Concorde Experience Barbados.

[drron]

This has been mentioned on AFF before so we went when in Barbados at the beginning of December.I thought I would describe it for others who might be interested.
It is right beside BGI and there is a path from the terminal.if you have some time to kill it would be worthwhile.I really enjoyed it.We drove there and when we arrived there were only 2 taxis there.A fellow was coming out of the gift shop so we went inside.Stood at the cash register for about 5 minutes and the 2 staff didn't take any notice so we walked inside the exhibit.Later when we were asked for our BPs and said we had none no comment was made.Later we checked and found out it should have been at least $BD40 to get in.
The exhibit is the Concorde that made it's last flight to BGI.BGI was one of only 4 regular destinations from 1977-2004.

First you watch an audio visual presentation on the fuselage-

Then you are taken through an exhibit of memorabilia-

 

[Ikara]

Glad I never made that flight!

Can't eat seafood and don't like wholemeal bread.

It would have been a bugga of a "Light Meal" - and having spent the sort of coin that flight would require I'd have been less than a little miffed!

JB

 

[drron]

I have a feeling I would have enjoyed the food but especially the wines-

Then you are taken on board-

And of course the obligatory foot shot-

Not that much leg room.And then another video is shown-

 

[v8Statesman]

Really want to go there now for no other reason but to see this exhibit!

 

[drron]

Then a look at the coughpit.When the Queen visited Barbados for her Silver Jubilee she sat behind the Captain-

And a few more general shots-

 

[drron]

? training wheels -

And then for contrast the first plane designed and built in Barbados-

It certainly brought home the amazing technology that went into Concorde.I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and reccomend a visit.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Looks fabulous, definitely want to go.

 

[markis10]

Looks like a must see! Although I would query the T18 claim as being designed and built in Barbados, AFAIK they were designed by John Thorp in Califronia and were a home built aircraft, albeit a very nice one.

 

[Ikara]

Unfair, unfair - now I get the full menu!

Yeah, I would have paid the money for that, but I wasn't "given a choice" in the first post.

JB

 

[samh004]

Looks like a good experience.