Concorde was the only successful SST aircraft in the world. Therefore the Heritage Concorde Group engineers are committed to save Concorde, and support all the serous efforts for Concorde’s return to flight. We associate with and support such groups as ConcordeSST, Brooklands, BACCT and our colleagues at Le Bourget, who power-up Concorde every week. Heritage Concorde Tech engineers, while carrying out repair works during Project Flagship, also restored power to the British Airways Concorde G-BOAC, and saw Concorde return to life in 2011
CONCORDE OUR AIMS ARE TO PRESERVE, IMPROVE & EDUCATE
Heritage Concorde gratefully acknowledge the support, membership & advice of four incredible Concorde Engineers, Ian Mosdell, Alex Jolivet & John Dunlevy
Ask questions or join in with the discussions with other Concorde fans & the team of former British Airways /Air France Concorde engineers. Plus chat to the French engineers who still power-up Concorde every week at Le Bourget!
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CONCORDE NEWS UPDATES
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News updates regarding the remaining 18 Concorde airframes
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BRISTOL AERO COLLECTION (BAC TRUST)
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In December 2012 a site on Filton Airfield was formally pledged to BAC Trust by landowners, BAE Systems for the creation of the Bristol Aerospace Centre, Which will provide a home for Concorde G-BOAF and conserve and display the region’s rich aviation heritage, telling the stories of the great technological advances, including Concorde, and the role of the community and workforce. It will help people learn about and participate in this heritage, and promote learning amongst the next generation of designers, innovators and engineers.
HERITAGE CONCORDE PROJECT FLAGSHIP
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Heritage Concorde, the home of Project Flagship, tells the story of how Concorde engineers restored the electrical systems of Concorde G-BOAC back to life, replaced the broken curved visor panel, and how they also carried out a series of other repairs to this Concorde during 2011
CONCORDE LIVERY
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The different paint seams that have adorned the Concorde airframes since Concorde 001 first flew back in 1969.
RESTORATION WORKS TO G-BOAF BY AIRBUS
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From November 2010 through to July 2011, Airbus in the UK carried out extensive and expensive repairs to Concorde G-BOAF. These pictures stand as a photographic recorde of the incredible work carried out at a cost of £1.8 million
CONCORDE AT FILTON LATEST PICTURES
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October 2012: Heritage Concorde with the assistance of Airbus in the UK brings you the latest gallery of pictures of Alpha Fox, Filton’s Concorde!
CONCORDE G-BOAB; THE LATEST PICTURES 2012
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Heritage Concorde presents the very latest pictures of the last remaining Concorde at Heathrow, with the kind permission of Dairn Markell
WEBSITE UPDATES
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The latest and updated sections of the Heritage Concorde website
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HERITAGE CONCORDE TECHINCAL
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Learn how Concorde worked, how she was put together and how her systems were operated with the most in-depth Concorde technical section on the internet today!
THE CONCORDE, by Norma Dunlevy
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A story written by Norma Dunlevy, the wife of Concorde engineer John Dunlevy, on the day that BA retired Concorde
CONCORDE RETURNS TO LIFE IN PARIS
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Engineers have been working on Concorde Sierra Delta since 2003, watch her come alive
IAN KIRBY – British Airways Concorde Flight Engineer
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Listen to the amazing voice recording of a British Airways Flight Engineer, who flew more hours on Concorde than any other engineer in the history of Concorde
CONCORDE TYPE CERTIFICATE & AIRWORTHINESS
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What is a Type Certificate, we hear so much about it these days, with regard to returning Concorde to the skies. The aircraft required one to operate as a passenger airliner. Concorde did and would be required to conform to this type Certificate (TC) again if it returned to our skies in a heritage role. I have decided to write this section to try and make the whole situation clearer.
THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY & CONCORDE RTF
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Would the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) support a return to flight for Concorde in heritage flight role?
VISIT CONCORDE TODAY
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Concorde is sadly no longer flying, but it is still possible for us to visit some of the remaining eighteen airframes around. You can expect to visit every type of Concorde airframe, from Prototypes through to Production airliner Concordes.
SEE CONCORDE IN THE BIG APPLE
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Visit and enjoy the best Concorde tours in the USA
CONCORDE PRODUCTION & CONSTRUCTION
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The construction of Concorde was one of the most complex operations ever undertaken in the aircraft industry. It also represented the first and most important step towards a European aircraft industry, the formation of Airbus.
COULD CONCORDE FLY AGAIN?
