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Post by ChrisM on Nov 9, 2017 8:39:52 GMT
Spotted at the eastern end of Heathrow Airport on Saturday, looking immaculate from a short distance in the rain anyway.... no runny dirty water stains etc etc... I wonder why it's there, what it is being used for and if there are any plans for its future?  |
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 9, 2017 9:40:40 GMT
It's there to remind visiting Americans we're better than them when they land.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2017 10:52:19 GMT
To stick one finger to Richard Branson that he did not manage to buy the aircraft?
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Post by Tim on Nov 9, 2017 10:59:01 GMT
I saw this a couple of weeks ago, it was also very clean, etc
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 9, 2017 11:01:06 GMT
It's there so that the Royals can make a sharp exit to Canada when Corbyn's revolution comes... They know things we don't know...
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 9, 2017 11:15:18 GMT
It's there so that the Royals can make a sharp exit to Canada when Corbyn's revolution comes... They know things we don't know... No joke: in the '70s there was an unofficial strategic team led by senior figures in the armed forces in place ready to land armed helicopters in front of Buckingham Palace to whisk away the monarchy in the event the extreme lefties of the Labour Party took control. |
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Post by Tim on Nov 9, 2017 11:59:07 GMT
It's there so that the Royals can make a sharp exit to Canada when Corbyn's revolution comes... They know things we don't know...
Isn't it more likely that they'll need to escape the revolution that comes when the Daily Mail & Express readers that voted for Brexit suddenly find themselves considerably worse off and with a plummetting house value?
Only after that will there be the Labour Party!
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 9, 2017 12:30:14 GMT
It's there so that the Royals can make a sharp exit to Canada when Corbyn's revolution comes... They know things we don't know... No joke: in the '70s there was an unofficial strategic team led by senior figures in the armed forces in place ready to land armed helicopters in front of Buckingham Palace to whisk away the monarchy in the event the extreme lefties of the Labour Party took control. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if there was something similar still in place in case of revolution etc. |
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 9, 2017 13:08:52 GMT
I saw this a couple of weeks ago, it was also very clean, etc
I'm hoping to go and see that one soon... not sure I will make it before the year end |
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Post by Tim on Nov 9, 2017 13:59:02 GMT
It's weekends only until the end of March (I think) - we went the last Friday in October so it was nice and quiet.
One of my mates commented that inside it still smells of Marlboro fags and mile-high sex!
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Post by Blarno on Nov 10, 2017 8:07:30 GMT
Is that the one at Manchester Airport?
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 10, 2017 8:28:06 GMT
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I think it's the one at Filton, where they were made.....
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Post by Tim on Nov 10, 2017 10:12:48 GMT
Noope, its the one at East Fortune near Edinburgh.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Nov 10, 2017 11:26:18 GMT
They're lying about all over the place!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2017 11:31:55 GMT
I thought the Concord were mostly scrapped in case Richard Branson got the chance to buy and fly them. BA's gotterdamerung.
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Post by Tim on Nov 10, 2017 11:52:59 GMT
I don't think any got scrapped Mike.
I think there's still one of the prototypes on display at Yeovilton.
Remember they only built 20 in total.
EDIT Just checked and 18 are on display at various locations inc Barbados and Germany. I think one might also be in New York (on the aircraft carrier they have as a floating museum) and there's bound to be one at Pima in Arizona! |
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 10, 2017 13:46:53 GMT
^ Yup, I've seen (and been in) the one in NYC twice, in 2006 and 2016. It's at the Intrepid Museum of Air, Space and Sea. It's no longer floating, it's on the pier. (posted this on the old forum last year):  Have also seen the one at Brooklands... Full info on current locations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde_aircraft_historieswhich I was pointed to today via another forum... aparently the one I saw is now the last one at Heathrow and it is in a bit of a state, certainly internally if not externally with the rain hiding a lot of decay :-( It's the one in Bristol I am hoping to see next |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 10, 2017 16:12:28 GMT
I thought the Concord were mostly scrapped in case Richard Branson got the chance to buy and fly them. BA's gotterdamerung. He couldn't have flown them anyway, Airbus withdrew their airframe support. |
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Post by Blarno on Nov 10, 2017 16:51:22 GMT
I didn't imagine the one at Manchester then. I inadvertantly got to see it when attending a wedding fair there back in 2010.
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Post by bryan on Nov 10, 2017 20:29:02 GMT
I went on the example at the Boeing museum of flight at Seattle
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 10, 2017 21:09:35 GMT
I went on the example at the Boeing museum of flight at Seattle That museum is on my bucket list..... doesn't look like I am going to get there for a couple of years or more :-( I'd love to do the Boeing factory tour too..... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 12:13:21 GMT
The Spruce Goose for me, something about a wooden aircraft that big. Conspiracy theory place the real reason for the take off during a so called taxi test was that Hughes KNEW it would never fly worth a bleep and he just had to get it to fly, even for such a short distance (1 mile?).
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Post by Tim on Nov 13, 2017 12:28:25 GMT
I went on the example at the Boeing museum of flight at Seattle That museum is on my bucket list..... doesn't look like I am going to get there for a couple of years or more :-( I'd love to do the Boeing factory tour too.....
Have you got the one at Pima, Arizona on your list as well? They also run tours of the 'Boneyard' which is where all the military jets go to be stored/dismantled.
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 13, 2017 13:51:11 GMT
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Well down the list and probably not going to happen.... there are many more interesting things to see as well as aircraft, the Grand Canyon for one .....
I'm getting old too.....
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Post by Tim on Nov 13, 2017 14:06:50 GMT
^ I'm getting old too.....
It's America. They probably offer mobility scooters for the old/fat/infirm 
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 13, 2017 14:11:20 GMT
Still there:  |
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Post by PG on Nov 13, 2017 19:31:20 GMT
THe Intrepid Museum of Air, Space and Sea is a great place to visit. We went pre Concorde, but the range of planes on display is amazing.
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