Pictures taken by Ken Pettit of the Duxford Aviation Society
|
Dec 1981 Concorde 101, covered in snow at Duxford in 198X |
|
Jan 1979 icicles form from the wings |
|
March 1979 New seat covers were fitted |
|
June 1981 Captain Brian Calvert,from BA, visited the aircraft to be interviewd by Anglia TV when his 'Flying Concorde' book was first published |
|
Captain Brian Calvert was interviewed on the flightdeck...through the window |
|
1977 Concorde 101 - G-AXDN photpgraphed from a high lift hydraulic platform |
|
March 1983 A floor panel is removed, so that it can be replaced |
|
March 1983 Newly manufactured fibrelam panels were supplied by Ciba-Geigy from their rejected stock |
|
1983 The aircraft was used as a B1 bomber substitute in the "Never say never again" James Bond spin off, with dummy Cruise missles being loaded |
|
Sept 1983 The remaining fuel is finally off-loaded following a fule leak in one of the wings |
|
Sept 1983 A charity "people tow" of Concorde was organised by Rotoract |
|
Oct 1983 A "new" set of seats were put on-board the aircraft. They were originally on G-BFKW (G-BOAG) when it was new and awaiting sale at Filton |
|
Oct 1983 After sitting outside for 6 year G-AXDN was moved inside Hanger 2 for a re-paint |
|
Oct 1983 101 enters hangar 2 |
|
Oct 1983 The whole aircraft would not fit so the tail fin would need to be painted in the open |
|
Oct 1983 Nearly complete |
|
Nov 1983 The aircraft was rolled back out with only the titles to be re-applied |
|
Feb 1984 DAS member Alan Samuels re-instate the titles and specific graphics on the aircraft |
   |