I knew Brooklyn had some bad neighborhoods, but come on. This poor Concorde was damaged on July 1 at a recreational facility in Brooklyn when a truck hauling equipment from a Jamaican soccer-and-cricket festival hit it and tore off its distinctive needle nose. Concorde G-BOAD was temporarily sitting at the facility to await a renovation of its home pier where it normally sits on display along side its caregiver the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Museum President Bill White told the AP that the nose should be reattached and repaired within two weeks. He also apologized to British Airways, the owner of G-BOAD, for not providing better security of the aircraft. She is one of only 11 survivors in the world, sparking some enthusiasts to demand better respect for the world's only supersonic airliner.
(story via USA Today)
(photos copyright by Matt Sokol and John Musolino, respectively)
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Concorde loses its nose in Brooklyn
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Are you kidding? How do you just leave a plane like that sitting in the open?
Also, it's not the world's only supersonic airliner. There's the Tupolev Tu-144, which flew for Aeroflot. I didn't mean to sound like a know-it-all, I'm just a Soviet/Russian aircraft fanatic.
Sorry, I forgot that one. It's a pretty easy one to forget sometimes.
Thanks
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