Paddles_up
April 24, 2003, 01:26 PM
Seattle PI -- Most people who love
airplanes could only dream of flying in
the supersonic Concorde, jet-setting
across the Atlantic at more than 50,000
feet and at twice the speed of sound. But
now that the Concorde's days are numbered
the masses of aviation enthusiasts who
could not afford $6,000 for a seat may
finally be able to step inside one of the
jets at various aviation museums
including the Museum of Flight at Boeing
Field. The Museum of Flight last checked
with BA a couple years ago, when the
entire Concorde fleet was grounded
because of a crash near Paris. At the
time, the British Airways chairman said
the Museum of Flight would get one of
the Concordes once they were retired.
The Museum of Flight has one of the
best airplane collections outside of
the famed National Air and Space
Museum in Washington, D.C. And last
year it broke ground for a major
expansion, set to open in 2004. There
is already a British connection. One
of the planes being restored for
display in the Museum of Flight is a de
Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jetliner.
airplanes could only dream of flying in
the supersonic Concorde, jet-setting
across the Atlantic at more than 50,000
feet and at twice the speed of sound. But
now that the Concorde's days are numbered
the masses of aviation enthusiasts who
could not afford $6,000 for a seat may
finally be able to step inside one of the
jets at various aviation museums
including the Museum of Flight at Boeing
Field. The Museum of Flight last checked
with BA a couple years ago, when the
entire Concorde fleet was grounded
because of a crash near Paris. At the
time, the British Airways chairman said
the Museum of Flight would get one of
the Concordes once they were retired.
The Museum of Flight has one of the
best airplane collections outside of
the famed National Air and Space
Museum in Washington, D.C. And last
year it broke ground for a major
expansion, set to open in 2004. There
is already a British connection. One
of the planes being restored for
display in the Museum of Flight is a de
Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jetliner.