Hi, looking to go on one of the concorde tours , on looking through the search engines it seems the options I have available are Manchester or Bristol.
Has anyone been on these tours and can recommend one or are there any tours closer to Gatwick other than those I’ve mentioned ?
Thanks……….
By: TRIDENT MAN - 23rd February 2007 at 20:24
Dont forget you cannot sit in the flightdeck of “any” Concorde apart from ours at MAN!!!:eek:
By: green320 - 23rd February 2007 at 18:57
I went on this last summer, and it was great. You could also plane spot for most of the tour when you’re in the DC10 and on the external tour of the aircraft, and also when you’re sat in the Concorde. It’s also really interesting listening to the history of that aircraft, not just of Concorde.
By: thr62 - 23rd February 2007 at 18:52
Thanks guys….Brooklands in only 30 mins down the road from me and in the summer a visit to Manchester is defo on the cards, cheers, Tim 😀
By: GASYD - 22nd February 2007 at 21:58
Yes Triumph1, I would have listed www.brooklandsconcorde.com last night but the website was/is not working..
But THR62 Yes we are the nearest so come see us!..
REN FREW: Hopefully see You at Brooklands one day as well?
GASYD
By: Ren Frew - 22nd February 2007 at 21:17
Brooklands (Surrey) is certainly the closest to Gatwick and the organised tours of “DG” are only £4 per adult and £2 per child (in addition to the museum entry fee). Another site worth looking at is: http://www.brooklandsconcorde.com
I want to see ‘DG’ it’s in my kinda livery ! 😀
By: Triumph1 - 22nd February 2007 at 15:19
Brooklands (Surrey) is certainly the closest to Gatwick and the organised tours of “DG” are only £4 per adult and £2 per child (in addition to the museum entry fee). Another site worth looking at is: http://www.brooklandsconcorde.com
By: GASYD - 21st February 2007 at 21:58
Dont forget the Brooklands Concorde 202 G-BBDG plus all the other goodies we have!..
GASYD
By: Ren Frew - 21st February 2007 at 20:13
I’ve been to Manchester and it was pretty good, albeit the unofficial tour courtesy of our very own ‘Tridentman’… We got the plane to ourselves on a quiet day and got to sit in the cockpit, tour the cabin and looked out of a cabin emergency door out onto the wing (sunglasses advised for this bit).
I’d also recommend jumping on an Easyjet ride from LGW to EDI and get to the Scottish Museum of Flight at East Fortune, where you get a very comprhensive audio tour handset and a great Concorde exhibition to boot…
I think my threads on these subjects may be lurking somewhere in the vault.. ?
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41511&highlight=East+Fortune
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=43798&highlight=East+Fortune
Sadly some of the attached pictures have gone as I used up my quota…
By: TRIDENT MAN - 21st February 2007 at 20:09
Im gonna have to say Manchester (Technical Tours lasting an hour) £20-00 engine bay doors open and guided tour underneath,and about 10 mins on the flightdeck(sitting in it no perspex) you sit in the forward cabin seats and have a real thouough talk about the technical side of things.Oh and i look after OAC and the other aircraft so im biast.If you book for easter my Trident will be open along with the RJX and DC-10,added bonus is you can spend the rest of the day at the AVP which is right next to the taxi ways and main runways great for taking photos.:D
Oh and you may even get to se me on the Trident!!
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February 21, 2007 at 7:57 pm