Shelly
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Why was this taken out of service?
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Robin
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cos it was old and expensive to run and crashed once and shat everyone up
even though 1 crash in 20 years and millions of air miles is the best safety record for every plane ever, this was still enough to stop using it apparently
awesome bit of kit though
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MarkM
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It was declared no longer economically viable I beleive...
As it was cleared of any safety issues after the Air France diaster...
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leeshez
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What rob said 
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MarkM
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Im sure I read that Richard Branson offered to buy each one of them for £1....
hahah
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Shelly
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I went to see it on Saturday, its a beast, and so much better looking than your average plane 
I'm a geek!!
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Robin
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the best bit is that BA and AirFrance stole the plans off the russians and built it cheaper.
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Ally
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i wouldnt fit on that plane 
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
Why was this taken out of service?
it was loss making in fact the UK goverment paid for it's upkeep
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Wayne
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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
I went to see it on Saturday, its a beast, and so much better looking than your average plane
I'm a geek!!
Don't worry, me and a few m8s have been a couple of times on nice days  not bad for few hours watchin the planes, was it open to go inside?
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Shelly
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
i wouldnt fit on that plane
Ally the picture is not taken to scale
What caused the accident in Paris then?!
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Wayne
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apprantly wasn't it some debury off another plane that hit one of the wings that sent out a shock which caused one of the tanks to explode? was on a channel on the net
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Robin
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tyre blowout pierced fueltank iirc, big flame, wing was on fire, plane came down, everyone was killed i think, it was a chartered flight too, so a whole business was wiped out
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Wayne
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
tyre blowout pierced fueltank iirc, big flame, wing was on fire, plane came down, everyone was killed i think, it was a chartered flight too, so a whole business was wiped out
sounds about rite
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Shane
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there is 1 at duxford, tiz excellent
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Robin
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i've been on that one, its the coolest thing in the world, you can touch both sides of the plane at the same time
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SetH
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shame i wanted to fire one of these at it one day from a Mig 29>>
The Vympel R-73 missile is an all-aspect, short-range air-to-air missile known by the NATO codename AA-11 Archer. The missile has cooled infrared homing and can intercept targets at altitudes between 0.02 and 20km, target g-load to 12g, and with target speeds to 2,500km/hour
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Shelly
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quote:
Originally posted by Wayne
Don't worry, me and a few m8s have been a couple of times on nice days not bad for few hours watchin the planes, was it open to go inside?
Yeah, I know its sounds geekish, but it's quite chillin watching planes take off and land. Shouting bastards at all the holidaymakers
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Wayne
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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
quote:
Originally posted by Wayne
Don't worry, me and a few m8s have been a couple of times on nice days not bad for few hours watchin the planes, was it open to go inside?
Yeah, I know its sounds geekish, but it's quite chillin watching planes take off and land. Shouting bastards at all the holidaymakers
and sticking ur fingers up 
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Shelly
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richard_syko
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Real answer is because it was not american but British/French.
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Jamie Walby
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Concorde used to fly out of Bournemouth Airport a few times a year. Went over to watch it one day, was awesome 
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GREG 1
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I totally love that plane, looks and sounds superb !
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Ojc
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Bit slow though don't you think? 
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GREG 1
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No not atall but wait till you see what Richard Branson will be releasing.. It will get you to Australia within 12 hours (apparently) it will have a gym, sauna, casino, shopping gallery and more
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