http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/conco...=1442606525838

Hard to say at this point we will just have to wait and see.

We have a resident Concorde expert, Im sure he will chime in. But at the very least you can be sure that this will cost an absurd amount of money to bring back to flight, and a ridiculous amount to sustain.

Would love to see someone resurrect this amazing aircraft. Would love to see it fly again!

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Sounds a lot like our models!

Hopefully the most graceful airplane ever made will fly again. There is no reason for not doing it...just the opposite.

A plane needs an engineering authority. Airbus was the EA but withdrew which was what forced British Airways to stop concorde flights. Airbus is not going to reverse that decision and i cant imagine anyone else having the expertise and the data. Imo it's never going to happen.

You made a good point but OTOH I would think the people that want to fly it again would already be aware of that problem and must have a solution in mind.

The article linked to in the op explains why it will not happen, without realising it. The article makes big reference to the success of Vulcan XH558. And why is XH558 retiring next month? Because the necessary engineering authorities are ceasing their support. There are several reasons why, but money isnt one of them. For example they are relying on persuading people out of retirement because the systems are so old no existing staff knows them. Rolls royce cited this as a reason for withdrawing support for XH558's Olympus engines - and what engines does concorde have?!!

An acquaintance of mine was one of Concorde's original design engineers. After the Paris crash in 2000, Airbus was so short of people with the necessary knowledge that he and others were asked back from their retirement to work on the design to strengthen the fuel tanks. He is dead now and i expect that most of the others are too. This isnt a problem of money, the knowledge is simply disappearing, and Concorde is a whole magnitude of order more complex than a Vulcan.

imo this is a pipe dream.

If the aircraft was not economically viable during its prime, it surely would not be viable economic investment today. We will have to be content to visit the concord at the Air and Space museum.

Will it fly again? Probably. Will it fly commercially? No likely.

I agree it won't fly commercially but then again that is not the intent of the group that wants to bring it back as I understand it. But I think to just get it in the air again would not be a impossible feat if there is a enough money behind the project.
At this point I would not put any money on the odds of it flying but as I said it's hard to say I will just wait and see.

Everything comes down to money. Money to train Engineers. Money to convert raster drawings to CAD, money to restart retired product lines, money to replace parts that have reached their life limit. Then again, some things you just cant buy, like experience.

Ain't 'gonna happen.... This isn't like the SR-71's which were reactivated using parts from other existing airframes when the Pentagon realized that the satellites couldn't do what the Blackbirds could and it cost a BUNCH of money.

There aren't any private companies that could shoulder the costs let alone the regulatory BS involved in getting it's Airworthiness Certificate back.....