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Watch: Concorde moves to new home
Concorde has been towed across Filton Airfield to her new home at Aerospace Bristol.
The new £19m industrial heritage museum is due to open in summer 2017, and its star attraction will be Concorde 216 – the last Concorde to be built and the last to fly.
The supersonic passenger jets were prototyped at Filton Airfield and entered commercial service in 1976.
We got to enjoy the view as #Concorde was wheeled into her new hanger! @bbcrb @BristolPost @bbcpointswest @itvwestcountry @madeinbristoltv pic.twitter.com/TOyCdQdyy3
— GWAAC (@GWAAC) February 7, 2017
They were a much-loved part of Bristol’s aviation history, and there are a generation of people in the city who will recall running outside to watch the plane go overhead, accompanied by the deafening sonic boom that indicated she had broken the sound barrier.
#Concorde 216 G-BOAF finally moves into its new home at @BristolAero #Filton pic.twitter.com/yR5GQ3SEJ7
— NPAS Filton (@NPAS_Filton) February 7, 2017
The fleet was retired in 2003 after a fatal crash. Concorde 216 made a final iconic flight over Bristol on 26th November 2003, before returning to its spiritual home, Filton Airfield, where it has remained since.
This was the last Concorde to fly. Today it moves for the last time across the runway at Filton and into its new hanger….. pic.twitter.com/yNuq0l6Jin
— KINGS HEAVY HAULAGE (@sarahkingKHH) February 7, 2017
The new museum will offer the aircraft permanent housing, and it is hoped that by displaying her, along with other exhibits spanning over a century of aeronautical history in Bristol, she will inspire the next generation of engineers.
Admiring @sarahkingKHH @BristolAero and @Airbus handiwork! pic.twitter.com/yUfq9kOW82
— GWAAC (@GWAAC) February 7, 2017
Nigel Ferris from the Bristol Aero Collection helped build Concorde; he said it has been an emotional day watching her move.
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