Trip Report - Concorde

[Jacob P]

Went to the Le Bourget museum last week and I can agree with Chris that this is one of the best Concorde displays out there with ir France "sierra Delta" as well as the Concorde 001 testbed. Interesting to note that the airframes are diferent on both types and this is reflected by the window sizes where SD has the trademark small windows of Concorde whilst 001 has larger windows. Would love to see the ones in UK also maybe next visit. Le bourget also ha an excellent walkthrough of AF's first 747 include cutouts of various compartments a real eye-opener. The museum also has numerous aircraft outside where you can walk around and have a look including the mighty Caravelle and Mercure. It also has a great early days of flying section. I really recommend if in Paris and have enough time go to this museum.

[Scott L.]

Folks, there is a static display of the Concorde inside a hangar at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield in East Scotland, half an hour or so from Edinburgh. You can board the aircraft and travel through the cabin. At the time of my visit some areas of the floor were removed so visitors could see the hold area.

The Concorde aircraft was G-BOAA and the aircraft on display is the original aircraft without the return to service mods required after the Paris accident.

The visit is a tour / experience including a short film, walk around the exterior and also, an engine on display. You then finally board the aircraft. The cockpit was roped off at the time of my visit.

The museum has many other aircraft on display including a 707 and Nimrod forward fuselage.

See http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight.aspx

[Nigel C]

Anyone know if the nose gear stickers from around the world are still on any of the Concordes? There was one running around with a "Kendell Airlines - The big country airline" sticker for a while. The same bird had a kangaroo hazard road sign sticker on it, one from Fiji and one from Hawaii amongst a few other stickers.