Concorde: The Comeback
Discussion
Yertis said:
Give up on the Vulcan, forget Concorde - preserving a VC-10 should be where we're at.
Maybe I'll start a "VC-10 to the air "charity type thing. Preserving a machine designed to serve the Commonwealth is more worthy than one designed to nuke Russia, IMO.
With AirTanker unable to refuel anything, there will be a couple of VC10's around for a few more years Maybe I'll start a "VC-10 to the air "charity type thing. Preserving a machine designed to serve the Commonwealth is more worthy than one designed to nuke Russia, IMO.
Read this a little while ago and found it quite interesting. Accuracy is a question mark as have nothing to compare against nor any knowledge on these issue but sounds right to me.
http://thetravelinsider.info/2003/0411.htm
In the end sounds very much like a commercial decision based around making more profit. Foolish mistake if you ask me. If they had had the balls to keep them they most likely would be making a mint now with celebs etc using the planes. Many many more millionaires these days who would think nothing of spending 6-12k on a plane ticket to get to their end destination in half the time.
http://thetravelinsider.info/2003/0411.htm
In the end sounds very much like a commercial decision based around making more profit. Foolish mistake if you ask me. If they had had the balls to keep them they most likely would be making a mint now with celebs etc using the planes. Many many more millionaires these days who would think nothing of spending 6-12k on a plane ticket to get to their end destination in half the time.
silverfoxcc said:
I did hear via a BA employee (when i worked there for a short while) that BA were up for running it after AF bailed out,and the reason they did was Airbus offered a BIG sweetner to AF if they ordered some more scarebuses, but the rider was ditch Concorde, Now Airbus is based in France so you put two and two together, Although it cannot be positively proved.
Once AF bailed out (not unsurprisingly) BA did investigate continuing until it's projected OSD of about err... now, IIRC..... but, with, them having to contribute the full 100% of the support fee to Airbus for DA, the sums no longer added up. I believe BA did even investigate actually taking on the DA themselves to be able to continiue, but again, the sums simply didn't add up to make this commercially viable.So.... end of Concorde.
DodgeeDave said:
I drove past Heathrow on Friday, it still seems to be there... I wonder if there are any plans for it yet?
There is one parked up at Filton Airfield in Bristol which has now probably not moved for 7+ years - they keep banging in about building a museum for it but it never happens. Being from Bristol, it makes me extremely sad that there does not seem to be the desire to celebrate one of the most significant feats of engineering for the past 50+ years.There is also one parked up at Airbus' base in Toulouse.
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