British Airways Concorde G-BOAF completed her final commercial flight yesterday and landed at Filton in Bristol where she was the last Concorde built. She will become the centrepiece of a new major aerospace museum.
As a Life Member of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, I was lucky enough to be at the airfield to see her fly over at 12.45 and then touch down at just after 1.00pm GMT. I took some digital photos of her and 23 of these may be seen at
Airbus, the successors to The Bristol Aeroplane Company that built them, have now handed back the Type Certification to the Civil Aviation Authority, effectively sealing the fate of all aircraft of this type to moulder as museum exhibits.
There are also some pics of the Rolls-Royce company Spitfire and a P51D Mustang that flew in from North Weald that morning.
Regards,
Kim Siddorn