I have been advised by ukga.com that they are currently inviting signatures for the save the Concorde Petition-all are welcome

OK-no problem-opinions do vary-it was just the way B.A. and Aerobus Industrie colluded to keep it away from Branson(Their arch enemy) that annoyed a lot of people-anyway, nice to get a reaction-Thanks for your input

thank you loomex finally someone else who truely agrees with me:) she has had a pefect retirement and now its time for her to rest, after many years of fine service.
please please please stop with the Branson deal, he could NOT keep concorde in the air, this isnt BA just being against him.
and first of all it wasnt BA who pulled concorde from service it was airfrance and then Airbus, it has always been known that it needed airfrance and BA to run, without AF Airbus pulled out, without Airbus there are no Parts, and it wouldnt have matter if Branson would have bought them, he would have had no parts, no mechanics, and because of that no insurance. so no concorde.
blame Air France, and Airbus. but not BA they had no choice.
and who should put them in museums? BA the company who ended up paying billions running them or Virgin who offered £1 for each plane?
hmmm i know BA colors look so much better on it:)
Not a direct shot at anyone so please dont take offense
I just want the poor plane to retire quietly as Loomex said so us poor people get a chance to see what she is made of both inside or out, and havign seen her a few times, taking off and landing, i have only ever seen the inside of the test concorde at filton.

hi pete.
Of coarse i want it to stay flying. as strange as it may seem with my posts, but i am putting down everything i have read and know to be true and as accurate as possible.
Concorde and the Vulcan project are two completely differant things, parts would be readly avaliable for this vulcan as it has been built with  newer parts that have been modified with the aircraft, plus look how long it has taken to even get close.
As for Branson if you believe what he says then hey good for you:)LOL
why would BA sell him the plane?? just for him to keep it in airshows? BA could do that themselves, and they still might, remember its not just costs, its parts and mechanics, Branson has no mechanics, and BA sure wont give them up, most dont want to go either, and there is no way Concorde will be given permission to fly unless the mechanics are those who have worked on it with BA.
i really would love to see it fly, but lets also face it, does an airliner like that which is designed for nothing but supersonic cruise, deserve to be put on one or two slow flybys moved to another location at subsonic speeds and then do the same thing.
well as i said somewhere else, this week we will find out.
Maybe they will maybe they wont, either way i am happy. as i will never be able to afford to fly on it and as long as branson is kept away i dont mind

Branson as a person i have no problem with, Branson, as an airline owner again no problem, however, all he wants concorde for is to rub it into the face of BA that he could get hold of it, he would drape it in Virgin colors which would be horrible, and it would be nothing more than a spoilt kid getting his way. then when it does retire it would have to be put into museums in virgin colors, not the company who kept it running for so many years sucessfully, people in the future would forget about who truely made the plane, and who truely made the plane what it is today, because Branson wouldnt be happy until that happened.
As for BA i am not worried about them, like most airlines they are suffering but are still in a safe enough position. admitidly i cant agree to some of there owners and managers business practises.

Side note please dont take offense to these posts Pete:) like you i am very passionate on this subject, but with a couple of differant views on how to get the best. We both want it to stay flying though just differant ways
Cheers Mate:)

Nah don't worry mate I may sound it but i don't take offence

Oh this post depresses me I love both the Vulcan and Concorde yet I may never see them. I remember when I was very young seeing Xh558 fly past with farewell written on the bomb doors and then a glorious climb out whilst waggling the wings oh dear I'm gettin emotional

All I do to keep myself with a spark of hope is look at the Sea Vixen, a very expensive aircraft with a minimum of spare parts available an its still flying

even if it was kept in operation for now it wouldnt be up for much longer its an old machine lets face it....how many aircraft are kept for 30 years plus before being pulled out of the sky....i love the concorde but i feel as though they shouldnt be left in museums they should be kept in working order for airshows.. there will be a time when it will be missed and would attract people to airshows with it being possibly one of the greatest aircraft of all time. similar to the tu144 which i personally prefer because it was faster.. that thing has ended up as scrap in most cases i dont want to see concorde same route....there should be a petition to keep it in working order not carry passengers again.

I don't know if I offended anyone as I didn'tmean to I even had a post started by me which I said I love dat plane but all I was saying is that I doubt any of us have a chance to keep through petision or not!

I also love concore but I know a petition is not going to bring back. I think that we should let it rest I would like it to be put in a museam I would love to see inside one, even if wasn't flying

Yeh but he'll ruin it's looks!!

branson will not get his damn hands on it

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When BA were de-nationalised the government had no responsibilty. That was part of the deal for accepting Concorde. There's no room for sentiment in business & nobody would spend all those millions without expecting a return. This is what the airline business is all about. When an aircraft becomes unprofitable it's sold or scrapped. This is the situation here. The BA management have no sentiment for Concorde or any other aircraft.

Personally I like to see an aircraft fly, whatever colour it is, be it a Red Bull Sea Vixen or a pink (eugh  ) Spitfire (that turned out quite nice though)... I don't think Concorde in Virgin colours would be that bad - if it had sold in the first place we would be seeing it in many more liveries anyway.

Charlie

Well, I don't think this will ever happen as BA would send those aircraft to the breakers yard rather than let Branson have them. The Virgin colours aren't basically any different from BA's so that's a poor excuse. They at least remained patriotic when the BA management defied public opinion by doing away with the national flag. This proved a disastrous mistake & a typical waste of hard-earned profits. The logos on the Air France & BA Concordes were only painted on the front fuselage & vertical tail surfaces anyway.

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The PR pink Spitfire markings are authentic & nothing to do with any sponsor.