How much to get concorde in the air again?
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big bloke said:
If BA could be persuaded to let someone return a concorde to flying condition, how much would it cost, and what would be involved in recomisioning one.
I'm guessing the answers are lots, and lots
Answer is not very much financial.I'm guessing the answers are lots, and lots
It wont happen though, paperwork wise.
Richard Branson offered to buy them to keep them running... denied.
The EASA to not want them to fly.
Edited by elster on Saturday 12th November 19:20
big bloke said:
If BA could be persuaded to let someone return a concorde to flying condition, how much would it cost, and what would be involved in recomisioning one.
I'm guessing the answers are lots, and lots
that's not the problem it's the fact that the IP of the design authority owned by the French is locked away and the froggies / Airbus aren't interested in either selling it to someone suitable or actively remaining the Design Authority. BAe iirc were happy to sell their parts of the DA ...I'm guessing the answers are lots, and lots
elster said:
Answer is not very much financial.
It wont happen though, paperwork wise.
Richard Branson offered to buy them to keep them running... denied.
The EASA to not want them to fly.
10 to 15 million quid back in 2007.It wont happen though, paperwork wise.
Richard Branson offered to buy them to keep them running... denied.
The EASA to not want them to fly.
Edited by elster on Saturday 12th November 19:20
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-457881/Bra...
spikeyhead said:
I know very littles of the detailed design, but do have a vague idea that the computer memory for the landing gear is magnetic core, about an 8" cube for 1k of RAM.
Why does an undercarriage need a memory? Why do UP and DOWN, worked by a little lever, suddenly not work?big bloke said:
why does no company who are involved in the plane want it back in the air?
Because nobody today thinks a supersonic passenger transport can break even, much less make a profit.Much less that you would try to make an ancient example airworthy again, to keep the spotter brigade happy.
There was a time that it was really worth the Concorde ticket price for a master-of-the-universe to get from London to New York at Mach 2 - but then they worked out how to do business over the network.
For much the same reason, nobody is interested in a new supersonic transport.
Would the return to flight of the Vulcan not been more of an uphill struggle? Outside the UK this aircraft would not be so well known by the general public and 558s last flight was in 1993 I think untill it returned to the air in 2007, I just seen on their website it cost £7 million to get it back flying. But it now uses 4 brand new engines which were in storage since 1982.
Concorde would probably have been mentioned at some point in everyones education over the last 40 years so has a much wider outreach in my opinion, but if the forces that be dont want it to fly then it may not have a future back in the air.
The Vulcan first flew in 1952 and Concrde in 1969 and it was in active service untill later so you would think getting Concorde back in the air might be easier? But then again I think the period of the 50s throug the 70s would have been when aircraft were starting to make massive jumps both their perfomance and complexity against what was in the air before that.
Concorde would probably have been mentioned at some point in everyones education over the last 40 years so has a much wider outreach in my opinion, but if the forces that be dont want it to fly then it may not have a future back in the air.
The Vulcan first flew in 1952 and Concrde in 1969 and it was in active service untill later so you would think getting Concorde back in the air might be easier? But then again I think the period of the 50s throug the 70s would have been when aircraft were starting to make massive jumps both their perfomance and complexity against what was in the air before that.
There were a lot more Vulcans built than Concordes, so more presumably more spares lying about. If the will to fly it was there at a high enough level presumably the paperwork problems with Airbus could be got round by sticking a military registration on it. Sheer cost would be the problem, making a few new engines for example.
If we're going to dream let's dream of a Concorde MK2. More seats, enough range to do LHR to LAX in one hop, and tell the anti sonic boom brigade to buy earplugs and stop whinging.
If we're going to dream let's dream of a Concorde MK2. More seats, enough range to do LHR to LAX in one hop, and tell the anti sonic boom brigade to buy earplugs and stop whinging.
FourWheelDrift said:
That one still flies, in Microsoft Flight Simulator 
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