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This page looks at the remain Concorde airframes in regard to a possible return to the skies for Concorde in a heritage role (Known as RTF). If this did happen, as seems to be the dreams and hopes of many fans around the world, which one of the remaining airframes could become the chosen Concorde?
BRITISH AIRWAYS “PROJECT ROCKET”
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The Sir Terence Conran & Factory Design BA Concorde passenger cabin upgrades
CONCORDE MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTED
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Heritage Concorde wants to draw your attention to the wonder experience of the Brooklands museum, which has become the centre of Concorde in the UK
CONCORDE ENGINEERS – Engineering Heroes
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Click on this link below to see the hall of fame for the real heroes of Concorde’s nearly 28 years of operations
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There has been some interesting events over the last few years in the Concorde world, share these moments by watching our films
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Heritage Concorde
The aims of the site are to bring you the Concorde fan all the details and information that you would require to satisfy your hunger for this amazing aircraft. We would like to educate through our forum and this website using experienced Concorde engineers, 
designers and crew so that people can understand how the Concorde systems, fuselage and components combined to make it the only successful supersonic passenger plane in the world.
We also aim to work together with other company’s museums and organisations to preserve, protect and improve the Concorde experience throughout the world so that future generations will be able to enjoy and understand the most technologically advanced passenger aircraft in the world even today! We also now welcome the support of our French Concorde engineering friends, who form the expert Concorde engineering team at Le Bourget, Paris. This incredible team have more experience than any other engineering team or individuals in the world, with regard to working on a live Concorde in a museum environment since its retirement in 2003. They are truly the real Concorde experts at this time, and we must therefore acknowledge their incredible support and work. Why not chat to them on our Facebook group, or even better why not visit the museum and see their amazing Concorde come to life, Concorde still comes to life in Paris thanks to these amazing engineering experts!
Heritage Concorde also has the support of other Concorde Engineers that consist of licensed B1 and B2 engineers as well as Fleet Technical Engineers and Fleet Management and all with 30yrs plus experience on Concorde. No other group can boost such a massive engineering back-up!
The website first went live on the 3rd March 2010, and it has quickly become a website that brings together the latest facts and technical information regarding the greatest, most exciting passenger aeroplane ever built. Heritage Concorde supports all the serious efforts for a heritage flight and return to life for the aircraft, and the preservation of all the remaining Concorde Airframes around the world, in memory of this technical miracle. There are still 18 Concordes preserved around the world in memory of this too short supersonic passenger era. These aircraft will now serve as a lasting reminder of the ‘Heritage of Concorde’, the unrivalled expertise and cutting edge technology in both Britain and France, that produced the world’s only successful supersonic airliner. Concorde was born of dreams, built with vision and operated with pride, Concorde has become a legend and part of our heritage. Concorde is one of the wonders of the modern technical world, the first commercially successful airliner capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound). Concorde is an outstanding aeroplane, it is a technical miracle, and more. For the men who designed and constructed her, the crews who tested her, and for those within British Airways and Air France involved in her operation, flying her, maintaining her, marketing her, and for her passengers, Concorde was a way of life. The story of Concorde is a story of survival, in her long history, she has been vulnerable in four main areas – Technically, environmentally, politically and economically. Many times she stood close to extinction, but she survived, thanks to the dedication, faith and belief of those who controlled her destiny at various critical phases of her life, until 2003 when a group of short-sighted men grounded her before her time. The design, construction and maintenance teams had overcome many and varied problems over the years, and Concorde became a safe, proven, reliable and totally unparalleled piece of aviation technology, flying the world’s air routes and causing heads to turn at every sight of her.
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The engineeering arm and working group associated with this website
We also now welcome to our group, our French Concorde engineering friends, who form the expert Concorde engineering team at Le Bourget, Paris. This incredible team have more experience than any other engineering team or individuals in the world, with regard to working on a live Concorde in a museum environment since its retirement in 2003. They are truly the real Concorde experts at this time, and we must therefore acknowledge their incredible support and work. Why not chat to them on our Facebook group, or even better why not visit the museum and see their amazing Concorde come to life, Concorde still comes to life in Paris thanks to these amazing engineering experts.
Heritage Concorde also has the support of other Concorde Engineers that consist of licensed B1 and B2 engineers as well as Fleet Technical Engineers and Fleet Management and all with 30yrs plus experience on Concorde. No other group can boost such a massive engineering back-up! 
Heritage Concorde delivers Return to Life for Concorde (RTL), the only British group to achieve this task so far!
