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Just a proposal at the moment, but I'd love to see this happen...
Concorde 'set for new home on Thames' in floating display | Metro.co.uk
Concorde 'set for new home on Thames' in floating display | Metro.co.uk
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I'd live in it given the chance.
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A concorde has already been on the Thames.
It was loaded onto a barge at Isleworth , and taken downstream .... it was an incredible sight.
Those of you who know the area , and the streets around the London Apprentice will realise what an undertaking this was.
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It was loaded onto a barge at Isleworth , and taken downstream .... it was an incredible sight.
Those of you who know the area , and the streets around the London Apprentice will realise what an undertaking this was.
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Well, its fuselage has. It'd be magnificent to have the full aircraft on permanent display, though.
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I wonder if they will actually let visitors climb on board and into the cockpit though? Can see some some issues with getting crowds in and out of the rather cramped space...
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I don't know for sure - but if the Thames Concorde visitors will be anything like the long queues for the London Eye, then it is a completely different situation to Brooklands...
A bit more civilised here.
At East Fortune there is a timed entry - but it's never that busy. The cockpit door is glazed so you can peer down into it. As expected, the fuselage is tiny.
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Excellent exhibition though.
At East Fortune there is a timed entry - but it's never that busy. The cockpit door is glazed so you can peer down into it. As expected, the fuselage is tiny.
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Excellent exhibition though.
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The Sinsheim museum in Germany has a Concorde on the roof that's open to the public, also a TU-144 ('Concordski'). We were there earlier this year - they really sway about when the wind blows!
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Nice pics Bill. Thanks. 
Must be a hell-of-a lift under those wings if the wind is in the right direction.
Must be a hell-of-a lift under those wings if the wind is in the right direction.
It was a windy (and rainy!) day when we were there - Mrs BTB refused point blank to go up into either of the above aircraft because they were moving around so much! There's a fair old slope to the floor inside too ...
Actually the worst to go inside was this Canadair water bomber because it hangs out over the side of the roof!
Amazing museum and well worth a visit - loads of cars there too.
Actually the worst to go inside was this Canadair water bomber because it hangs out over the side of the roof!
Amazing museum and well worth a visit - loads of cars there too.
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That is awesome
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It was a windy (and rainy!) day when we were there - Mrs BTB refused point blank to go up into either of the above aircraft because they were moving around so much! There's a fair old slope to the floor inside too ...
Actually the worst to go inside was this Canadair water bomber because it hangs out over the side of the roof!
Amazing museum and well worth a visit - loads of cars there too.
We get the water bombers over here in the summer when there are large forest fires. The Greek government bought a load of them from the Canadian government a while ago.
When you see ten of them flying continuously for hours on end, picking up and dumping water, it really is a sight to behold.
I think the concorde thing is a wicked idea.
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More power to those who want to move 'Alpha Bravo'. It's been languishing and deteriorating for WAY too long at Heathrow and should have been in a museum ages ago. I think it would add a lot to that area of the South Bank and serve to attract more visitors.
PS - Sinsheim is brill, too!
PS - Sinsheim is brill, too!
Found this pic. I took of a BA Concorde doing a quick recce back in 2003 
Being 4-engined aircraft I'd hoped they would have been a bit lower ... I only had a compact camera with me
Being 4-engined aircraft I'd hoped they would have been a bit lower ... I only had a compact camera with me
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This gets better. The plan is now is for it to be the centrepiece of a "Best of British" exposition, featuring classic cars and motorbikes, and it has a high-profile backer...
Concorde bid could really take off, says F1's Bernie Ecclestone | Metro.co.uk
Concorde bid could really take off, says F1's Bernie Ecclestone | Metro.co.uk
