During construction in the main hall at Filton
Centre 5 at Filton.
G-BOAB Foreground
G-BOAA Background
G2828 G-BOAC the first Concorde destined for, British Airways; neared completion. Three more destined for BA are under construction. By now it was known that the majority of the contracts for the aircraft had fallen through, most of the airlines opting for the Boeing 747, which would prove more lucrative to operators.
G2062. The Concorde, seen here during its assembly phase in the Brabazon Assembly hall at Filton. Four of the seven production Concorde’s are shown in various stages of finish. The huge expanse of these sheds was ideal in keeping the parts together and allowing any problems to be shared between teams.
But it looks like a shed when compared to the Boeing assembly plant and yet produced the most beautiful and technical mastery
Such a tragedy that it all ended the way it did. She had years left in her in airframe hours terms. One only has to look at the Boeing B52 and the Lockheed C130 as examples of airframe longevity and the ability to remain ‘current’.
Does anyone have a photo of our Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer which was parked between 002 and the hanger door for a few weeks in March 1969? They were using her for flight safety tests for Concorde’s test flights. I was a Wren Aircraft Mechanic doing all the maintenance on the Buccaneer. I fact, I was having lunch when a call came over the Tannoy system ordering me back to the hanger. They needed me to unlock my aircraft and man the brakes as she was towed out of the way for 002’s introduction to the waiting hordes of press.… Read more »