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johnfowles · 02-07-2008, 01:09 PM

To be honest I though the proposed aircraft was more reminiscent of the still born Boeing 2707

picture of the mock up found on a very descriptive website:-
http://www.arthurhu.com/toys/sst.htm
Concorde was completely removed from service with both British Airway and Air France in 2003 due to the continuing high costs involved. possibly exacerbated by negative publicity after the crash of one in Paris in 2001.

and despite an offer of just £1 by Virgin Airways' Richard Branson to take all of BA's fleet,

they were all given away to various museums around the world
a fully detailed register of every Concorde and where it now is can be found at:-
http://www.concordesst.com/retire/retirestatus.html

A few of these are now "stored" out in the open and despite my accursedly tardy dial up connection I found three using the local.live aerial picture site

At a museum in Seattle. ironically near the Boeing plant

a largish ground picture of that one is at :-
http://conspiracy.cia.com.au/Holiday...1-dsc04495.jpg

there used to be a third in New York

I have previously displayed the Intrepid screenshot in a thread about local.live at:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...2;t=000938;p=2
a local.live screenshot of an ex British Airways Concorde on a barge alongside the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier/museum on the Hudson in New York.However it is not there now as the Intrepid is curently having an extensive restoration over the other side in New Jersey.[/list]No doubt there are others outside and therefore viewable by either local.live or Google earth.
a google image search found me
http://maps.pomocnik.com/satellite-maps/?map=2626
from which I made this screenshot*** of the Concorde at London's Heathrow Airport

It remains to show two pictures I found on the internet somewhere or other

All 7 of BA's Concordes on the ground

All 4 Air France Concordes flying together
Jessie Joe might care to try to track down a few more.
for example can you get to the German Sinsheim Technik Museum??

where both a Concorde and a Concordski are on open air display
found on:-
http://www.showbus.co.uk/gallery/foreign/de/sinstm.htm
*** TIP to make a screenshot use the wonderful, reliable and easy to use freeware
Gadwin Printscreen

02-07-2008, 01:09 PM	#7
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: Way to Go Down Under To be honest I though the proposed aircraft was more reminiscent of the still born Boeing 2707 picture of the mock up found on a very descriptive website:- http://www.arthurhu.com/toys/sst.htm Concorde was completely removed from service with both British Airway and Air France in 2003 due to the continuing high costs involved. possibly exacerbated by negative publicity after the crash of one in Paris in 2001. and despite an offer of just £1 by Virgin Airways' Richard Branson to take all of BA's fleet, they were all given away to various museums around the world a fully detailed register of every Concorde and where it now is can be found at:- http://www.concordesst.com/retire/retirestatus.html A few of these are now "stored" out in the open and despite my accursedly tardy dial up connection I found three using the local.live aerial picture site At a museum in Seattle. ironically near the Boeing plant a largish ground picture of that one is at :- http://conspiracy.cia.com.au/Holiday...1-dsc04495.jpg there used to be a third in New York I have previously displayed the Intrepid screenshot in a thread about local.live at:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...2;t=000938;p=2 a local.live screenshot of an ex British Airways Concorde on a barge alongside the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier/museum on the Hudson in New York.However it is not there now as the Intrepid is curently having an extensive restoration over the other side in New Jersey.[/list]No doubt there are others outside and therefore viewable by either local.live or Google earth. a google image search found me http://maps.pomocnik.com/satellite-maps/?map=2626 from which I made this screenshot* of the Concorde at London's Heathrow Airport It remains to show two pictures I found on the internet somewhere or other All 7 of BA's Concordes on the ground All 4 Air France Concordes flying together Jessie Joe might care to try to track down a few more. for example can you get to the German Sinsheim Technik Museum?? where both a Concorde and a Concordski are on open air display found on:- http://www.showbus.co.uk/gallery/foreign/de/sinstm.htm * TIP to make a screenshot use the wonderful, reliable and easy to use freeware Gadwin Printscreen __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor Last edited by johnfowles; 02-07-2008 at 01:28 PM.