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Concorde under the spotlight and back in the limelight, 30th November 2016
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Concorde under the spotlight and back in the limelight, 30th November 2016
In the still of a winters evening we aim to return Concorde G-BBDG ‘Delta Golf’ back to being the rightful star this beautiful bird of the sky once was.
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About this event
Another unique photo opportunity to look forward to this Winter at the Brooklands Museum, Surrey. Continuing our programme of events at the museum we are very pleased to now bring you the chance to capture and document one of the worlds most famous post war aircraft – Speedbird Concorde.
The Brooklands Concorde G-BBDG was the second production Concorde and the first British production aircraft, with construction beginning in early 1970 at Brooklands and Toulouse.
Delta Golf’s first flight was made by Peter Baker and Brian Trubshaw on February 13th 1974, and its first flight at Mach 2 on April 10th 1974. On July 6th, 1974, following a series of proving flights, she became the first production Concorde to land at London Heathrow. She performed engineering tests, route proving, CAA certification, public relations and promotional work and, in the course of this programme, flew in formation with the Red Arrows. In 1974, DG was also the first aircraft ever to carry 100 people in supersonic flight. With her final landing at Filton on Christmas Eve in 1981, piloted by Peter Baker and Roy Radford, Delta Golf had undertaken 633 flights 1,282 hours in the air. The aircraft was then stored at Filton and, in 1984, was sold to British Airways who used her as a source of spare parts for their Concorde fleet. After Concorde’s retirement was announced in early 2003, British Airways offered Delta Golf to the Museum in recognition of Brooklands’ considerable part in the history of Concorde. Dismantled and transported by Air Salvage International (ASI), the Brooklands-built front and rear fuselage sections arrived at the Museum on May 5th 2004 and the rest of the airframe followed on June 5th. A ‘Brooklands Concorde’ restoration appeal was launched and re-assembly of the main structure was carried out by an ASI team from March to December 2005. With considerable help from sponsors and many Museum volunteers, this aircraft was further restored, complete with a unique on-board exhibition. Concorde was officially opened to visitors by HRH Prince Michael of Kent on July 26th 2006.
Our photography session will start at around 17.00 after the museum has closed to the public and will see her lit to consider the immediate surroundings to ensure your images show her in the best after dark light as possible. We are also going to be offering small groups the opportunity to photograph inside Concorde throughout the evening; this in its self is a very unique given that usually the plane is open to the public during the daytime. It is our aim to have some passengers and crew available throughout the evening to add further to the recreations and bring an air of further realism to your photography.
We have requested a further highlight for this unique evening, subject to engineering clearance we have asked for the nose of Concorde to be dropped thus offering another great photo opportunity, we will confirm if this can be done nearer the time. We have also requested a scissor lift to give you the opportunity of images from above the nose.
Given this is the first photo shoot of a Concorde by TimeLine Events we expect tickets to sell fast so please do book early to avoid disappointment.
Event cost £60.00 per person.
All images courtesy of Robin Coombes and Peter Zabek.
