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Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 15 May 2011, 17:58
by John
Thanks for sharing that Dave, I also spotted this one...
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=FOnG6 ... re=related
Kind regards
John
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 15 May 2011, 18:02
by Tonks
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
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 15 May 2011, 19:25
by DaveB
Tks for the additional link John
ATB
DaveB
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 15 May 2011, 20:54
by Paul K
Interesting to watch the Concorde being turned. Looks like a major task very well accomplished there, Dave.
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 16 May 2011, 17:20
by gordon-in-aberdeen
Great stuff there, who came up with the idea of using the air stairs to deal with her nose?
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 16 May 2011, 18:14
by DaveB
I think it's a case of necessity being the mother of invention
ATB
DaveB
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 16 May 2011, 18:21
by airboatr
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.
"
what
are these humans up to now.
"
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 16 May 2011, 19:06
by DaveB
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
ATB
DaveB
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 16 May 2011, 19:14
by airboatr
yes, - I gathered is was used as an observation platform.
Re: Concorde DG 180 at Brooklands
Posted: 16 May 2011, 21:12
by speedbird591
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