PRESS
RELEASE - 26th January 2003
Demand for Concorde Memorabilia Still Flying High
London, January 13th 2004
Concorde may have left our skies for good but demand from collectors for memorabilia from the aircraft remains sky high according to Concorde Collectables (www.concordecollectables.com). The company are offering for sale four unique historic Concorde items expected to fetch up to £1million in total.
Two Concorde nose cones sold for over £300K ($540K) each at auction last year and Concord Collectables are now selling what is believed to be the last remaining 'flown Concorde nose' to be made available to private buyers.
For those not content with owning just a nose from Concorde, the original full-size Concorde ground test replica is also for sale. The purchaser will need plenty of space however as it measures 22 metres (72 feet) in length. This exact replica of the front half of Concorde was not designed to fly, but was used in the Concorde test programme in the '70s to develop the cockpit and cabin layout.
Nick Bloomer - Managing Director of Concorde Collectables commented; "This is as near as it gets to owning your own Concorde. We've sold a lot of Concorde memorabilia but this is the only one where you can walk on board, sit in the Captain's seat and entertain 30 or more guests in the cabin".
For those with less space, a pressurised flight suit and helmet worn by the pilots on the early test flights are also for sale. When the late Brian Trubshaw (the British chief Concorde test pilot) handed these items to their current owner he described his maiden flight with Concorde as "… a flight into the unknown". These items of aviation history are a reminder of the boldness required when Concorde first took to the skies.
Handcrafted from mahogany and metal, the original xx long half size engine wind tunnel model was made to be accurate in every detail. Nick Bloomer commented that "It's been called a work of art as well as a feat of engineering. It is a superb testimony to the skill of those that developed Concorde in an era when wood carving still had a place in supersonic jet design".
Asked who was likely to buy such items, Nick said. "These items are probably beyond the reach of many of the thousands of Concorde memorabilia collectors but we have had early enquiries from a number of museums, corporations, and wealthy individuals and are currently inviting serious offers".
About Concorde Collectables
www.concordecollectables.com is run by Inflight World Ltd. The company
started life trading online in aviation service products and has been
selling original Concorde memorabilia since 2000 and sell items starting
from £20. The company is based near London Heathrow Airport.
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