penance
Arrogant Cock
last flight will be to Filton airport in Bristol. After all it is the home of Concorde.
They are planning a low fly past over the city before she lands
They are planning a low fly past over the city before she lands
Originally posted by penance
last flight will be to Filton airport in Bristol. After all it is the home of Concorde.
They are planning a low fly past over the city before she lands
Originally posted by domfjbrown
I didn't know Airbus had anything to do with the Concorde maintenance. Forgive me for slagging off the French (he he he) but aren't Airbus part owned by the French? The same French that DIDN'T have all the safety mods on Concorde that the British had installed in the 80s and 90s - including special work on the wheel areas? The same French who's Concorde blew up due to a wheel bursting?
If I knew then what I know now - that Airbus were maintaining the craft, I'd have stopped my dream of flying on Concorde bloody quick...
Certainly there are doubts about what exactly caused the Paris airshow crash and the two (I think it's just two) subsequent "similar" crashes. Also, it's clear that Airbus attempted to cover certain things up, particularly about the Paris crash. The pilot of the Paris crash (who survived) is adamant the computer "decided to land all by itself". But then he's not going to blame himself publicly is he?Originally posted by Paul Ranson
I think three Airbus 'fly by wire' airliners have crashed due to 'pilot error'. But none recently, presumably the pilots have learned to fly in a new way.
Originally posted by domfjbrown
or at least the nearest airport to Amsterdam
It's sometimes mockingly referred to as London's 5th airportOriginally posted by tones
Schipol, Amsterdam's airport, is one of Europe's busiest and is quite close to the city. See
http://www.schiphol.nl/