Concorde at Manchester

Sorry to bore everyone with the love of my life but Concorde is now parked at the avaition viewing park at Manchester Airport and is due to be unvailed to the press tomorrow - the park will be closed tomorrow due to a security threat - typical but after that they will be doing walk through tours for £10-£15 including a photo on the flight deck on select days through out the summer - details are on the web site. For any other enthusiasts out there it is G-BOAC which is extra special to me as its the first one I flew on and I also went round the world on her in 1990!

[Fozzie]

Like you Julie, for me no other plane can ever be quite as special as Concorde, sadly never got to fly in her[msnsad].

But it sounds from some of these threads that we could probably rebuild one from all the bits & pieces of memorabilia that have been 'borrowed'

[chrisj]

The best ever plane, and luckily we managed to fly it on a long weekend to New York just
before flights were suspended

But it sounds from some of these threads that we could probably rebuild one from all the bits & pieces of memorabilia that have been 'borrowed'


Im not going there Fozzie!!

[chrisj]

We only borrowed a few bits honest

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Julie R
Sorry to bore everyone with the love of my life but Concorde is now parked at the avaition viewing park at Manchester Airport and is due to be unvailed to the press tomorrow - the park will be closed tomorrow due to a security threat - typical but after that they will be doing walk through tours for £10-£15 including a photo on the flight deck on select days through out the summer - details are on the web site. For any other enthusiasts out there it is G-BOAC which is extra special to me as its the first one I flew on and I also went round the world on her in 1990!
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My uncle worked on Concorde from start to finish..he give us and other families the heads up the first day it saw daylight.....the new Motorway was picked with family and friends that day.....

[brizzle]

We had the last (?) fly-by in Bristol last year before she touched down at Filton.
We watched it come in from the East, fly down to the Severn estuary then pretty much fly over us with the pilot tilting each way so we could get pictures of top and bottom.

Awesome.

Brizzle

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by brizzle
We had the last (?) fly-by in Bristol last year before she touched down at Filton.
We watched it come in from the East, fly down to the Severn estuary then pretty much fly over us with the pilot tilting each way so we could get pictures of top and bottom.

Awesome.

Brizzle
[/quote]

Are you from Bristol.....??
I'm from The City Road area...our home was knocked down years ago....my fathers from Knowle West.....then we moved to Fishponds.....then Yate.....

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chrizzy100
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by brizzle
We had the last (?) fly-by in Bristol last year before she touched down at Filton.
We watched it come in from the East, fly down to the Severn estuary then pretty much fly over us with the pilot tilting each way so we could get pictures of top and bottom.

Awesome.

Brizzle
[/quote]

Are you from Bristol.....??
I'm from The City Road area...our home was knocked down years ago....my fathers from Knowle West.....then we moved to Fishponds.....then Yate.....
[/quote]

One off my sons is at Uni in Bristol!

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Julie R
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chrizzy100
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by brizzle
We had the last (?) fly-by in Bristol last year before she touched down at Filton.
We watched it come in from the East, fly down to the Severn estuary then pretty much fly over us with the pilot tilting each way so we could get pictures of top and bottom.

Awesome.

Brizzle
[/quote]

Are you from Bristol.....??
I'm from The City Road area...our home was knocked down years ago....my fathers from Knowle West.....then we moved to Fishponds.....then Yate.....
[/quote]

One off my sons is at Uni in Bristol!
[/quote]

If or when we move back to the UK after my husband retires we'll get a place near Bristol......I'd not move back to the Pompy area again.....