Prompted by the current ‘Concorde to fly’ gossip, it can be observed that of the 20 production airframes, 18 are preserved/displayed . One was lost, and another scrapped/broken for spares.
Is there any type which can match or better this tremendous survival ratio,
without resorting to anything nutty like the Reid & Segrist Desford, of which one was made, and still survives?
By: Ant.H - 31st May 2007 at 17:29
Interesting to see the percentage of Tridents at 35%, for an aircraft with a production run of only 117 that was already pretty low. That percentage has dropped quite a bit since 2002, a number have since been scrapped (including the spotless example at cosford-argh!) or have deteriorated beyond redemption on fire dumps etc.
In a few years there will probably only be four or five Tridents, and none of them will be Trident 1’s.
Sorry, taking the thread off on a tangent…
By: JDK - 31st May 2007 at 09:03
Interesting question.
Taking transports only, Roy Blewett’s excellent ‘Survivors 2002’ book, from Gatwick Aviation Society, contains the attached table:
So, yes, excluding one-offs, specials and failed to make service, Concorde does seem a long way out ahead, in terms of current numbers in preservation, although Springbok makes a good point about how lengthy that will be. Tip of the hat to Barbados for extraction of digit in covering theirs so quickly.
By: springbok - 31st May 2007 at 08:00
That is true, however many aircraft that are now listed as ‘preserved’ are outside.
They will not last unless they are put inside.
Especially England needs a production Concorde safely inside a building.
The time of dumping aircraft outside is over!
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May 30, 2007 at 11:12 pm