This time the Concorde takes to the sea… the fastest plane the world has ever seen is moved from its New York exhibit for a three-month restoration
This time the Concorde takes to the sea… the fastest plane the world has ever seen is moved from its New York exhibit for a three-month restoration
It’s not exactly the fastest way to travel.
A Concorde plane was seen boarding a ship drifting down the Hudson River on its way to its final destination.
The plane – once the fastest commercial airliner in the world – was moved from display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City to undergo a three-month restoration.
During the restoration process, the paint is stripped back to bare metal before being sanded and recoated with original colors and markings.
Concorde has been on display for the past 15 years at the museum, a former aircraft carrier anchored off Pier 86 in the Hudson River.
Methods of transportation were limited – Concorde’s 80-foot wingspan meant it was too wide to fit through tunnels along the route to the restoration site, the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The two-hour journey to the yard is about two-thirds of the Concorde’s record time flying from New York to London, 3,450 miles away. The Concorde set the record in 1996.
British Airways retired the aircraft in 2003 when ticket prices in today’s money reached around £9,500.
The Intrepid Museum’s British Airways Concorde temporarily removed while en route to the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard for restoration with the Statue of Liberty in the background
British Airways Concorde passes under the Brooklyn Bridge as it is moved across the Hudson River to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for restoration
The supersonic fighter jet sails on a barge down the Hudson River, passing New York’s Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday
Workers use a large crane to lift a British Airways Concorde at the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday
The Concord said under New York’s Brooklyn Bridge as it made its way across the Hudson River
People watch as the Intrepid Museum’s British Airways Concorde sails down the Hudson River on a barge
The Intrepid Museum’s British Airways Concorde docked at the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Two people watch as the supersonic fighter jet travels down the Hudson River on a barge, passing the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York
The Concorde supersonic plane parked along the west side of Manhattan since commercial air travel ceased took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday
Workers use a large crane to lift a British Airways Concorde at the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday
A crane lifts the British Airways Concorde from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum onto a ship, Wednesday
The Concorde supersonic plane parked along the west side of Manhattan since commercial air travel ceased took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday for a facelift that will take several months
The Concorde arrives at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday
A crane lifts the British Airways Concorde from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum onto a ship, Wednesday
The British Airways Concorde is lifted by a crane at the Intrepid Museum on Wednesday