was the concorde ever put to fly again?

Question

I want to know if the concorde is flying ever fly again? if it is,is it flying today?

I want to know if the concorde will ever fly again? and is there one in service today?

Answer 1

Concorde was flying pretty much non-stop since 1976. Initially, the U.S. Congress banned Concorde from entering the U.S. air space, so British Air flew Concorde between London and Bahrain and Air France, between Paris and Rio. When the congressional ban was lifted, Concorde was banned again, this time by the city of New York. So both British Airways and Air France started Concorde service to Washington, D.C. In late 1977, the New York ban on Concorde was lifted as well, and in November both companies started regular flights to JFK from London and Paris, which continued until 2003, when the last Concorde was retired. The last scheduled flights were conducted on May 30, 2003 by Air France and on October 24, 2003 by British Air.

The only interruption in the Concord service occurred in 2000-01 following a crash in France that killed 100 passengers, nine crew members, and four people on the ground. All Concordes in service were called in for modifications, which included more secure electrical controls, adding Kevlar lining to the fuel tanks, and burst-resistant tires.

Answer 2

i think nc has it most clearly correct.

the u.s. banned the bird flying here much because of the long series of sonic booms it caused.

still, the concorde failed, too, because it was extremely expensive to book a flight and it was very small and uncomfortable.

the primary thing it had going for it was speed.

nasa has kicked around the idea of having a rocket go into space in a short hop then drop out say from d.c. to calinfornia in an hour or less,for years.

still, because they have followed the shuttle model and because of other considerations,such a space hopping sortie has never come about.

yet, there is at least one private company kicking around such ideas.

as for the concorde,no i don't think she will fly again.

instead companies such as airbus of europe seem to be building larger andlarger planes, some carrying over 500 passengers.


me, i think we should return to trains or busses, both of which are nearly gone here in the u.s. at large.

Answer 3

I think we had seen the last of the Concorde a thing of the past.

Answer 4

No, they retired it since it never was a profitable venture. The rising costs of fuel, 9/11, plus the fact that it killed people made the public lose interest in it.

Answer 5

None are in service today and none are planned. I think I saw where the last one was put into an aviation museum or something like that.