Fly Past

April 2018 FLYPAST 25

Speedbird

presents, I thought of it as the

ultimate manifestation of our

burgeoning progress, something

that would surely continue until

we were all regularly visiting the

moon.

The reality, of course, has proved

to be quite different. Concorde’s

flying days are long gone and no

successor has arisen. Thankfully,

at Aerospace Bristol, you can

still visit G-BOAF, the last of the

supersonic airliners to be built and

the last to fly. It’s preserved in its

final British Airways livery and

has pride of place in a tailor-made

hangar, enabling you to view it

from all angles and also to climb

on board.

Conscious of the place this

iconic craft has in people’s

hearts, Aerospace Bristol has

asked people to send in their own

personal anecdotes about what

the aircraft meant to them. Some

of these are displayed on boards in

the hangar.

One comes from pop star Phil

Collins, who famously performed

at both Live Aid venues – in

London and Philadelphia – on the

same day in 1985, thanks to

“The Concorde, preserved in its fi nal British Airways livery, has pride of place

in a tailor-made hangar, enabling you to view it from all angles”

Bristol Freighter NZ5911 arrives in the UK on December 28. For the latest

information, or to support the project with a donation, visit

aerospacebristol.org/freighter AEROSPACE BRISTOL

Reproductions of a Bristol Scout (right) and

F.2B. AEROSPACE BRISTOL