Yahoo Autos Concorde Engine Finally Sells On eBay, Afterburner Included
A Concorde turbojet engine that spent years listed on eBay finally sold over the weekend to one lucky buyer, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be making supersonic booms of their own anytime soon.
The Concorde turbojet engine spent years listed on eBay before it finally sold for £565,000 (or $714,500). This particular Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet spent its service life fitted to a British Airways Concorde. It’s been 20 years since the supersonic airliner’s final flight, but the Concorde is still remembered fondly as emblematic of a more ambitious era of commercial aviation.
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It would be incredible to see this Concorde’s engine on display in a museum, like the airframe this turbofan was attached which has been sitting in a museum for the past 20 years. Concorde G-BOAG flew its final revenue flight in October 2003 from New York to London Heathrow. The following month, the British Airways plane flew to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, where it has been on display ever since.
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