A Concorde jet, once capable of supersonic speed, takes a sluggish trip from its home on Manhattan’s Pier 86 to Brooklyn early yesterday.
The 203-foot, retired British Airways aircraft known as “Alpha Delta” was hauled by barge from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, where it had been on display for two years, to its temporary post at Floyd Bennett Field in Mill Basin.
After touching down with the help of a crane (left), the jet was towed to the field’s new Aviator Sports and Recreation complex, where it’ll be on display for the 18-month renovation of the Intrepid’s Hudson River Pier.
The public will be given tours of jet, said Aviator’s general manager, Tom Wells. “Our goal is to turn it into an educational facility,” he said.