Concorde’s final resting places
British Airways has decided that it will NOT keep Concorde flying – even for fly-pasts and very special occasions. Just a week after the last commercial flights touched down at Heathrow airport, BA has announced that the seven remaining jets will now be given away – for free – to museums around the world.
Three will go abroad – two to the United States; one to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York and one to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, and one to Grantley Adams airport in Barbados – while the remaining four will stay in the UK.
Of the four, one will go to Concorde’s birthplace at Filton, Bristol, one to Manchester Airport, one to the Museum of Flight near Edinburgh, and one will stay at Heathrow. There are two prototypes on display; one at Fleet Air Arm Museum in Somerset, and one at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
BA chief executive stated: “The technical and financial challenges of keeping a Concorde airworthy are absolutely prohibitive. We have chosen the final homes based on a number of criteria – their ability to properly exhibit and preserve the aircraft, their location, and accessibility to the public.”
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