Where is concorde at heathrow

Brian Walpole. Les Brodie. The aircraft was next in line for inter-check and would have been the 6th BA aircraft back in service. Aircraft Comments. Current Location - Retired from service, in storage at Heathrow airport. G-BOAB remains at Heathrow Airport as the last Concorde there and can be seen by departing passengers in her current location as seen in the two pictures below and other pictures further down the page.

Since this , the story of this Concorde has been a rather sad one. It was due to get the return to flight modifications following the Paris crash in This interior upgrade was brought forward while the fleet was grounded and awaiting a return to flight status, it was only partly carried out and partly fitted to five of the aircraft in the fleet, and therefore essentially only consisted of the new passenger seating and carpets.

But while the five airframes received their partial upgrades, G-BOAB had her old interior stripped out at BA Engineering, Heathrow and was then used to test fit the new toilets and washrooms, although the plan was to restore G-BOAB back to full flight status at some stage. The new 'Project Rocket'seating and carpets fitted to five airframes. Then with the rapid chain of events that came about during following the decision by Airbus SAS to no longer support the Concorde operations for Air France and British Airways forcing the retirement of the whole fleet, G-BOAB was left stranded at Heathrow while her five flight status sisters were relocated to museums around the world and her other non-flight status sister G-BOAA was taken apart and transported by road and sea to Scotland.

The model was subsequently donated to Brooklands Museum, who restored the model and fully re-painted into the livery to match their own Concorde G-BBDG.

In the autumn of "G-CONC" was relocated to a new permanent home as a gate guardian at the Museum's main entrance. The model during installation as a new gate guardian at Brooklands Museum. Workers carefully packed up the distinctive piece of aviation memorabilia during an evening shift, strapped it securely to a rolling pallet, and transferred it to the lounge.

It is now on display for AvGeeks with access to the lounge to enjoy an up-close look. The slanted nose was one of the unique design aspects of the Concorde, the supersonic passenger jet that debuted in and could make the flight from London to New York in less than three hours — half the time of a typical transatlantic flight.

The Concorde flew its last flight in , so seeing part of the plane at the BA Concorde Room is the closest many of us will ever get to that unique jet. Related: What flying supersonic on the Concorde was really like. Access to this lounge is extremely limited.

Only travellers with a First Class boarding pass or those who have a BA Concorde Room card are granted entry to the lounge. First Class flyers and cardholders can also bring in a guest as long as they are flying on a BA flight that day.

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