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| This time Concorde takes to the seas... the fastest airliner the world has ever seen is moved from its display in New York for a three-month restoration |
| 2023-08-12 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] It is not exactly the fastest method of travel. A Concorde plane was seen aboard a barge floating down the Hudson River on route to its latest destination. The plane – once the fastest commercial jet in the world – was moved from its display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, in New York City, to undergo a three-month-long restoration. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 In a world where Chief Engineer Jiro Needs oxen to transport his Zero And has to make way For Shimizu at play... [honk honk honk] "Arigatooo!" "My hero!" |
| Posted by: Ulairt Splat8222 2023-08-12 23:58 |
| #2 The aircraft carrier is Intrepid. Could be Condorde is closer to Intrepid, than the reviewers are to Concorde. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-08-12 15:58 |
| #1 According to Martin Caidin the prototype Zero fighter (Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen) was hauled in an ox cart the fifteen odd miles from the factory to the Naval base for testing ...well, whatever works, I guess. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-08-12 09:00 |