This time the Concorde is going to sea… the fastest airliner the world has ever seen is being removed from its display in New York for a three-month restoration
It’s not exactly the fastest mode of travel.
A Concorde aircraft was seen aboard a barge drifting down the Hudson River en route to its final destination.
The plane – once the world’s fastest airliner – has been moved from its display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City to undergo a three-month restoration.
In the restoration, the paint is stripped down to bare metal before being sanded and recoated with the original colors and markings.
Concorde has been on display at the museum for 15 years, a former aircraft carrier anchored at Pier 86 on the Hudson River.
Transportation options were limited — the Concorde’s 84-foot wingspan meant it was too wide to fit through tunnels along the route to the restoration site, the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The two-hour drive to the shipyard is around two-thirds of the record time that Concorde set on the flight from New York to London, 3,450 miles away. Concorde set the record in 1996.
British Airways phased out the aircraft in 2003 when ticket prices reached around £9,500 at today’s exchange rate.
The British Airways Concorde has been temporarily removed from the Intrepid Museum as it departs for restoration at the GMD shipyard at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with the Statue of Liberty in the background
The British Airways Concorde passes under the Brooklyn Bridge while being transported down the Hudson River to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for restoration
The supersonic jet sails down the Hudson River on a barge, passing the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Wednesday
Workers use a large crane to lift a British Airways Concorde at the GMD dockyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday
The “Concord” said under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as it descended the Hudson River
People watch as the British Airways Concorde descends the Hudson River on a barge from the Intrepid Museum
The British Airways Concorde from the Intrepid Museum is docked at the GMD Shipyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Two people watch as the supersonic jet sails down the Hudson River on a barge, passing the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York
The Concorde supersonic jet, which has been parked along Manhattan’s west side since phasing out commercial air traffic, took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday
Workers use a large crane to lift a British Airways Concorde at the GMD dockyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday
A crane lifts the British Airways Concorde onto a barge from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Wednesday
The Concorde supersonic jet, which has been parked along Manhattan’s west side since its withdrawal from commercial air service, took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday, where it will undergo a facelift that will last several months
Pictured is the arrival of the Concorde at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday
A crane lifts the British Airways Concorde onto a barge from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Wednesday
The British Airways Concorde is lifted by a crane at the Intrepid Museum on Wednesday