NY's Concorde Looks Terrible!

Museum promises repair to Concorde nose cone that was knocked off when rammed by truck

Associated Press
Last update: July 8, 2008 - 3:50 AM


NEW YORK - An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it.
The retired Concorde is normally on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. It has been at a recreational facility in Brooklyn while the USS Intrepid and its home pier in Manhattan are repaired and renovated.
Early July 1, a truck hauling equipment away from a Jamaican soccer-and-cricket festival bumped into the Concorde's distinctive nose and knocked it off. Museum President Bill White says the cone is salvageable and will be reattached and repaired to original standards.
White is apologizing to British Airways, which owns the jet. He says the recreational facility should have provided better security for the plane.
oops!
 
The retired Concorde is normally on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. It has been at a recreational facility in Brooklyn while the USS Intrepid and its home pier in Manhattan are repaired and renovated.
Is that what Floyd Bennet Field is -- a "recreational facility"?:laff:

It's a good representation of NY itself.
Hey! I resent that remark!:mad:

Glad to see that the museum "powers that be" are embarrassed by this and taking action.
 
Is that what Floyd Bennet Field is -- a "recreational facility"?:laff:


Hey! I resent that remark!:mad:

Glad to see that the museum "powers that be" are embarrassed by this and taking action.

There are a lot of venues that go on at Floyd Bennett Field ( I have been to a lot of Dancehall concerts there)
 
There are a lot of venues that go on at Floyd Bennett Field ( I have been to a lot of Dancehall concerts there)
I knew of the military testing facility for recruits and the area for r/c flying, but didn't know about the dancehall concerts. You learn something new everyday. :)
 
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