What you should know
The historic Concorde supersonic jet will be removed from the Intrepid Museum for extensive restoration. The British Airways Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial airliner, has been a staple of the Intrepid Museum since its arrival at Pier 86 in 2003. With the restoration of the Concorde, the Museum will also renovate a section of Pier 86 adjacent to where the aircraft now sits.
NEW YORK – The iconic British Airways Concorde aircraft aboard the Intrepid Museum is expected to be removed for restoration Wednesday.
According to Intrepid’s statement, the supersonic aircraft will be lifted by a Weeks Marine 300-foot floating crane barge from Pier 86 between 6:45 a.m. and 7:15 a.m., then relocated to the GMD shipyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. .
The majestic aircraft will mobilize at approximately 11:00 am, according to the statement.
British Airways’ Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial airliner, has been a staple of the Intrepid Museum since its arrival at Pier 86 in 2003.
During the three-month restoration project, the historic jet will undergo meticulous treatment, including removal of its layer of paint: stripping it down to bare metal, sanding, and finally recoating, using the same colors and markings that did Concorde. a true aviation legend.
Concurrent with the Concorde’s restoration, the Museum will also renovate a section of Pier 86 adjacent to where the aircraft now sits, creating an additional 4,000 square feet of green space for public use.
The pier renovations will keep Concorde at the Navy Yard until spring 2024.
ABOUT THE CONCORD
British Airways’ innovative Concorde jet has made just under 50,000 flights and carried more than 2.5 million passengers supersonic. With a takeoff speed of 220 knots (250 mph) and a cruise speed of 1,350 mph, more than twice the speed of sound, a typical crossing from London to New York would take just under three and a half hours instead of about eight hours, in contrast to a subsonic flight. In November 1986, a British Airways Concorde flew around the world, covering 28,238 miles in 29 hours and 59 minutes, according to British Airways.
Concorde used the most powerful pure jet engines flying commercially. The aircraft’s four engines took advantage of what is known as “reheat” technology, adding fuel to the final stage of the engine, which produced the additional power required for takeoff and the transition to supersonic flight. Concorde’s fastest transatlantic crossing was on February 7, 1996 when it completed the flight from New York to London in 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds.
The Concorde is nearly 204 feet long and was stretching 6 to 10 inches in flight due to airframe heating. It was painted with a white paint specially developed to accommodate these changes and to dissipate the heat generated by supersonic flight. A team of some 250 British Airways engineers worked tirelessly, together with the relevant authorities, to ensure safety on board and Concorde underwent 5,000 hours of testing before being certified for passenger flight for the first time, making it in the most tested aircraft to date.
On October 24, 2003, British Airways retired the Concorde, ending the world’s only supersonic passenger service. The last scheduled commercial flight was BA002 from JFK operated by G-BOAG. BA’s fleet of seven aircraft was subsequently dispersed for preservation in Barbados (AE), Edinburgh (AA), Filton (AF), Manchester (AC), New York (AD) and Seattle (AG) with one (AB) remaining at Heathrow, according to the British Airways portal.
2023-08-09 15:00:04
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