Why on earth should DX have another one? where would it go? outside? the other aircraft outside are looking a bit scruffy, would they look after it? I doubt it.

As I understand it Concorde will fly into Filton, Bristol on the 24th, eventually it will be mounted on concrete blocks on site, a meeting about it was held this week! It also seems that BA have 5 airworthy Concorde’s but only 3 airworthy rudders, the tooling for the rudders has been destroyed therefore they will have to swap around the rudders to get the other two aircraft to where they are going to end up if they are to be flown . BA wanted to retain one Concorde for flying at air shows but the carpet was pulled out from under their feet by Airbus by them withdrawing design support for the aircraft.
All BA owned Concorde’s will remain the property of BA.
Duxford already have one Concorde why do they need another one? I agree that the one going to the USA is crazy they didn’t want it to fly in there, but, by the way, when you have finished with it can we have one for an attraction? It wants someone to hang a banner on it ‘This is the aircraft the Americans failed!’ My personal feeling are that once Concorde was in service everyone sat back on their laurels for 15 years before progressing airliner design any further, there is still nothing to touch Concorde in flight anywhere in the world. The Russians came close but not close enough. The comment about the Air France Aircraft going to Sinsheim I think is a bit harsh as I understand that they will mount on the roof next to the Russian airframe. If you are ever in the area the museum is well worth a look it is full of interesting items.

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Utter claptrap not to mention libelous (if you had named one of them)

Only libellous if un-true! Where do you get your expert opinion from? I can’t believe how many of you out there have your heads in the ground, wake up & smell the coffee! Look at the video of some of these accidents, How many have been put down to mechanical defects? Ask some of the people who know about flying & aircraft characteristics, or is it that some of you just want to be controversial for the sake of it? There are pilots out there who do display themseves rather than displaying the aircraft & can you tell me, hand on heart, that you have never seen a aircraft running out of speed during a display sequence or wobble around in a formation, or not take into account the air temperature on a hot day? Or finish a manoeuvre a bit lower than it should be? I’ve been around airshow aircraft quite a long time & have seen some really stunning flying in less than perfect conditions & have also seen some appalling flying. Anyone who has been to a few air shows will have seen what I’m talking about even if they didn’t recognise it at the time, So please don’t expect me to agree that everyone flying at air shows are purely displaying the aircraft, most are, most of the time, but everyone has their off days.
Someone once said, There are Bold pilots, there are Old pilots, but very few Old Bold pilots! 😉

Hi Airbedane,
Will pass on regards tomorrow! Welcome to the mad house!! 😉
Cheers
WarbirdUK 😎

I think there maybe some confusion here with the flap system & with the radiator flap system, the rad flap system has a tube linking both together, The flaps however, do not! It is possible, on the ground, to have one flap to raise before the other, this is due only that the pivot bearing caps are not at the same torque therefore are putting more pressure on the bearing caps, they have a split bearing very much like an crankshaft big end, But with both the prop airflow & airspeed they will both return to up at the same time! There are four flap sections, two on each wing with a pneumatic cylinder that only works one way, you pump air into it to lower the flaps & as soon as the air supply is stopped the flaps are pulled back up by a spring unit with a spring pull of around 400lb then they lock up with a pin that slides into a slot the flap system is totally independent in each wing.
As for

From experience, on the Mk IX at least, full asymmetric flap, i.e. one up and one down, can be held easily with about half aileron up to the flap limiting speed of 140 kts.

This I very much doubt, It is NOT possible to simulate & to my mind would certainly lead to a departure that would be nigh on impossible to control.
Hope this helps.
Cheers………

I think some people posting here do so just to promote argument not debate, go to a show & really open your eyes, look at recovery heights, look at the combination of manoeuvres & speed bleed off, look at air temperatures, these are heavy aircraft, I’ll admit lighter than in wartime trim but still heavy compared to aerobatic aircraft which will gain back the speed lost much quicker than a warbird ever will. Display the aircraft not the pilot then you will see a sympathetic display that is worthy of the aircraft. The BBMF display the aircraft in a way everyone can see it with grace & thought to the engine & airframe with the minimum of stress involved for both pilot & airframe that is what has to be done if we want our children’s children to be able to see what we see today. Anything else is just being a bit selfish. We need more observers at shows looking at flying standards & then deleting the aircraft from flying at the display if standards drop which I understand happened at a display a while back, a quick call on the radio is all it takes & may save both pilot & aircraft from a problem. 😉

Originally posted by Snapper
Women can’t fart properly, so we get hassle for it. Jealousy.

You are having a larf right? there’s an old dear down the road from me that can rattle the front gate if she lays one down while walking past with her shopping trolley!