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Welcome to ‘Heritage Concorde’, a site that brings together the latest facts and technical information concerning the greatest passenger aeroplane ever built. Heritage Concorde is owned by Stephen de Sausmarez, who supports all the efforts for a heritage flight, and the preservation of all the remaining Concorde Airframes around the world in memory of this technical miracle.
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 testes her, 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.
Click on the links on the menu bar at the top of the page, and find out more concerning this amazing machine!
Concorde at Filton, Bristol…Visit this Concorde before it’s too late! Airbus are closing it down! CLICK HERE TO VISIT!
LATEST NEWS from Filton, Bristol……..Save Concorde G-BOAF ( Alpha Foxtrot) from the scrap yard! CLICK HERE!
CONCORDE ENGINE BOROSCOPE…… Le Bourget, Paris during Saturday 29th May 2010 – Latest Pictures, Reports & Video from Stephen de Sausmarez in Paris! (CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS)
Concorde G-BOAD
Concorde G-BOAF
Concorde's amazing shape
Concorde leaving Heathrow in the dark
British Airways Concorde's
Concorde & the Red Arrows
Concorde G-BOAG
The story of Concorde is a story of survival. In her long history, it has been vulnerable in four main areas. Technically, environmentally, politically and economically. Many times she had 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 within BA, Air France and Airbus SAS grounded her before her time.The design, construction and maintenance teams have overcome many and varied problems, and Concorde became a safe, proven. Reliable and totally unparalleled piece of aviation technology flying the world’s air routes.
Concorde was born of dreams, built with vision and operated with pride. Concorde has become a legend and part of our heritage.
There are 18 Concorde’s preserved around the world in memory of this too short supersonic passenger era. These aircraft will serve as a lasting reminder of the ‘Heritage of Concorde’. The unrivalled expertise and cutting edge technology in Britain and France, that produced the world’s only successful supersonic airliner.
Now the battle for survival begins again, the fight for a heritage flight!
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