Random G-BOAC Question!

PMN,ref OAC all hydrulic fluids,oils,and fuel were drained along with escape slides removed.The aircraft will never run on ground power as the gppu (ground power protection unit) was removed by BA.None of the aircraft’s systems are allowed to be reactivated ie using the original hydrulic/eletrical systems for health and safety.What must be remembered is BA still own all of their Concorde’s and are all loaned to the various museums with clauses on what can and cant be done to them.

Just as an example Concorde’s hydrulic system runs at 4,000psi all other subsonic aircraft run at 3,000psi.

I realise fully it would never happen, I was just interested to find out whether it were technically possible and whether all the relevent bits were still there. To be honest it never actually occurred to me that BA still owned them. Interesting!

Thanks for the info anyway. I was hoping you’d see this thread and respond! 🙂

Paul

I’m pretty sure BA had the engines removed

Ren, OAC still has all 4 RR Olympus engines fitted.:D

No doubt Tridentman will be along with the answers soon…

Wow, he nipped in there as I typed my reply…lol 😀

Hi All,

Just a random question about the AVP’s Concorde. Would it still be theoretically possible to ‘fire her up’? As in, were any essential parts removed from the aircraft after she made her final flight into MAN? I realise this is never going to actually happen and if it were some very serious checks would need to be made first, but I’m just curious to know. I guess there wouldn’t be any point in removing parts from the engines for spares as nothing else uses them. Is everything else needed for operation still there? I’m actually surprised I don’t already know this considering the amount of time I’ve spent around the aircraft, but what can I say? I’m just slack!

Thanks in advance,

Paul

I’m pretty sure BA had the engines removed and vital fluids drained from all it’s Concorde fleet prior to going on display…? No doubt Tridentman will be along with the answers soon…

PMN,ref OAC all hydrulic fluids,oils,and fuel were drained along with escape slides removed.The aircraft will never run on ground power as the gppu (ground power protection unit) was removed by BA.None of the aircraft’s systems are allowed to be reactivated ie using the original hydrulic/eletrical systems for health and safety.What must be remembered is BA still own all of their Concorde’s and are all loaned to the various museums with clauses on what can and cant be done to them.

Just as an example Concorde’s hydrulic system runs at 4,000psi all other subsonic aircraft run at 3,000psi.