Marty_d Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Must have been a sight for New Yorkers. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/concorde-completes-final-journey-along-hudson-river-in-new-york 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 SANDING and Painting?. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, facthunter said: SANDING and Painting?. Nev Might have been sanding with sand blasters. Who knows - as a static display the paintwork's not going to be going anywhere at mach 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
440032 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Where's Sully? (Going to see Sully's plane in July!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, 440032 said: Where's Sully? I did think of calling the thread "Another passenger jet in the Hudson!" but thought that may be in poor taste. Edited March 15 by Marty_d 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) Ironic! The septic tanks, pretty much did all they could to shoot down Concorde, short of actually firing a missile and now they have one on display - such is life & politics Edited March 15 by skippydiesel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Marty_d said: I did think of calling the thread "Another passenger jet in the Hudson!" but thought that may be in poor taste. Not poor taste at all. That's funny and clever. You should get the title changed to that ☺️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Boeings SST design failed. Concorde used old technology to the fullest. Boeings complex metallurgy failed to meet expectations. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Imagine the door coming off an SST at hypersonic speeds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Along with a wheel falling off and a sudden loss of altitude with 100 passengers on the ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I doubt the Hudson River would have a good taste... Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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