Barbados Concorde Experience - 14 March 2019

One of my lesser ambitions, to see all Concordes in preservation, received a substantial setback today. On a second visit to Barbados, I was able to get a private car to help me to fulfil an outstanding wish to see G-BOAE. I now regret more than before a failed attempt of five years ago. When we drove to the exhibition entrance, it was clearly closed and looked as though it had been for some time. There was no specific information at the gate. I asked my driver to go past the terminal where I saw the sign displayed in the open air check in area. I took the phrase 'Closed for Renovations' at face value but was very disappointed.

When I researched further, disappointment turned to something approaching anger. The Barbados Concorde Experience has been closed since at least 1 July 2018 and the exact reasons remain unclear. I am emotionally attached to Concorde as are many people and I fervently hope that AE, which is at least indoors, will not be neglected like AB. Eighteen of the twenty Concordes built are preserved and that is exactly the way it should be.

At least I saw the Adams VOR-DME (BGI) (top picture, far left)

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