Concorde is finally ready for take-off again; TRANSPORT: Supersonic aircraft wins approval to restore public services next month.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: September 6, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: PETER WOODMAN

CONCORDE will be back in passenger service next month after air regulators yesterday finally approved a package of modifications to the supersonic aircraft.

The agreement meant that Alpha Foxtrot, the one British Airways Concorde which has already been completely modified, will now get its permission-to-fly airworthiness certificate back.

Two more of the airline's seven Concordes are being modified and will get their certifica...

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