jaapv Posted July 5, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 5, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Brooklands. SE 18 ,M240 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247353-grounded-forever/?do=findComment&comment=2848184'>More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted July 5, 2015 . Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247353-grounded-forever/?do=findComment&comment=2848189'>More sharing options...
pauledell Posted July 5, 2015 Share #3 Posted July 5, 2015 Jaap, A lovely pair. great composition, lovely colors and sharp clarity. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted July 6, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 6, 2015 I like both photos! Memories...And it adds something to my mental digressions after reading detailed news about the success of Solar Impulse 2 this morning : greatest successes in Aviation are definitely European these last years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 6, 2015 Share #5 Posted July 6, 2015 Lovely and sad. There's one parked next to the USS Intrepid Aerospace Museum in Manhattan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted July 12, 2015 I really think it was the pinnacle of aircraft engineering. I am amazed that not one of the Ueberrich has acquired one for personal use. i would have if I had a few hundred million hobby money... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur Posted July 16, 2015 Share #7 Posted July 16, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I really think it was the pinnacle of aircraft engineering. I am amazed that not one of the Ueberrich has acquired one for personal use. i would have if I had a few hundred million hobby money... yes it was a major acheivement! mvg Charles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert blu Posted July 22, 2015 Share #8 Posted July 22, 2015 Great! The plane and the photos! robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient XI Posted August 22, 2015 Share #9 Posted August 22, 2015 There is also a prototype at Duxford Aerospace Museum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted August 22, 2015 Share #10 Posted August 22, 2015 And one in Bristol where they were built. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisF Posted August 26, 2015 Share #11 Posted August 26, 2015 Great, the plane and the photos! Francois Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted September 1, 2015 And one in Bristol where they were built. Yep-but the one in Filton is zippered up at the moment., they don't really know what to do with it as Filton Airport closed and will be turned into a housing estate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pope Posted September 4, 2015 Share #13 Posted September 4, 2015 We had a look around one of the test aircraft that they have on display at the Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton. I was surprised at how cramped the aircraft was. One of my abiding childhood memories was seeing the first flight of Concorde 002. It was on its way to Fairford in Gloucestershire and flew right past our house with a Canberra chase aircraft. I asked my father why there was another plane with it and he looked at me dead-pan and said "in case it gets a puncture son". Classic. Oh, and Jaap, I enjoyed the pictures too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted September 28, 2015 Share #14 Posted September 28, 2015 1960`s technology. Made too much noise and burned too much fuel. Good thing it got you there fast as it was quite cramped for passengers. We do not know the pinnacle of AC design unless you have a key to the skunk works or Area 51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted October 1, 2015 Share #15 Posted October 1, 2015 There was something on the BBC website a while back about someone getting one flying again... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34301689 This weekend the last Vulcan takes it's last flight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted October 12, 2015 Share #16 Posted October 12, 2015 Saw one of the prototypes in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford Cambridgeshire UK in the AirSpace Hangar. It is really impressive inside with quite large aircraft suspended from the roof.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waloszek Posted October 12, 2015 Share #17 Posted October 12, 2015 At the Auto & Technik museum in Sinsheim, Germany, you can see and enter both, the Concorde and the TU 144 (http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de): Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! (Since I do not have a current photo of the two, I show a photo taken from the homepage of the museum's website.) Here is also a link to the Concorde museum: http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/concorde Best regards, Gerd Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! (Since I do not have a current photo of the two, I show a photo taken from the homepage of the museum's website.) Here is also a link to the Concorde museum: http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/concorde Best regards, Gerd ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247353-grounded-forever/?do=findComment&comment=2903552'>More sharing options...
Brenton C Posted October 16, 2015 Share #18 Posted October 16, 2015 I saw one in the air, doing low passes over the fair grounds as Expo 86 in Vancouver. It was/is a magnificent aircraft. Surely, lke the Wright Flier, the Mustang, the (fill in the blank) ... They will be talked of still in 500 years! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted October 19, 2015 Share #19 Posted October 19, 2015 They were an achievement for the time, but were small and cramped and the technology was early 1960. The engines guzzled fuel which is no longer acceptable. They were the same engines as the XB70 which went to mach 3. The 70 was never a production build because of cost I think. Mach 1 speeds generate shock waves that are unacceptable over land. Then came the Paris crash and and burn on take off. That was the end. It did get you across the pond pretty darn fast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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