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Like the Phoenix, Concorde may fly again

By John Smith • Published: 19 Sep 2015 • 15:57

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Air France Concorde

CLUB Concorde, a British based club comprising of former captains, passengers and enthusiasts says that it can raise £120 million (€168 million) for what they term a ‘return to flight’ plan which would result in the purchase of one Concorde aircraft and getting it back in the air by 2019.

In addition, they would also hope to put another Concorde on permanent display in central London.

Concorde, which can travel at twice the speed of sound, last flew in 2003.

Their president, Paul James announced that they were in negotiation with a company in France to either purchase outright or lease two aircraft. There is still a huge interest in this iconic supersonic aircraft and the club has been staggered by the number of people who have offered financial support.

Mr James said he was confident a plane would be secured and hoped that flights would commence as early as 2019 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Concorde’s first flight.

A spokesperson for British Airways said that all of their Concorde’s were displayed at sites around the world and the airline had no plans to fly Concorde again. They indicated that they would be happy to discuss the situation with Club Concorde, but the inference was that they were unlikely to be of particular assistance.

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John Smith

Married to Ophelia in Gibraltar in 1978, John has spent much of his life travelling on security print and minting business and visited every continent except Antarctica. Having retired several years ago, the couple moved to their house in Estepona and John became a regular news writer for the EWN Media Group taking particular interest in Finance, Gibraltar and Costa del Sol Social Scene. Currently he is acting as Editorial Consultant for the paper helping to shape its future development. Share your story with us by emailing newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com, by calling +34 951 38 61 61 or by messaging our Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews

Comments

    • Mike

      20 September 2015 • 07:36

      I doubt this will ever happen. Virgin wanted to take on concords to continue with the service but my guess is British airways made sure the authorities would not let them so I would doubt they would get an air worthiness certificate.

    • kay peukert

      20 September 2015 • 19:26

      how GREAT would love to see concord flying again and really don’t see why they stopped other than costs
      kay

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