Concorde Museum

• Address: Grantley Adams International Airport, Christ Church, Barbados
• Phone: + (1 246) 420 77 38
• Website: http://www.barbadosconcorde.com/
• Email: info@barbadosconcorde.com
• Opening date: 2007
• Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 9.00 to 17.00, Sunday and Monday - the weekend

If you consider visiting various cultural institutions as a rather tedious and boring pastime, the Concord Museum in Barbados will radically change your mind. His collections will tell you a lot of fascinating things, not so much about the general history of aviation, as about everything connected with one of the most famous flying machines - the "Concord" model aircraft of the Aerospatiale-BAC series. It is famous for being one of two original airliners, capable of carrying passengers at an impressive speed, 2 times higher than the speed of sound.

History of exhibits

In addition to the giant Concorde, you can get acquainted with his smaller brother in the museum - a small two-seater all-metal aircraft made of aluminum alloys Thorp T-18, which the craftsmen will easily assemble independently according to the available drawings. It was created in 1973 and can reach speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.

Concorde has a special history: it landed on the island for the first time in 1977, where it was awarded by the Queen of Great Britain herself. The plane made regular flights to only four places on the planet - Bridgetown , Paris, New York and London. "Concorde" belonged to British Airways and left the assembly line in 1977. The last time he got up in the air in 2003. The aircraft flew the largest number of hours among such airliners (23,376 hours).

What will the museum exhibit tell?

In this unique place you will find the following entertainments and excursions:

1. You will be allowed to climb into the cockpit and feel like the master of the air elements at the helm of the most elegant and elegant aircraft of all that were designed. There is a modern virtual simulator that will allow you to realistically enjoy the sensation of flying, make a dead loop and admire the views of Barbados from above. If you prefer a passenger seat, just go to the salon on a real red carpet and make yourself comfortable: the guide will tell you a lot of interesting facts, until the illumination of the cabin and the hangar itself will change in the most bizarre way, showing the details of the aircraft in the most unexpected perspective. There is also a soundtrack.
2. You will be able to inspect the panels and stands set in front of the museum entrance. They provide interesting information about the history of flights around the world and in particular about the aviation of Barbados . Video and audio presentations contain information about the original features of the aircraft design, the history of its creation, the maximum altitude and maximum speed of its flight, the routes of the world's first passenger supersonic airliner and why Concorde found its last refuge on the island.
3. To take with you something to remember this exotic country, visit the gift shop located right in the museum.
4. If you are tired of examining the exhibits, climb up to the observation deck - from it you can clearly see what is happening in this airport .

The museum regularly hosts excursions for tourists in English. They enter the plane through the luggage compartment in the tail part, and leave it on the ladder, located in the bow at the port side. The passenger cabin is designed for 100 people. Immediately behind the compartments with equipment and crew cabin is a compartment with a kitchen unit, which is also a tambour of the emergency exit.

The far left corner of the hangar is dedicated to people connected with the plane: the crew and passengers. The exposition includes tickets for the liner, navigational documentation, uniform of pilots and flight attendants, advertising booklets and exclusive photo liner, which depicts his last flight before installation in the museum, as well as porcelain, stainless and glass dishes, in which served food and drinks on board .

How to get there?

The museum is part of the majestic Grantley Adams International Airport in the county of Christ Church , so it is convenient to visit it immediately upon arrival or before departure from the country. You can get here by purchasing a ticket for the Sam Lord's Castle Bus for $ 1.5 or renting a car.