concorde in germany

“I’ll agree on both accounts.”-meaning I thought both the Tu-144 and Concorde should still be flying.

I think maybe the French are concerned that a further Concorde “incident” could tarnish even further something which, quite rightly, they held up as a symbol of French technological prowess (whilst forgetting the Anglo bit). Did I read on the forum that BA were possibly going to keep one on for special occasions ? or is this wishful thinking turning into a rumour ?

Shorty01,

I’m well aware of the novel preservation work done at Sinsheim. My comment above was levelled at those who took the (hasty) decision to retire Concorde prematurely.

My “theme park” allegation is just my own personal, somewhat vitriol laden euphemism for the museums accepting Concorde at the moment and in the near future. 😀

The astonishing rate at which Air France retired and disposed of it’s planes reminds me of a murderer trying to quickly dispose of the evidence. You’d think they were trying to get them out of service before a decent campaign to keep them flying gathered momentum.

I’ll calm down in a few months no doubt. 🙂

Dear Ren Frew & SOC,

Fear not, I can assure you that Sinsheim is NOT a theme park & is a first class technical museum.

Try www.technik-museum.de

They also have Three JU 52s, a canberra, F104, SU-22 (I think), JU 87 wreck, Il-14, JU-88 replica, a mangled Wright Cyclone found in the area & some other aircraft that I can not remember. I shall dig out some pics from a few years back if you want. Best info from their website. The aircraft here tend to be mounted in a novel fashion on stilts at a funny angle. You can access the interiors of some of the larger exhibits including the TU-144. Slide Tubes are provided for exit from some of the aircraft to keep the “kiddies” interested.

There are also lots of other cracking technical exhibits such as the engine out of a destroyer that created about 27,000 shp, awesome. Good classic car & motorcycle exhibition as well.

I’d have to agree on both accounts.

I still say it should be in the sky and not in a feckin theme park ! 😡

This is also currently the only place to view a Tu-144D and Concorde in the same location.