turned their heads to watch Concorde fly by.
“Perhaps her presence at Heathrow will be an inspiration to those of vision and determination leading, someday, to the creation of the next generation of supersonic aircraft.”
By: Super Guppy - 22nd January 2004 at 13:58
Mike Bannister was also Chief Pilot for some of the BA short-haul fleet (including the A319 / A320 I believe) , and he will be continuing in this role.
By: EAL_KING - 22nd January 2004 at 12:58
they will probably retire or go onto other aircraft in the fleet like the 747
By: steve rowell - 22nd January 2004 at 03:34
What will happen to Captain Mike Bannister and other Concorde crews????
By: Britannia - 21st January 2004 at 19:19
Here she is
By: Moondance - 21st January 2004 at 18:56
Makes you realise how little Concorde actually flew. 22,000hrs in 28 years equals about 785hrs per year. The accountants who run the average UK charter airline like to see the aircraft doing around 4000hrs per year (more if possible – aircraft don’t make money on the ground!)
By: Britannia - 21st January 2004 at 14:52
Alpha Bravo took off from London to Bahrain in 1976 and has flown 22,000 hours during her service.
Yes. it’s was today in 1976 that the Bahrain service started
By: EAL_KING - 21st January 2004 at 12:23
kool:D
By: A330Crazy - 21st January 2004 at 11:52
I’ll be there within the next hour and a half! 😀
And as far as i know other than concorde there looks to be at least two nice biz jets there today too! HZ-AII – B742 of Saudi Arabian and a B727/w of Bahrain govt.!
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January 21, 2004 at 11:46 am