As a member of the group concerned, I thought it was about time I said something.
Motives for our actions, well basically we feel that at least one airframe should have been kept in an airworthy condition to allow her to fly at airshows and for special flypasts. (one to bear in mind here is how good she looks flying in formation with the Reds)
We all feel that she is an important part of our aviation history, and the best way to appreciate her is in the air and not on the ground as a museum piece. We want future generations to be able to see what this country (along with France) was capable of designing, building and operating, for them to see, hear and feel it for themselves instead of having to imagine it.
She will of course never operate commercially again, and we appreciate that she will not carry passengers.
Another thing that keeps getting overlooked is the impact this could have on the home of whichever airframe was chosen, take for example if it was Alpha Fox at Filton, this would elevate the pulling power of Filton, it would be the only museum with a working Concorde, and think of the crowds it could pull in with the take offs and landings on the day she would be ‘working’.
I know a lot of people think we are wasting our time, and some think we are downright nutters! but please, we have and are still working hard on this campaign, we have some knowledgable people from the industry helping us.
Either we will succeed or we will fail, but at least we know we gave it everything we had.
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