A project to make the "Kaibo" Concorde fly again to the sky by 2020

ByRoger W

It was developed jointly by Britain and France, and from the characteristic appearance it was called "a monster" of supersonic passenger aircraftConcordeHe has done the last flight in 2003 and all of the aircraft are retired, but even after 10 years from retirement, the voice saying "I want to leave the Concorde again to the sky" is never interrupted. Participants from former Concorde and enthusiastic fans are working on a project to maintain flights again by maintaining the aircraft remaining by 2020.

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It consists of officials of former ConcordClub Concorde(Club · Concorde) is pushing forward the project toward the resurgence of Concorde. The former Captain and enthusiastic fans and other clubs are planning to purchase the actual Concorde equipment that is currently being saved, play it, and finish it until it can fly again.

Concorde, which began operation in 1969, was a supersonic airplane flying at a supersonic speed of twice the speed of sound, over an altitude of approximately 20,000 meters, which is twice the size of regular passenger aircraft. It was an aircraft capable of connecting Britain · London, the United States · New York in about 3 hours, but its fare was about 1.5 times the general first class, so passengers who can actually ride are in some executive level It was limited.

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Concorde which made us feel the dawn of supersonic age, but environmental problems caused by sonic boom (shock wave) caused by high fare and supersonic flight, as well as "Boeing · 747 type aircraft" Shift to the direction of 'transporting' to Concorde 's position made subtle to Concorde's position, and it occurred in 2000A crash accident, The influence of the "simultaneous multiple terrorism" that occurred in 2001, etc., all the aircraft have been retired at the end of the flight of October 2003.

The club aims to construct a special facility in the Thames river in London and exhibit actual equipment for the Concorde resurgence first. A budget of 40 million pounds (about 7.3 billion yen) will be invested in procurement of the aircraft, and it is now aiming for purchasing the aircraft exhibited near the Paris · Orly airport. After installation, it is open to the public with an exhibition fee of 16 pounds (about 3000 yen), and internally planning to provide the same first class in-flight meals as then. Paul James, the club's president, wants to make the plan even realized in 2017.


In addition, it is adjacent to Le Bourget Airport in Paris at the clubLe Bourget Air Space MuseumWe are planning to purchase the aircraft that is currently stored and restore it completely to realize the flight again. In this plan, the club is sure to raise additional funds of 120 million pounds (about 22 billion yen), and the airplane that has completed the reconnaissance fly a demonstration flight with an air show or the like, and a flight carrying a passenger as a charter flight It is planned to operate.

The club is planning a plan for the 2019 flight. In 2019 it is also the year that is just 50 years since the start of operation of Concorde.

Although the plan to make romance feel really is being advanced, it seems to be a fact that it can not be said that everything is progressing smoothly. A plan to send the aircraft at the Le Bourget Air Museum to the UK is planned to be developed, but the museum is "The Concorde is a French historical heritage that is in line with the Mona Lisa and the Versailles Palace and sells whatever consideration is offered, It was declared that there was no such thing as flight will not resume, "It is reported.

In addition, cooperation of manufacturers is indispensable for the execution of the re-flight plan, but there seems to be some challenges also regarding this point. Although it is plan that it is going to be operated as a "private aircraft" to the end, expectation will expand to realize that the monstrous birds dance in the sky once again.

ByDean Morley