Lot 119
119
A PAINTED TITANIUM TAIL COMPONENT FROM A CONCORDE AIRCRAFT
This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse … Read more
A PAINTED TITANIUM TAIL COMPONENT FROM A CONCORDE AIRCRAFT

LAST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

Details
A PAINTED TITANIUM TAIL COMPONENT FROM A CONCORDE AIRCRAFT
LAST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
With applied label 'CONCORDE B.A.C. LTD. WEYBRIDGE ASSY. NO. ISS. A.K SERIAL VW 17 SPARE ASSY. NO. E30105600352-1'
128 in. (325 cm.) wide; 77½ in. (197 cm.) deep approx.
Special notice
This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

Lot Essay

Putting together a plane which could carry 100 passengers at such speed, safely and reliably, for hours at a time, involved a huge investment in research and years upon years of testing. Several prototypes of Concorde were developed and this lot is probably a spare component from a prototype. The paintwork corresponds with that on prototype models built.

More from Out of the Ordinary

View All
View All