What has happened to the Concorde?

Question

Since it was grounded what have they done with the planes

I know one is on the grass at Heathrow . But what has happened to the rest of the fleet. Not worried about the last few months of flying where are they now.

Answer 1

Does "Should I ? " know of more crashes that concorde had, As far as I am aware it only had one , In Paris.

And it was flying fully booked on pretty much every flight.


One is in Heathrow
Ones in New York
One went done the Thames on a Barge ( Not sure where it went)

Answer 2

Concorde retired this October after nearly 35 years of flight and more that 25 years of passenger service, bringing to an end the era of supersonic passenger transportation.

This section details the events over her fianl months, as the aircraft flew their final flights. It also features special appearances that the fleet took part in, as well as covering the final chapter of the Concorde tale, as the aircraft were retired to their final homes in museums around the world.

Concorde made an tidy operating profit for the airlines, but with the aircraft approaching 30 years of age a large investment programme would be required to update many of the systems on board the aircraft. With the premium first class market as it is post September 11th 2001, there is no hope of the airlines being able to fund this investment and keep the aircraft in profit.

Therefore, the airlines decided to write off the current levels of investment in the aircraft, of around £100M, rather than risk having to write off sums that could top £200M in the coming years, if the premium travel market did not improve.

British Airways have stated that they intended to "Celebrate Concorde" in its final months, and attempt to give people through the UK a chance to fly on-board the aircraft, before they were retired to museums.

It is a sad time, but the inevitable really only came forward a few years. We should celebrate what Concorde was and still is - the only profit making Supersonic Passenger Jet to ever to go into regular revenue service. The Americans or Russians could not even do it - that's how far ahead of its time it was ... and still is!

Answer 3

Last commercial flight: 24-Oct-2003

Remaining Concordes are located
- Airbus UK, Filton Bristol, UK
- Manchester Airport, UK
- Museum of Flight, near Edinburgh, UK
- Heathrow Airport, UK
- The Museum of Flight, Seattle, USA
- The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York, USA
- Grantley Adams Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados

Sites below give very detailed specific on each craft - especially the second site.

Answer 4

You are correct about one being on the grass at Heathrow - it will be displayed at Terminal 5 when it is completed.

The others are at:
- Manchester Airport
- Filton, Bristol (where they were built)
- Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, Scotland
- Airbus plant, Toulouse (also where they were built)
- Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris
- Smithsonian Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, Washington DC
- Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany
- USS Intrepid museum, New York
- Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
- French Air and Space Museum, Le Bourget, Paris
- Museum of Flight, Seattle
- stored at Filton and has been offered to Brooklands museum

Answer 5

Both British Air and Air France (the only two companies to ever operated the aircraft) retired their fleets in 2003. Since then they have sold/given examples of the aircraft to several museums and other historical/tourist locations including the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

Answer 6

Concorde was decomissioned and no longer flys contary to one reply there was not "too many crashes " in its entire carreer concorde only crashed once in france, it was put in to service but with rising costs and 9/11 the demand for business flying decreased, sadly Ba and air france decided to scarp them and send them to museums despite the Virgin boss Richard Branson offering to return them to service the main reason was that the people who supply the parts refused to renew the contract with the airlines and manufacuter any more spares and with the aircraft needing major overhauls it was impossible so the airlines claimed to keep the plane in the air, aviation took a massive step backwards when this descion was made

Answer 7

I can see the runways of Heathrow from my house and drive through the airport everyday to work, for the past week or so 1 has been parked up near the engineering area, what for I couldn't tell you

Cheers

Steve

Answer 8

In museums - their design was over 30 years old and the upkeep cost was too much

Air France
Air France made its final Concorde landing in the United States in New York City from Paris on May 30, 2003. Firetrucks sprayed the traditional arcs of water above the aircraft on the tarmac of John F. Kennedy airport. Concorde F-BTSD operated the airline's final scheduled supersonic service, returning to Paris on a misty May morning. The final passenger flight for the airline's SSTs was marked by a charter around the Bay of Biscay.

An auction of Concorde parts and memorabilia for Air France was held at Christie's in Paris, on November 15, 2003. 1,300 people attended, and several lots exceeded their predicted values by a factor of ten or more.

One French Concorde has been preserved for future flights for special occasions.

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British Airways

A special fly-past of Concorde and the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows for the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.BA's last Concorde departure from the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados was on August 30, 2003. G-BOAG visited Toronto Pearson International Airport on October 1, 2003.

In a final week of farewell flights Concorde visited Birmingham on October 20, Belfast on October 21, Manchester on October 22, Cardiff on October 23, and Edinburgh on October 24. Each day the aircraft made a return flight out and back into Heathrow to the cities concerned, often overflying those cities at low altitude. Over 650 competition winners and 350 special guests were carried.

On the evening of October 23, 2003, the Queen consented to the illumination of Windsor Castle, as Concorde's last ever west-bound commercial flight departed London, and flew overhead. This is an honour normally restricted to major state events and visiting dignitaries.

British Airways retired its aircraft the next day, October 24. One Concorde left New York to a fanfare similar to its Air France predecessor's, while two more made round-trips, one over the Bay of Biscay, carrying VIP guests including many former Concorde pilots, and one to Edinburgh. The three aircraft then circled over London, having received special permission to fly at low altitude, before landing in sequence at Heathrow. The two round-trip Concordes landed at 4:01 and 4:03 p.m. BST, followed at 4:05 by the one from New York. All three aircraft then spent 45 minutes taxiing around the airport before finally disembarking the last supersonic fare-paying passengers. The pilot of the New York to London flight was Mike Bannister.

Answer 9

A lot of people on here making stuff up!

You can find concorde at:

Heathrow
Manchester
Paris CDG
Filton
East Fortune
Seattle
New York
Barbados
Toulouse

There are another two that have just finished decommissioning that will probably be sold off to museums somewhere. They are currently also in Filton.

Answer 10

One was destroyed at leon airpost whilst takeing off,French decomissioned the 3 left .Sold 1 we think to america for reaserch as it is still light years ahead of it's time in both designed a tech .NASA liked the look of it so did the the Russians for space travel off the space station mere. 1sold by BA but not to Richard branson ,1 at Manchester Airport 1(possible Us military)51,maybe.2 mothballed in plane scrapyard in Arizona.Minus bits sold at auc,tion,see Ebay.They will be back but with a different purpose()Space Travel).Wait a see.