Come on guys, its common knowledge amongst the civil enthusiast fraternity where they are going to end up.

East Fortune are getting on sent up north by barge
Manchester Airport will get one
Filton will get one
The Intrepid museum in New York are to put one on a barge
Seattle will get one
another to Barbados

My point is this, Duxford should have one to tell the complete story, after all it,s the centre of the universe as far as vintage aircraft is concerned, fair enough though if the money is not there.

Remember also that BA have their own museum of sorts at Cosford, so why is none being put one in there (via Shawbury of course).

My big bitch is that 3 will are going to end up in the US, its the last place they should go, Concorde was a BRITISH/FRENCH effort, the Americans tried every trick in the book to stop it.

Concorde should stay in Europe.

The plans for XK532 are as follows,

1, Get the aircraft into a presentable condition, (well on the way)

2, Ensure as far as possible it is water tight, (again well in hand)

3, Restore the rear cockpit, quite a big job as it is virtually barren, any spare parts gratefully accepted.

4, Restore front cockpit, (again well in hand)

5, Get hydraulic power restored

6, Get Electrical power restored

7, Have her acessable by the public.

As for the IFR, it is quite a complicated mechanism, which apparently is operated by a pneumatic system, we are currently unable to release the door mechanism, due to lack of accurate drawings (again any help here would be appreciated)

The aircraft has quite a bit of surface corrosion on the main legs, and a little on the Mag Alloy panels, but these can easily be hidden , once under the skin the aircraft is in remarkable condition with virtually no corrosion present,

Both engines are still fitted, and both turn,

A big task but one worth tackling.

If anyone has anything they would like to donate please send me a PM and I will reply.

GG