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Brooklands Museum is a motoring and aviation museum occupying part of the former Brooklands Motor Course in Weybridge, Surrey, England.. Formally opened in 1991, the museum is operated by the independent Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd, a private limited company (No.02109945) and a registered UK charity (No.296661); its aim is to conserve, protect and interpret the heritage of the Brooklands site.
Along with the French Concorde F-WTSB, the aircraft was used to enable sufficient testing to allow for the Concorde fleet to receive certification. On retirement the aircraft was stored at Filton airfield from the mid-1980s until 2003, when she was transported by road to the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey .
This Concorde was once used as a source of spares, before being restored using parts from Air France's F-BVFD, and has flown 16,239 hours. [25] G-BOAF : (216) first flew on 20 April 1979 from Filton and was the last Concorde to be built. [26] It made Concorde's final flight on Wednesday 26 November 2003.
As the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, Concorde was popular with royals, celebrities, and business executives.
There is a permanent team of professional advanced driving coaches on site with experience that spans every aspect of driving. On 19 June 2011, a member of the permanent driving team at Mercedes-Benz World, Mauro Calo, broke the world drift record in the presence of adjudicators from Guinness World Records with a confirmed distance of 2308 ...
NYC museum's Concorde supersonic jet takes barge ride to Brooklyn for restoration ... A one-way ticket cost $6,000 in 2003. ... The 10 carry-on essentials that make for a first-class experience ...
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Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey City of Norwich Aviation Museum , Norwich International Airport , Norfolk Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre , Newquay , Cornwall – closed [ 20 ]