New list of 12 Candidates.

i would absoloutly love to see Elvington get one and it be an addition to its growing collection!That huge dispersal would look awesome filled with a/c! Also would duxford now need to be a road transportation after the runway shortening?

They still had licences then, remember BA carried on Concorde flights the day after the crash, and the licences weren’t revoked till about two months alter.

There was, however, (I think) an AF concorde which returned to CDG from JFK empty, and, obviously, the proving flights after the refit… I don’t think they had licences then, unless theys were some jind of provisonal thing.

BOAA and BOAB do not have a liscence to fly passengers I believe. They can still fly, but just empty? Otherwise how would they have bought the Concorde back from New York when the Air France one crashed?

I think they’re still thinking it over.

what about the concorde that BA said they would keep airworthy for special events, such as memorial flights or flypasts?

adam:)

I have remarked this before, don’t forget there are 2 grounded and not updated Concordes at LHR. I assume that these will not be allowed to fly to a museum. One surly could be broken down into small enough sections for the short motorway journey to Brooklands. Otherwise they will face the scrapper.
mmitch.

North of the Watford gap?? what, convert it into a transport cafe on the M1?………..original!:D 😀

Or maybe sell one to the guy who bought the Queen Mary and set up yet another theme restuarant.

or fly one out to Las Vegas and turn it into a gambling casino
(Wouldn’t be that far from Mojave then would it?)

The possibilities are endless

Dave

I think one should be on display at Heathrow and one on display at JFK

well T5 of course should definatly have one, having it perched upwards inside of the main entrance to the check-in desks would be great.

I would say yes to most of the other UK locations, but I do think that the world should be also able to see concorde elsewhere.

But I think New York should at recieve one, it is almost why concorde was develloped in the fist place, to move people from europe to North America faster (and other destinations but mainly New York). Yep I think one either at JFK or you never know the city might make a special area for it in central park!

In Scotland the Museum of Flight at East Fortune has already expressed an interest and has asked the Scottish Executive to get on the case on it’s behalf.

I agree with Steve though that they should be kept flying until they can fly no more.

you’re forgetting one thing as well: USS Intrepid is already cramped enough as it is, where are they gonna fit concorde? I went on it last year, and felt surprisingly cramped

Sell them to Sir Richard

So they are spaced out across the country I would suggest the following.

1. T5 at LHR should have one without failure! Its the BA hub. And I think it would be fitting if they kept G-BOAC at LHR.

2. The Cosford Museum. Its a British Airways/BEA/BOAC museum, surely a concorde would be the icing on the cake for this museum.

3. Manchester… Like has been said above, they are starting off a collection of British Aircraft, so concorde would fit in easily.

4. Bristol for sure. Its where the thing was built and tested!

5. Scotland… Possibily Glasgow rather than Edniburgh. Its only fair that the Scots get one… people up there like concorde too!

6. Seattle museum of flight. Its a major collection, but this would be my only choice for the US im affraid.

7.Its a toss up for this last one, between EXT and Belfast. EXT has had a fair few visits from Concorde in its time, though Belfast was the testing grounds for when concorde returned to the skys, was it not?

Whats you opinions? Where would you like to see them go… forget about the places on the list.. you decide.

i bet Branson is really annoyed now!!! as if he wasn’t already! lol

adam

I don’t see why New York should get a look in for one at all. Have we all forgotten the “We don’t want your SST here” movement when Concorde entered service? I certainly havn’t. And I’m sure that alot of that goes down to the fact that the US SST programme was a dismal failure. Washington has an allocated Concorde, so I think that ought to suffice

I was at the Washington-Dulles airport yesterday and saw the Concorde there already. I took some pictures as we taxied by but I can’t post them until I get the roll of film developed.

The Smithsonian’s already got an ex-AF concorde, so surely it’d be better to give it to someone else?

How about somewhere north of Watford Gap? (and don’t say MAN…)

Just my opinion:

· The Smithsonian museum, Washington DC
YES, definately

· Bristol Aero Collection, Filton, Bristol
YES, Bristol made the engines I believe?

· Seattle Museum of Flight
YES, definately

· Duxford Aircraft Museum
YES, even though they already have one!

· Brooklands Motor Sport and Aviation Museum, Weybridge, Surrey
YES

· Manchester airport
YES, they are making one nice museum with British planes. Obviously the best one can’t be left out!

. Heathrow terminal five
YES, LHR should have a concorde no matter what!

· Science Museum, London (nose only)
NO definately not, if they only want the nose they can stuff it! No chopping up a fine concorde so it fits in a museum. Give them the simulator!

· USS Intrepid aircraft carrier, New York
Do I need to explain why this one is wrong on sooo many ways? New York deserves a Concorde, but on the Intrepid?

Then others get a no because there are not enough Concordes to go round.

And fall off the other end???!!!??! :D:p

I can’t wait to see that one touch down (lol) 😀