Thanks for sharing that Dave, I also spotted this one...
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=FOnG6 ... re=related
Kind regards
John
Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
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Was there on Sat with Mrs T :-)...
That film reminds me of the Wallace and Gromit model railway! They should have got them in to do it!
Tonks
That film reminds me of the Wallace and Gromit model railway! They should have got them in to do it!
Tonks
It's NOT real!!!!!
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Tks for the additional link John
ATB
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Interesting to watch the Concorde being turned. Looks like a major task very well accomplished there, Dave.
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Great stuff there, who came up with the idea of using the air stairs to deal with her nose?
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I think it's a case of necessity being the mother of invention
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fits - ..as I'm sure it was a mother of a job.
I found the high lifts popping up and down a bit comical. Like mechanical insects lifting their heads to have a gander.
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Hi Joe 
Yeah.. I found that a bit odd too. We've only had that one for about a month and unlike the old TriStar lift we had.. this one will reach above and beyone the tail plain on the VC10
I guess Concordes stairs were easier to reinstall the nose cone than using the man lift as the stairs don't have a restrictive barrier/cage to negotiate.
If you watched the other link.. you can see why the 'blue' man lift was popping up and down. The chap who did the second video (Andy) was filming from it
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Yeah.. I found that a bit odd too. We've only had that one for about a month and unlike the old TriStar lift we had.. this one will reach above and beyone the tail plain on the VC10
I guess Concordes stairs were easier to reinstall the nose cone than using the man lift as the stairs don't have a restrictive barrier/cage to negotiate.If you watched the other link.. you can see why the 'blue' man lift was popping up and down. The chap who did the second video (Andy) was filming from it
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yes, - I gathered is was used as an observation platform.
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That video made me giggle. Have all those people got job titles? I'm sure they all had opinions on how to turn the aircraft. I can't help thinking that the tug driver could have done it on his own in five minutes with a couple of bods watching the extremities for him.
It's a shame to realise that there may never be another engine run for EP. Was it really 2009 when I watched the last one? I'm glad I did now because I was going to ask you, Dave, if one was planned for this year. I want to come up again soon but I'm waiting for the LT museum to open and have a day of buses and aircraft. So I may see you later in the year. Let me know when it's open.
Ian
It's a shame to realise that there may never be another engine run for EP. Was it really 2009 when I watched the last one? I'm glad I did now because I was going to ask you, Dave, if one was planned for this year. I want to come up again soon but I'm waiting for the LT museum to open and have a day of buses and aircraft. So I may see you later in the year. Let me know when it's open.
Ian
