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Nope, he would never have gotten them. I have to be careful on this one as some people here know i am very opiniated on this subject
Airbus wouldnt supply the parts, it would have cost way too much, Concorde needed two operators, Air France refused and two british operators would have failed. She has now been fully retired, and will never fly again. And while its a shame thats the case, at least she has been given a proper retirement rather than being thrown into a desert.

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The rug was pulled out from under BA by the French who persuaded the French companies involved in the servicing of all Concordes, in one way or another, to pull the plug. The French Concordes had suffered more after the combination of the accident and 9/11.  BA although still struggling had managed to start to claw back some of the expence involved in getting Concorde back in the air and would have continued to fly the aircraft as it was the only part of BA that, prior to the Paris accident  was making money.

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I think this is quite obvious. I still don't understand your apparent hatred of Branson or your loyalty to BA. To my way of thinking BA's business methods under Lord King were always questionable if not downright illegal.

When linking to a photo on Anet maybe you could use the short link at the top of the page. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/145289/L/

That long URL throws the whole thread out of kilter.

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I have no Loyalty to BA, infact i have only ever flown with them once and then i was only 2. I do agree they have used some very shady tactics over the years. I just dont like Branson, i think he is an idiot. He does what he thinks is the most outrageous thing possible just to get publicity, that to me states he doesnt think his product is good enough to sell on its own merits. His Plans for Concorde involved having slogans plastered down the side about he beat BA, now i am sorry but that is both tackey and dis-respectful. He wanted to fly it to Australia, OK and how many fuel stops and sub-sonic sectors was he going to have the plane fly?

Add to that the guy offering £1 for the planes and slots. I'm sorry but that alone is wrong. He was going on about how much the planes meant to Britain and how loosing it would be awful, he sure showed how much the planes meant by offering such a huge amount

ok fair enough, i dont hate him. I just dont like him. true he isnt an idiot. He's a clever idiot:)

Who do you work for Hagar? What is your company?