Is it April 1st Yet?

…plus certification.

Loads and loads of cash plus the goodwill of several different manufacturers.

No engines support
+ No spares support
+ No manufacturer support (type certificate withdrawn)
____________________________________________
= No approval for flight

And to add to this, both the French and BA have said they have no intention to sell or lease an airframe to the group

Lets pretend I am an oil Tycoon with more money than sense.
What would it take to get Concorde flying again?

Presumably the BA Concorde’s are in potentially airworthy condition, all that is required
is servicing, spares, engines, insurance and the backing of various organisations?

I confess I’ve never been to Le Bourget. I guess I was moved by the sentiment of press release from Le Bourget but, as you rightly point out, I should judge our respective governments by their actions rather than by anybody’s words.

Seriously? Have you actually been to Le Bourget? Now contrast that with a government that funds a heritage flight of multiple types of aircraft that attends hundreds of events a year, pays for multiple national aviation collections, and gives grants to numerous private museums.

…they are as inalienable and untouchable as the Mona Lisa or the Palace of Versailles.

I wish the governments in the United Kingdom felt this way about our aviation heritage sometimes!

To save a lot of Googling this translates as

Press Release Le Bourget, September 20th, 2015 DISCLAIMER:

The Concordes belonging to the Museum of Air and Space are not for sale. Following recent announcements regarding the possible return of Concorde to flight, and on this the weekend of Heritage Days, The Museum Air and Space would like to remind you of the status of its collections.

It could happen that ill-informed visitors might ask at the museum reception tickets for to Mars or Pluto; the idea that one of the Concordes of the Air and Space Museum might fly again is just as fanciful.

These two aircraft are part of the national heritage. As the Heritage Code states, they are as inalienable and untouchable as the Mona Lisa or the Palace of Versailles. The mission of the Museum of Air and Space is to secure them for future generations, just like the 400 other aircraft and objects in the collection. The Museum of Air and Space policy is not to maintain its aircraft in flying condition, to best protect these often unique atrefacts. There is therefore no question of a Concorde from the Museum of Air and Space being sold, regardless of any financial offer, nor will they ever fly again.

However, the two Concordes at the Museum of Air and Space can be visited by the public year round.

Moggy

Just in: Press briefing from the French Musée de l’air et de l’espace saying those who announced the return to the air are a bunch of dreamers, and the museum’s concordes are definitely NOT for sale!

Communiqué de presse

Le Bourget, le 20 septembre 2015

DÉMENTI : les Concorde du musée de l’Air et de l’Espace ne sont pas à vendre

Suite aux récentes annonces concernant l’éventuel retour en vol de Concorde, et en ce week-end des Journées du Patrimoine, le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace rappelle le statut de ses collections.

S’il arrive que des visiteurs mal renseignés demandent à l’accueil du musée un billet pour Mars ou pour Pluton, l’idée de faire voler à nouveau l’un des deux Concorde du musée de l’Air et de l’Espace est tout aussi fantaisiste.

Ces deux avions font partie du patrimoine national. Comme l’indique le Code du Patrimoine, ils sont inaliénables et imprescriptibles, comme le sont la Joconde ou le Château de Versailles. La mission du musée de l’Air et de l’Espace est de les transmettre aux générations futures, tout comme les 400 autres aéronefs et objets de la collection. La politique du musée de l’Air et de l’Espace est de ne pas maintenir ses avions en état de vol, pour protéger au mieux ces pièces qui pour certaines sont uniques au monde.

Il n’est donc pas question que les Concorde du musée de l’Air et de l’Espace soient vendus, quelle que soit l’offre financière, ni ne volent à nouveau un jour.

En revanche, les deux Concorde du musée de l’Air et de l’Espace sont visitables par le public toute l’année.

This is the third thread on this subject – perhaps it’s for real!!;)

Apologies then: I did take a cursory look!

🙂

I saw it on another forum that I lurk on (don’t post).
I thought exactly the same thing. April, already 😀

Andy

This is the third thread on this subject – perhaps it’s for real!!;)