Only an ardent Concorde admirer will be interested in reading this…..if not thinking of being a part of the supersonic auction. With the termination of the Concorde fleet, spare parts from the scrapped fleet are to be auctioned at the Hotel des Ventes Saint-Aubin in Toulouse, France, from September 28th to October 1st, 2007. If you have done your homework well then you can probably distinguish “Arbre entrainment” (drive shaft) from machmètre (each meter) from the official catalog site. Apparently, an iconic instrument that tells you the airplane’s speed relative to the speed of sound and sold in lots 310, 568, and 791, respectively, is estimated to fetch between 1500 and 2500 euros. So gear up your bank balances as the prices are bound to fly much higher than that.
The auction site also contains a history of the Concorde, photos, and a video gallery. If not a piece of flying history then at least some incredible facts and images can nourish your desire.
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