13th January 2006 and I was surprised to see Concorde 01 G-AXDN standing outside as I drove up the M11, i had to turn off to head towards Royston (to meet same contractor /friend on one of my projects) so briefly stopped to get these pics:


(note the dove, it features again later)
by August my contractor friend was working on the Airspace project and still part time on contracts with me so this was one of my early visits with Concorde on display and accessible outside
taken from the high level balcony which by then was completed enough to walk out onto it:

and 2 from ground level with the works visible in the background:


January 2006 and some of the aircraft had been moved in under cover for protection during the winter and duly sheeted over to keep some of the dust off them (some including Concorde were classified as historical artefacts and there were tight rules on keeping them from the elements)...

May 3rd 2006 and some of the aircraft were being moved back in permanently so this was the last chance to see them in the sunlight. I got a call telling me that I should go over for a meeting and bring my camera, Concorde 01 had been put inside for good a day earlier but TSR.2 XR222 was still outside but due to go in later in the day so this was it's last day in the open:


one of the IWM guys told me they considered hanging it from the ceiling at one time but the wing to fuselage joint had many bolts missing so they decided it wasn't such a good idea!
Concorde 01 was already inside but not in it's final position at that time, the work continued around the aircraft a bit but mainly on the extension areas which were for displays and lecture halls and offices etc for another few months

if only my editing skills were better this could have been really effective, an olympus gathering:


19th July 2006 and the positioning of the aircraft has progressed well, note the work in the background , the former front doors (now interior doors) are open and visible (note the Dove G-ALFU on the floor)

and later in the day they started lifting the dove to the ceiling (as the Vulcan trust would say - dove to the sky!)

and a view from the balcony the same day with the display looking remarkably similar to what it is today:

that's about it, there are quite a few more (mainly military ones) in my flickR album if you are interested: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 083061193/
hope you like them, C&C welcome
Andrew