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Concorde at Filton (Read 442 times)
Apr 24th, 2007 at 3:39pm
Concordepilot   Ex Member

 
Took a diddy trip down to Filton a few weeks ago to see her grace Alpha Foxtrot the youngest Concorde in the whole fleet.

She flew 18,257 hours
5,639 supersonic flights
6,045 landings
In May 1993, Concorde 216 was the first to be fitted with a refurbished interior and repainted in the final livery sported by all the British Airways fleet.

Enough talk for now, it's picture time!

Heaven
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Heaven

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That set of gear was never touched and has no scratches on it.
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Front on.
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Her grace.
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BLIMY CHARILE!

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Hope you enjoyed.
Tom
 
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Reply #1 - Apr 24th, 2007 at 3:55pm

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Very nice, there is one down at Manchester Airport gonna have to get myself down there for a visit Smiley
 
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Reply #2 - Apr 24th, 2007 at 3:57pm
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stuart1044 wrote on Apr 24th, 2007 at 3:55pm:
Very nice, there is one down at Manchester Airport gonna have to get myself down there for a visit Smiley



Those are the old ones...... Grin
 
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Reply #3 - Apr 24th, 2007 at 5:09pm

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shame they had to ruin her by building a staircase out of concrete up the side....I went to visit her about 2 weeks after she opened to the public, before I had a digicam Cheesy

I just need to see the one at Heathrow to log all the examples left in Britain Cheesy

nice pics....dont you just hate the way they put perspex in front of the cockpit Angry

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Reply #4 - Apr 24th, 2007 at 5:50pm

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Very nice.  Shame to see her there.
 
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Reply #5 - Apr 24th, 2007 at 5:58pm

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Reply #6 - Apr 24th, 2007 at 6:53pm
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I was standing right beside the fence adjacent to 27R when she took off for Filton on her final flight.. It was a cold, gloomy, overcast day and when she took off a gap appeared in the clouds, the sunshine shone through and she headed straight for it.
You couldn't have made it up, it was a sight I'll never forget.  Sad

There's a video of it on ConcordeSST somewhere.. it's ages since I posted there, I think it was by somebody called Thamesweb or something like that.
 
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Reply #7 - Apr 25th, 2007 at 11:16am
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Landing at Filton for the last time Cry

http://www.george-edwards.me.uk/html/concorde_filton.html

First Flight

http://www.george-edwards.me.uk/html/concorde_high.html
 
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Reply #8 - Apr 25th, 2007 at 4:11pm

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Bittersweet, for sure... strange how a mere machine can elicit so much emotion...  Cry
 
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Reply #9 - Apr 25th, 2007 at 5:26pm

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here is the video that charlottesdad was talking about
http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/news/261103BOAF.html
 
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Reply #10 - Apr 25th, 2007 at 5:53pm
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Well done Bonair, that's the one..
Ooh I've gone all emotional watching that again...  Cry
 
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Reply #11 - Apr 25th, 2007 at 6:41pm

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Oh that is very nice. too bad they retired her.  Sad i love the cockpit shots. lovely. Cool
 
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Reply #12 - Apr 26th, 2007 at 9:29am
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I'd only get emotional if I had ever flown on her, but seeing her this way...nyah.

The seats look like the ones in Air Berlin aircraft...
 
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Reply #13 - Apr 26th, 2007 at 12:19pm
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Those seats in Air Beriln if so they must have alot of money to get those seats there.
 
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Reply #14 - Apr 27th, 2007 at 8:21am
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Those seats in Air Beriln if so they must have alot of money to get those seats there.


I must be noted that Air Berlin is a low-cost carrier. Wink
 
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