Scrap some? What a ridiculously stupid idea!
Concorde is universally known, it is a worldwide household name and has been since the 1970’s. I remember the great thrill of actully seeing one at Heathrow in 1993, standing out among the sea of broing Boeings. And stepping aboard the one at Duxford was just as powerful a feeling, actually touching and smelling and seeing a true design classic – in fact a prototype too, wow.
Though Concordes visited these shores only a handful of times, virtually everyone I know, everyone in NZ, we on the opposite side of the world from where they operated, knows what a Concorde is. It’s as well known as a Spitfire and a Lancaster. In fact perhaps better than the latter.
The point is, the very idea of scrapping some of the preserved examples simply because they are otdoors is ludicrous, simply proposterous. Have you not considered that airliners spend almost all their life outdoors? They are built for outdoor storage. How often do they go into hangarage while in service? Not a lot. So, what’s the problem here? They can be stored outdoors till a building can be arranged. Is it simply you lot don’t like going outside in the cold to look at it???
Have you also not considered that if it is outdoors at a museum, and the museum staff are too lazy to clean it or whatever, it’s being abused or neglected, then rather than scrapping the aircraft, it could be sold or passed on to somewhere where it will be appreciated? I’m sure there would be museums and collections across the globe from Asia, the Middle East, the USA and downunder who’d give their all to possess such a potent symbol of technology. I am glad they are all being preserved for the future generations, inoors and outdoors, rather than being melted down to become soft drink cans.
I’d wager if all but a few were scrapped, the same people proposing the idea now would be winging that not enough were preserved when we had the chance.
I don’t care whether it ever flies again or not, that’s not the point. Don’t scrap them for *******s sake!
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