I believe and its only my opinion gleaned from various Concord sites that the one in New York is not really wanted although no one will say that. So far its the only one that has had significant vandalism having its nose cone ripped off !

So there were less than 35 or so built, generally the preserve of the ultra rich (although i do believe their were some form of pleasure style flights done in the 80’s as i remember one flying through Southend airshow that it was said had been down round the Bay of Biscay and was full of passengers ?)

Normally the preserve of military aircrew Mach 2 in pressure suits in Concorde you did it in shirt sleeves sipping Champagne, and i did read somewhere that once it crossed the Irish coast out over the Atlantic no military jet scrambled could catch her ? and i don’t know the answer but how many military jets can sustain Mach 2 for over 2 Hours

If it hadn’t been for the noise abatement society’s there may have been more built, developed and we may have had the son/daughter of Concorde flying to day London to Sydney in 4 Hours would have been a reality not dream

Built with cooperation between 2 nations perhaps normal now but then unheard off in peace time and i don’t see any other aircraft held in such high regard by the UK public apart from the Spitfire the average man/woman in the street could recognise it instantly and most would stop when she flew overhead (not significant !!) we didn’t know what we had until it had gone.:(

Try This

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=london+heathrow&hl=en&ll=51.475476,-0.421439&spn=0.002245,0.006743&sll=58.473593,-3.928986&sspn=0.482554,1.726227&t=h&hq=london+heathrow&z=18

then go to top right corner,,, thar she blows

What’s the grey matter in front of the hanger next to Concorde and the twin engine jet. Looks like fire debris ?

the Sun in the sky for all of the summer accompanied by deep blue sky !! :diablo::dev2: if were talking aircraft the entire TFC fleet in the air again at Legends along with Gladiator from Old Warden, a couple of B25’s and both Swordfish from the RNHF at one event. And if one’s dreaming then Concorde 😎

Cor Brian that first picture if it was in black and white it could almost be vintage ww2

Can’t wait to see the Wildcat,Hellcat and Gladiator back in the air again!

According to the TFC website apart from the Beaufighter, 2 x Spitfire Mk XXII and the Fiat CR 42 which is with skin fabricators that will be their entire fleet airworthy :diablo: 🙂 cant wait for July to come along, there is of course the speculation of a silver P40 which i have read somewhere that its either now undergoing flight test’s or is airworthy 😀 Legends Bring it On

Alohha…..we all know whats buried near the runway at some place or another. If I had a pound for every such story! Trouble is, they never turn out quite the way they are told. OK, there was Kenley, but….

Tangmere unfortunately my father was a fireman/civilian contractor working on the base until its closure in 1993 he and i witnessed what was put in a hole in the ground and although it was not a complete A10 you could have built one from the parts that went in mixed up with PC, home white goods, works tools, jigs and a whole host of other ancillary stuff im sure ! :dev2: and that was just one place diggers and piles of earth where evident all over the base in the last few months but of course there’s nothing officially recorded im sure ?

Im not 100% sure about this as i have been following this story on and off over the last few months but, are the containers that these Spits are in made of wood ? If thats correct and presumably they were completely buried wont there be a lack of O2 in the soil with this stop oxidization and preserve the wood from rooting until it comes into contact with air and thus preserve to some state what’s inside ? Im used to working with wood and once wood is buried underground/water it will last for decades before rooting provided it is not in contact with air.