Work starts in £15m plan to get Concorde flying

by GD Sat 29 May 2010, 6:47 pm

Concorde completed its last commercial passenger flight in 2003

The engines on a French Concorde are to be examined as the first move in a £15m project aiming to get the supersonic passenger jet back in the air.
The Rolls Royce engines of the former Air France Concorde will undergo an initial examination to see what work needs to be done to start the engines.
Concorde was retired seven years ago, but it is hoped the jet could return to flight in a heritage capacity.
The tests by a French-British team will take place at an air museum near Paris. (from BBC)

Be great to see this superb aircraft back in the air..

by kingcolemk Sat 29 May 2010, 7:40 pm

I strongly suspect that Concorde was retired under pressure from Blair's Government to keep the Bush happy.

Work starts in £15m plan to get Concorde flying

Work starts in £15m plan to get Concorde flying

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