Right then if Save Concorde don’t consider this e-mail to be rude then what do you consider it ?
This is what Save Concorde sent to Airbus and others.
Dear Howard
Many thanks for the reply. With the greatest of respect to you and Iain and everyone at Airbus, the situation with Concorde is not acceptable to the nation. Concorde is a British Aviation icon, the likes of which we will probably not see again in our lifetime. To dismiss Concorde as a has been, is to totally forget that she is the only supersonic passenger aircraft in the world, Concorde is the most beautiful civil aircraft the world has ever seen. She was born to fly !
QUOTE BY SIR TERENCE CONRAN:
“Concorde is the iconic aircraft of the 20th century – as futuristic and inspirational an image today as it was when it first flew commercially over 20 years ago. It captured people’s imagination and gave them an irresistible glimpse into the future,” said Conran.
For Airbus to unilaterally decide to ground Concorde, probably with the blessing of Air France and the French Government is a total and utter scandal. French politics should not dictate what happens in this country.
Am I correct in thinking that Airbus refused to cooperate with any other potential operator of Concorde, if this is correct, am certain EU law has been flouted. This is something which needs thoroughly investigating.
FROM A BA MANAGER:
Essentially, the French wanted Concorde binned! It was a real problem for them, so much so that they withdrew their aircraft from service way ahead of the expiration of the aircrafts’ C of A in France and of course way ahead of the British!
You have not de-commissioned Concorde; a better term would be “selective acts of wanton vandalism”, why are you and BA ripping out vital components from AF-216 at Bristol, you are doing your utmost to kill off any chance of a return to flight. This must stop forthwith, if Concorde was a Grade 1 listed building you would have been brought to book long ago. It is also disgraceful that the Governement has turned a blind eye to the actions of BA and Airbus, stop the wrecking now !
This cannot be allowed to continue, one Concorde must remain in an airworthy condition, I hope you and the senior executive of BA and Airbus fully understand that. Airbus and BA do not have the god given power to totally ignore the will of the British people. I await confirmation of which aircraft has been selected.
Concorde must return to flight in a heritage role, if we can finance a return to flight of a Vulcan bomber and continue to finance and preserve a Battle of Britain memorial flight, sixty years after the end of World War 11, the fourth richest country in the world can without question operate and preserve an airworthy Concorde. Not forgetting the billions of pounds which are in the Iraq budget.
I call upon all of our official supporters to do their utmost to return Concorde to flight, senior executives of BA and Airbus cannot be allowed to get away with the greatest industrial scandal in British aviation history !
Kind regards
78derngate
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