Three of the last British Airways concordes have been left out on an obscure tarmac to rot, uncovered and exposed to the elements.  The concordes are owned by British Airways, preventing any museums from acquiring the aircraft, or applying for grants to permanantly house the aircraft under cover.

“”Our national heritage is being left to rot on a forgotten runway. These
iconic aircraft represent the single most stunning achievement in
Britain’s post-war history, yet they are being allowed to slowly turn
to rust,” said Ben Lord of the Save Concorde Group.”"

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“Since the aeroplane was retired in 2003, however, BA’s stewardship of
the mothballed fleet has been dogged by controversy. Campaigners were
outraged by BA’s refusal to consider keeping at least one Concorde
serviceable for ceremonial and display purposes, and when BA ordered
its ground crew to disable the planes’ critical systems the fleet’s
former chief pilot described the decision as “an act of vandalism”.

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“BA has absolutely no interest in Concorde and seems determined to let
the last planes crumble into rust,” said Lord. “It is as if they were
trying to un-invent one of Britain’s greatest engineering achievements.””

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“The Save Concorde Group does not accept this position. Pointing to an
effort at the Air and Space Museum in Paris to return one of Air
France’s Concordes to flying condition, they claim BA is pursuing a
strategy of “deliberate negligence”.”

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