Petition for keeping one Concorde flying

"Jeff Franks" wrote in message
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It takes $$$$$$$ to keep airplanes flying not petitions.


...and complacency to keep one grounded.



SFX: Loud applause to that man.

Ali

Indeed!

http://www.tvoc.co.uk/index2.htm

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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It takes $$$$$$$ to keep airplanes flying not petitions.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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It takes $$$$$$$ to keep airplanes flying not petitions.

Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines offered to keep them flying and was
turned down.
Even if he couldn't keep them in service, he was willing to keep one or two
flying with a £1 million trust fund... and was still turned down.
This was over 6 months ago.

Eric

On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 22:40:09 +0000, Eric Miller wrote:

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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It takes $$$$$$$ to keep airplanes flying not petitions.

Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines offered to keep them flying and was
turned down.
Even if he couldn't keep them in service, he was willing to keep one or
two flying with a £1 million trust fund... and was still turned down.
This was over 6 months ago.

Eric

Not really. Richard Branson used the Concorde retirement for his own ends
in another one of his publicity seeking exercises and to score points over
his old enemy BA. He knew that it was not feasible to keep them flying and
he knew that hell would freeze over before BA handed over those planes to
him. But still he stole the opportunity to appear on TV and proclaim
himself as the savior of Concorde.

And anyway, £1M isn't a lot when it comes to keeping something as complex
as that in the air, even for a few airshow appearances.

K

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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Don't know if you know about this, but the petition to keep Concorde
flying is going to change. The emphasis is now going to be on keeping
one airworthy to be used at airshows, etc.


It would be just too expensive and from past experience it would crash.
I think when we are down to the last serviceable machine of historic type it
should be grounded!
If some one then wants to see it flying - make them build a replica
airframe! (As the engines are not usually the problem.)

Slatts

"Sla#s" wrote in message
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I think when we are down to the last serviceable machine of historic type
it
should be grounded!

You'd not restore the Vulcan, then?

Ali

"Ali Hopkins" wrote in message
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"Sla#s" wrote in message
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I think when we are down to the last serviceable machine of historic
type
it
should be grounded!

You'd not restore the Vulcan, then?

Restore - Yes - Fly - only if one other stays grounded.
But mind you the museum could always catch fire - nothing is totally safe

Slatts

Sla#s wrote:

Restore - Yes - Fly - only if one other stays grounded.

This implies that you think it's ok to fly one as long as there are other examples
which are grounded. That makes sense, and I agree with it, but that's not what you
originally said.

If that's really what you mean, then you won't argue against keeping a Concorde
flying, since there are several intact planes safely on the ground.

George Patterson
Love, n.: A form of temporary insanity afflicting the young. It is curable
either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances
under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more
often to the physician than to the patient.

Sla#s wrote:

I think when we are down to the last serviceable machine of historic type it
should be grounded!

Fine, then let's keep two of them flying.

George Patterson
Love, n.: A form of temporary insanity afflicting the young. It is curable
either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances
under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more
often to the physician than to the patient.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...
Sla#s wrote:

I think when we are down to the last serviceable machine of historic type it
should be grounded!

Fine, then let's keep two of them flying.


Someone would have to pay and I suspect it would take all the airshow
income in the world to keep a couple of Concordes flying and that
would to the great disadvantage of many other interesting aircraft who
depend on airshows etc to help keep them in the air.

Concorde should rest peacefully in the museums safe in the knowledge
that as museum peices they are unique.

They are in terms of airframe, engines etc more techically advanced
than much else flying and will be for quite some time. Its not often
the case where museums are in that position.

Concorde RIP