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Reply #15 - Apr 12th, 2003 at 11:30am

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Hmmm. BA seem to change their tail colours every few weeks. Check out this lot.
http://airlinesgate.free.fr/articles/preview.htm
Maybe that's where all the profits went in the first place.

Apart from the cost involved I don't see a problem.  ???
 
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Reply #16 - Apr 13th, 2003 at 6:57am

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I don't think that profit making is the only consideration here, look at what Branson has done with the trains in the UK.

I think it's as much about the prestige of being the only carrier in the world to go supersonic, and I wish Richard the best of luck, as it would be a crying shame to see such a brilliant and magnificent aircraft rot in a hangar.

On another note, Ozzy, if you're reading this, I once read a story about a guy that bought a Spit for one english pound....
 
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Reply #17 - Apr 17th, 2003 at 5:10am

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It would be possiblefor branson to paint the concordes in the red livery without the paint stripping as long as he left the wings white.they done the same thing with the PEPSI concorde in 1996 and as far as I know They were trouble free
 
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Reply #18 - Apr 17th, 2003 at 5:39am

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well in the end its all just plain speculation and as BA said they could have pulled it from service effective immedietly but wanted it to retire with dignity, which is the best thing so dont expect it to go to virgin.
on a side note today is the final day of the BA concorde offer, you can fly on concorde to new york for as little as £1700, that includes a return in world traveller class on prob 747 or 777, for a little extra you get an upgrade to club class and for £3500 you get a return on concorde, which is half the price they usually take, so any you who have been wanting to fly on this aircraft but never have £7000 nows your last chance. just wish i hadnt spent the money i had inherited could have done that myself. ah well
 
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Reply #19 - Apr 17th, 2003 at 3:28pm

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Virgin wont fly Concorde. Sad
BA has already agreed that all of their concordes are going for static displays. Article here.
The only hope is that Air France are willing to hand them over.

 
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Reply #20 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 2:47am

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Hold it Maccers NEWSFLASH
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030417/1736001046_2.html from our v.own news service here at SimV!!!!

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Reply #21 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 3:03am

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he just doesnt give up does he. oh i have also read he is lobbying to be able to fly into iraq soon aswell, but there is no way BA should just hand over the planes the lounge the gates and check in desks all for a £1 what i think branson is forgetting is although the planes may have only cost £1 each all those other things shoved costs right up, then there will be the lawsuits from museums who were promised a concorde(which BA were perfectly entitled to do) what i dont understand is why branson thinks the government can help, as far as i am aware BA are the owners of said plane even if it was the tax payers money who paid for the project, the gvment has no say over how BA decide what happens to their planes, they could throw them in the middle of the desert if they wanted to, ok it would be a huge mistake. perhaps branson should stop flapping his gums towards BA and go speak to air france
 
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Reply #22 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 4:11am

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Craig the reason he doesn't give up is what made him Britains richest man, and good luck to him. I think Branson if he got the Concordes would still give them to museums once they were at the end of their service life, he can afford it.
Before your time there was a man called Freddy Laker who owned Laker airways, and he became incredibly successful and stuck it to the big 'flag carriers' by undercutting them on price etc. They crucified him and destroyed his business. However they paid a heavy price for trying to create a monopoly. I think Branson is just determined to prove they are not all powerful! Good luck to him, I'd sooner Concorde was in the air than collecting dust.

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Reply #23 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 5:37am

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if he does promise them to the museums i might ease up a little on him i just dont trust him one bit. as for that laker guy i remember seeing a tv program on him a while back but still know little about him
 
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Reply #24 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 9:04am

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Craig try these links;
This one is about Sir Frederick http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2283244.stm
And this one is about Laker Skytrain (I still have some pictures of me with and on these!) http://hound.hypermart.net/history.htm
Personally I'd sooner trust Richard Branson than the monkeys at BA, they tend to be old school tie and government connected. I mean everytime that BA makes a loss the government bails them out! At least Branson understands the idea of our money, and that the best value and service gets customers, something no government based organisation has ever bothered to learn!

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Reply #25 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 9:31am

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Just Out of intrest, has anyone here ever been in a concorde?
I went in the prototype one at duxford aerodrome. We weren't even allowed to sit down in it let alone fly in it
 
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Reply #26 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 9:44am

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thanks for the links ozzy:)
as for being on concorde only the one at yeovil
 
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Reply #27 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 12:42pm

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I have once. Awesome just isn't the word, but having come from a background of 747s DC10s etc I was shocked how tiny it is inside!

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Reply #28 - Apr 18th, 2003 at 2:02pm

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just how small is the actual thing?? i am 6'1 and in the one at yeovil i was having to bend right down to walk through it, the only part was the middle which my head was just touching as it was please tell me the real thing isnt that small and its just a prototype
 
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Reply #29 - Apr 22nd, 2003 at 6:18am
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Don't think there's any chance of this. Read somewhere that Virgin Atlantic is currently losing something like £12m a month. Also, the only people who can maintain and fly these planes are at BA and Air France and while Virgin are downsizing it's hardly likely that those people will want to move to Virgin.

Looks like another ghastly Richard Branson self publicity stunt (remember Virgin Weddings when he appeared in drag dressed as a bride and another time when he turned up in suspenders etc??)

I think you shouldn't hold your breath if you think Virgin can save Concorde
 
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