Concorde to fly again.

[Scottie]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8712806.stm

15 million .

What do reckon worth it.??

Would be nice to see if flying again.

[Bazthemod]

Would love to see one back flying, always thought it was a great waste.

[Stewart]

Its a bit like the Avro you just want to see the thing fly. Hope it gets off the ground.

[Crombers]

Fill yer boots here folks, it sadly ain't gonna happpen

http://www.concordesst.com/

I would love to see her back in the air again & the one in France still has all the hydralic fluids (BA stripped every one in an act of vandalism imho).
Go into the forums & it'll tell you all you need to know as to why it is impossible for her to get back into the sky. Basically in a nutshell Airbus who used to supply all the parts pulled the plug scrapping all the tooling & parts available in 2003. The ongoing cost of keeping Concorde in the sky in 2003 after 9/11 was prohibative & BA & Air France decided to draw the line & face the inevitable i.e. retiring Concorde.
Very very sad, as in a way we have retrogressed in air travel, opting for volume & economy over man's ability ............... watch this & weep my friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3QVMCG-aY

[Ally S]

When i worked in the airport I got to see Concorde take off. What an amazing sight that was. I just heard the most awesome noise and then turned round to see it fly in to the air.

Mind you, seeing the red arrows come in to land was something special too. Was quite cool seeing them all parked up next to each other.

[Crombers]

When i worked in the airport I got to see Concorde take off. What an amazing sight that was. I just heard the most awesome noise and then turned round to see it fly in to the air.

Mind you, seeing the red arrows come in to land was something special too. Was quite cool seeing them all parked up next to each other.

I used to go down to East Yonderton Farm on Walkinshaw Road to watch her whenever she was chartered with David Goodwin Travel. To watch the vortex coming off her in the wet when landing was superb & to hear the Olympus 593's light up on take off was just magnificent.

Apart from the odd 747 the airport is a much duller place these days. The residents around the airport will be mighty pleased right enough as to hear a modern jet take off and land what with all their hush kits etc is impressive in its own right. On the other hand to hear such gems as Tridents, BAC One 11's & VC10's rip down the runway was fab.

Ah the good old days

[Mon the fish]

watch this & weep my friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3QVMCG-aY

Genuinely moving. I remember the Paris crash, and actually grieving for the machine. Very few things can affect you in such a way.

Still, never say never - the lads that built Tornado, the steam engine, were told that it wouldn't be possible, etc etc. Who's got the last laugh?

[Crombers]

Genuinely moving. I remember the Paris crash, and actually grieving for the machine. Very few things can affect you in such a way.

Still, never say never - the lads that built Tornado, the steam engine, were told that it wouldn't be possible, etc etc. Who's got the last laugh?

I agree with never say never & genuinely hope that we will see Concorde's superior in my lifetime

I also just can't help but think that the last few generations have had nothing 'massive' to look in awe at in comparison to say Concorde's introduction i.e. supersonic travel or NASA's Apollo missions

[Burple]

Crikey!.. Never thought I'd say this.. but we're agreeing on something big man..!

Do I detect a fellow plane geek??? lol
If Concorde's not gonna make it back up, it's really sad.. but I'll be happy with this!!

I used to go down to East Yonderton Farm on Walkinshaw Road to watch her whenever she was chartered with David Goodwin Travel. To watch the vortex coming off her in the wet when landing was superb & to hear the Olympus 593's light up on take off was just magnificent.

Apart from the odd 747 the airport is a much duller place these days. The residents around the airport will be mighty pleased right enough as to hear a modern jet take off and land what with all their hush kits etc is impressive in its own right. On the other hand to hear such gems as Tridents, BAC One 11's & VC10's rip down the runway was fab.

Ah the good old days

[N16SHP]

I agree with never say never & genuinely hope that we will see Concorde's superior in my lifetime

I also just can't help but think that the last few generations have had nothing 'massive' to look in awe at in comparison to say Concorde's introduction i.e. supersonic travel or NASA's Apollo missions

I'd have to say that in my lifetime (23) so far, the only things we've had that been massive is nothing but disasters and terrorist attacks i.e. 9/11 :(