Interesting newsbit I came across:
http://www.save-concorde.co.uk/?p=54
The message ( if the site ever goes offline)
"It’s not a question of if anymore, but when – for the first time since Concorde’s retirement back in 2003, her engines will undergo some major testing later today in France, to determine if she can fly again.
Earlier this month, negotations at the Le Bourget Air and Space Museum near Paris, co-ordinated with our French alliance counterparts, known as Olympus593, were finalised and agreed that the famous four Rolls Royce engines of former Air France Concorde, known as “Sierra Delta” will undergo a baroscopy.
Ben Lord, Vice Chairman, said: “Today marks the most critical date in Concorde’s history since she was retired almost 7 years ago. Two members of our management team are in France this weekend to observe these amazing developments since SCG has always maintained that she could return to flight in a heritage capacity and the findings of today will hopefully go an awfully long way to proving our point. This is just the beginning but we are delighted and privileged to be working with a team of skilled Concorde engineers who both worked on the aircraft at British Airways and Air France.”
This latest major development has been made thanks to the excellent advantages our colleagues across the Channel have over us in the UK – largely down to the museum in France owning their airframe. Given this support within France, which is combined with that of our support network here in the UK, it is highly probable that this French Concorde, could be the first of the original airframes to once again become an aircraft and not a technological museum relic. Perhaps the ability to perform a ground taxi, or who knows, even one day to fly would be the next possible stages. SCG is using all their resources to assist Olympus 593 and the team in France at this point and this is moving almost supersonically. The possibility to hear those fine engines from Rolls-Royce fire up again will be simply magical.
“After today, we will know exactly what needs to be done with those four engines in order to take this to the next stage of engine test runs with an objective to hopefully perform a ground taxi.”
In an ironic twist, this major development gives further weight to the distinct possibility that Concorde could fly again and feature in the opening ceremony of the greatest event on the planet – the 2012 London Olympics.
Whilst efforts to return one of the British Airways Concorde’s to the skies goes on undiminished, the sight of a any Concorde back in the skies will no doubt strengthen the resolve of the British people, to allow us to return one of the BA planes to flight and thus satisfy the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the British public."
Amazing news
It would make the openings-ceremony of the Olympics Games watchable
Of course the Concorde will crash into the stadium killing almost all important people inside, which would start WW3 just in time to fulfill the Mayan prophecy of 2012. (This last sentence is a joke, so smile )
http://www.save-concorde.co.uk/?p=54
The message ( if the site ever goes offline)
"It’s not a question of if anymore, but when – for the first time since Concorde’s retirement back in 2003, her engines will undergo some major testing later today in France, to determine if she can fly again.
Earlier this month, negotations at the Le Bourget Air and Space Museum near Paris, co-ordinated with our French alliance counterparts, known as Olympus593, were finalised and agreed that the famous four Rolls Royce engines of former Air France Concorde, known as “Sierra Delta” will undergo a baroscopy.
Ben Lord, Vice Chairman, said: “Today marks the most critical date in Concorde’s history since she was retired almost 7 years ago. Two members of our management team are in France this weekend to observe these amazing developments since SCG has always maintained that she could return to flight in a heritage capacity and the findings of today will hopefully go an awfully long way to proving our point. This is just the beginning but we are delighted and privileged to be working with a team of skilled Concorde engineers who both worked on the aircraft at British Airways and Air France.”
This latest major development has been made thanks to the excellent advantages our colleagues across the Channel have over us in the UK – largely down to the museum in France owning their airframe. Given this support within France, which is combined with that of our support network here in the UK, it is highly probable that this French Concorde, could be the first of the original airframes to once again become an aircraft and not a technological museum relic. Perhaps the ability to perform a ground taxi, or who knows, even one day to fly would be the next possible stages. SCG is using all their resources to assist Olympus 593 and the team in France at this point and this is moving almost supersonically. The possibility to hear those fine engines from Rolls-Royce fire up again will be simply magical.
“After today, we will know exactly what needs to be done with those four engines in order to take this to the next stage of engine test runs with an objective to hopefully perform a ground taxi.”
In an ironic twist, this major development gives further weight to the distinct possibility that Concorde could fly again and feature in the opening ceremony of the greatest event on the planet – the 2012 London Olympics.
Whilst efforts to return one of the British Airways Concorde’s to the skies goes on undiminished, the sight of a any Concorde back in the skies will no doubt strengthen the resolve of the British people, to allow us to return one of the BA planes to flight and thus satisfy the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the British public."
Amazing news
It would make the openings-ceremony of the Olympics Games watchable Of course the Concorde will crash into the stadium killing almost all important people inside, which would start WW3 just in time to fulfill the Mayan prophecy of 2012. (This last sentence is a joke, so smile
)
