ARmy Rumour SErvice

**maguire** · 29-05-2010, 21:17

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8712806.stm

'The engines on a French Concorde are to be examined as the first move in a £15m project aiming to get the supersonic passenger jet back in the air.

The Rolls Royce engines of the former Air France Concorde will undergo an initial examination to see what work needs to be done to start the engines.

Concorde was retired seven years ago, but it is hoped the jet could return to flight in a heritage capacity. '

**vandyke** · 29-05-2010, 22:12

Great news, I went to see concorde at east fortune and felt so sad that such a great aircraft would never fly again.

**The-Lord-Flasheart** · 29-05-2010, 22:19

£15 million?? Stick a zero on the end and it may be feasible!

**pegasusbranding** · 29-05-2010, 22:20

Hope it will fly again.
Proud moment

**maguire** · 29-05-2010, 22:22

Originally Posted by The-Lord-Flasheart

£15 million?? Stick a zero on the end and it may be feasible!

how much has it taken to get XH558 back in the air? they're fairly close in terms of vintage and complexity arent they?

**dingerr** · 29-05-2010, 22:25

It's a shame that no tangible progress has been made in supersonic commercial aircraft.

Did Concorde run at a loss whilst it was operating?

**hairyarse2** · 29-05-2010, 22:27

I thought Richard Bransom offered to by them for a quid, but it was cheaper to scrap them, as BA and Air France might possibly have lost revenue from their business class 747's.

**The-Lord-Flasheart** · 29-05-2010, 22:30

Originally Posted by dingerr

It's a shame that no tangible progress has been made in supersonic commercial aircraft.

Did Concorde run at a loss whilst it was operating?

It did for most of its life until BA went along the charter route. It was then a very good profit maker.

The big problem with Concorde (apart from the massive development cost) was the supersonic footprint. Only place it can cruise above mach 1 is over the
Atlantic. The other potential customers pulled out cos it was pointless buying an aircraft that would spend most of its life subsonic, only able to carry minimal passengers (its actually tiny in side) and costs a frickin fortune to run. The supersonic passenger era will remain a thing of the past until we can develop an effective 'muzzle' for the sonic boom. NASA have been working on the problem for a few years with their LANCETS program;

LANCETS

**maguire** · 29-05-2010, 22:30

Originally Posted by dingerr

It's a shame that no tangible progress has been made in supersonic commercial aircraft.

Did Concorde run at a loss whilst it was operating?

according to Wiki, after buying them off the government BA ran them at a decent profit.

**pegasusbranding** · 29-05-2010, 22:34

Originally Posted by hairyarse2

I thought Richard Bransom offered to by them for a quid, but it was cheaper to scrap them, as BA and Air France might possibly have lost revenue from their business class 747's.

They was no chance BA would let Branson have Concorde and he knew it, some say it was a huge publicity stunt.