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$186 Million (£120 Million) Raised to Return One Concorde to Service
The aviation world is abuzz with reports that a group of Concorde fans may have raised enough money to get the historic supersonic jet back in the skies once again. According to the Telegraph newspaper, "Club Concorde" has raised £120 million ($186 million) for its "return to flight" plan and hopes to get one of the decommissioned aircraft back in the skies by 2019. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It would be great to see an awesome part of aviation history flying again!!! There is more to it than just the CASH!!!
Well huge sums are spent getting Warbirds back into the sky. They manage to overcome lack of parts and type ratings. Let Club Concorde have their fun too.
And many, many man hours retooling some of our parts to keep our Warbirds flying.
Do not hold your breath. The "best" Concorde available is unlikely to ever fly again. A Concorde is much more difficult to resuscitate than a relatively simple WWII warplane. I worked on FiFi some time back and she is simple compared to a Concorde.
Notably this article is from 2015.
Regardless of date, I thought it would be nice that the users of Flightaware who are a big fan of the Concorde would love to know about this
Those same people might want to know that there is no chance of the Concorde returning to service, regardless of how much money people were willing to throw at the problem a few years ago.
There are no parts, no pilots, and no certification that would allow this to happen.
There are no parts, no pilots, and no certification that would allow this to happen.
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