After that terrible crash in July 2000, I had "Concorde Withdrawal" as all Concorde flights suddenly ceased operations. Every weekend I went to JFK
here in NY and "baby sat" F-BVFC which was stranded. I just sat for hours and gazed at her from Terminal One's large windows. Suddenly, she
looked awful. A reddish material was placed over each windshield and window. I thought this meant she would never fly again. My question is were the other
"stranded" Concordes also subject to having windows and windshields having that material? Was it to protect from sunlight and excessive heat? I was
baffled at the time. I took Hi8 videos of the aircraft as I had stopped taking photos.
Recalling F-BVFC
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Posts: 2571 (09/10/09 19:22) Local user |
Unless I'm crazy, F-BVFC was the only "stranded" Concorde. All the others that were in commercial service were back at LHR or CDG.
Gordon will be able to say more, but the pictures suggest that the red tape was to keep condensation out of the aircraft's frame due to being parked outdoors and exposed to the elements. Pictures here on Gordon's site. Note that the linked material states that Air France parked their Concordes indoors during the downtime, so presumably the rationale for the tape job didn't apply to them. |
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Posts: 329 (15/11/09 20:36) |
1995hoo wrote: If i recall correctly this was the only Concorde that was not at either CDG or LHR while Concorde was grounded. As the other Concordes were indoors they would not have needed the red tape. |
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