Heritage Concorde Project Flagship
As you can see this is an example of health and safety bureaucracy hindering a plausible and passionate project by Concorde enthusiasts to breathe life into one of the greatest icons of the modern world. We have come along way as a race but lately we seem to have lost the ability to take responsibility for our own actions. Now I do admit to being a bit of an aviation buff, I used to spend many hours at the airport viewing park in Manchester. Aircraft fascinate me, none more so than the magnificent Concorde, even today she looks beautiful, futuristic with her sleek lines and gracious pose. Concorde captured the hearts and minds of millions of people across the globe who would flock to get a glimpse of her. She was commercial aviations greatest achievement and an engineering masterpiece... She died under mitigating circumstances and of the twelve decommissioned Concordes only very few have been kept in pristine condition, G-BOAC based at Manchester is one of those few and my heart goes out to the Heritage crew who gave up their time and gave their expertise and love to follow their passion and breathe fresh blood into British Airways oldest Concorde, The Queens Concorde “Alpha Charlie” G-BOAC. Here is a little reminder......