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When Air France and British Airways mothballed the Concorde, they claimed that one justification was that there was essentially no way to get parts to maintain them. How will this group get around that? You can't exactly get those parts pressed at your local machine shop if you need replacements.

As for static displays of the Concorde, there is already one on display at the Intrepid in NYC. I expect there are others on display for visitors as well.

There's one parked next to the aircraft carrier Intrepid in NYC... The Growler... one of the first to carry nuclear tipped missiles

Meta naval gazing can be quite entertaining. New York City offers many opportunities for naval gazing that are popular and lend themselves to meta naval gazing, including the U.S.S. Intrepid, water taxis, the Staten Island ferry, and the annual Fleet Week celebration. Last weekend I drove by the Intrepid, and I was delighted to see people viewing the ship. Whenever I ride the ferry, I watch people observing ships as much as I gaze directly at the ships themselves. Meta naval gazing often relieves the pressures of direct naval gazing, since the best seats are always taken, and its easier to stand in the back and watch other people watch ships. CmdrTaco should open his heart and experience the joy of casting glances at those admiring seafaring vessels.

On the deck of the USS Intrepid museum in New York City (you can walk right up to it...) see it Here

go to nyc and visit the uss intrepid and you too can see and touch one. well, it's an a-12 blackbird, which is in the same family of aircraft and in fact were reclassified to the more commonly known sr71 later on after modifcations (most folks would assume they are one and the same anyway as they look nearly identical).

What about the A-12 nomenclature? that's what they call the Blackbird currently on display at the Intrepid Museum here in NYC.

Excellent idea... We could always use another Intrepid.