During 2011, following three years of intensive secret efforts by the Heritage Concorde team, British Airways Concorde G-BOAC returned to life at Manchester Airport in the UK. This was amazing achievement by the whole Heritage Concorde team. Concorde G-BOAC was restored back to life for the first time on the 14th March 2011, when Steve de Sausmarez, our founder and former Project Director and head of Heritage Concorde Project Flagship, was given the chance to move the Ground Power Protection switch to close. Steve has now left our group, and his position has been filled by Graham Cahill, who has now taken the group forward with great success. The engineering tasks were spearheaded by former Concorde engineer Ian Mosdell, Ian has remained at Heritage Concorde Tech since the conclusion of the project!
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m The Core management team at Heritage Concorde Tech
Although this is the core team at Heritage Concorde Tech, we are in fact far larger as we are currently working with a team of former Concorde engineers in both the UK and France.
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Graham Cahill – Projects Director (Heritage Concorde Tech)
Graham heads up all projects and planning at HCT
Ian Mosdell – Joint Chief Engineer (Heritage Concorde Tech)
Currently an aircraft engineer with British Airways. Ian played a major role in the post 2000 Paris crash Concorde modifications, and spent a total of 14 years working with the Briitish Airway Concorde fleet. Ian was also the main engineer working for Heritage Concorde Tech Project Flagship, this saw life restored to BA Concorde G-BOAC.
John Dunlevy – Joint Chief Engineer (Heritage Concorde Tech)
Currently retired from British Airways, and was the longest serving Concorde engineer is British history. John has been connected with Concorde since 1965, when he became an apprentice with the Bristol Aeroplane Company and streamed for test flight avionics and production avionics. He specialized in the aircraft air Intake developement at Fairford on the prototype and preproduction Concordes, and was involved with the British prototype 002 tours and British pre-production 101 endurance flying. He left Fairford in 1977 to join British Airways where he remained until Concorde services ended
Gaute Lund – Communications manager (Heritage Concorde Tech)
mGaute brings with him a great and proven loyal passion for Concorde, and as well as heading the communications side of things at Heritage Concorde Tech, he assists Graham Cahil with his role as head of the group and it’s projects.
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Graham Cahill - Head of Heritage Concorde
The driving force behind Heritage Cocorde and our current projects.
Ian Mosdell - Concorde Engineer
Current Licensed Aircraft engineer at BA, Former Concorde Engineer – Engines and Airframe. He is also the Joint Chief Engineer at Heritage Concorde Tech. Ian was also the main engineer working for Heritage Concorde Tech Project Flagship, this saw life restored to BA Concorde G-BOAC.
John Dunlevy – Concorde Engineer
Former Licensed Aircraft engineer at BA, 1977 – 2003 – Avionics Engineer, involved in the proving flights around the world and the Concorde development work for BAC. He also specialized in the aircraft air Intake developement at Fairford on the prototype and preproduction Concordes. John is the longest serving Concorde engineer in the history of the British Concorde, he retired from BA along with Concorde back in 2003, he is also the Joint Chief Engineer at Heritage Concorde Tech
Alex Jolivet – Concorde Engineer
Technicienne de maintenance avions at Air France – Since Concorde’s retirement in 2003, Alex has been leading the Concorde engineering team at Le Bourget. Every week they restore power to Concorde SD, which involves amongs of things, moving the aircrafts nose and visor, air intake ramps and elevons, more and more systems are coming back online all the time due to their passion and second to none engineering experience with regard to working on a live retired Concorde in a museum environment. Thanks to her and her team, we have a living Concorde, they are trully an inspiration to the Concorde world.
Philippe Gebarowski - Concorde Engineering Team, Le Bourget
Christian Julius - Concorde Engineer
Christian has now retired, but was involved in the Concorde development.
Gordon Roxburgh - Aircraft Engineering Degree
Gordon heads the Concorde team at Brooklands, which includes fully licensed former Concorde engineers. Gordon was the incredible driving force behind the saving and restoration of Concorde Delta Golf, he and his team also stand out as an inspiration to the Concorde world.
Laurent Dupessey – Concorde restoration team
Laurent is part of the Brooklands Museum Concorde restoration team (The centre of Concorde in the UK)
Gaute Lund - Communications manager at Heritage Concorde Tech
Gaute brings with him a great and proven loyal passion for Concorde, and as well as heading the communications side of things at Heritage Concorde Tech, he assists Graham Cahil with his role as head of the group and it’s projects.
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