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On 1 December 2003, Bonhams held an auction of British Airways Concorde artefacts, including a nose cone, at Kensington Olympia in London. [106] [107] Proceeds of around £750,000 were raised, with the majority going to charity. G-BOAD is currently on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. [108]
Highlights include: the British Airways Concorde auction, the Admiral Nelson Bicentenary sale, John Lennon's lyrics for Give Peace A Chance, Eric Clapton’s Guitar Collection and the dress worn by actress Judy Garland in the role of Dorothy in the film The Wizard of Oz.
It was repainted with Singapore Airlines livery on the left side and British Airways livery on the right [15] for a joint service by the two airlines between Bahrain and Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar for three months in 1977, and from 1979 to 1981.
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Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976 with Air France from Paris-Roissy and British Airways from London Heathrow. Transatlantic flights were the main market, to Washington Dulles from 24 May, and to New York JFK from 17 October 1977.
British Airways started flying the Airbus A318 "baby bus" between London and New York to fill the gap left by the Concorde. Now it's being scrapped.
New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum got the British Airways Concorde that still holds the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by a passenger aircraft — 2 hours, 52.
Another significant expansion took place with the donation of much of the British Airways Collection of aircraft in 2006. This collection was previously displayed at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford. The museum acquired the BAC 1-11, Vickers Viscount, Boeing 707 forward fuselage and Hawker Siddeley Trident cockpit. Visitors are able to walk ...
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