Museo del Concorde machine. The museum housed more than 120 components including a Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engine, a Snecma twin intake, control columns, seats and the left landing gear. Museo del Concorde The Museo del Concorde is a museum in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México which is dedicated to, and houses parts of, the supersonic airliner Concorde. Concorde was a joint venture between Great Britain's British Airways and France's Air France and was retired in 2003. In 2004, many original components used for maintenance and operation of the Concorde were acquired through the Dovebid agency and transported by ABELS. All components available in El
Concorde protest over sonic booms, preventing launch on the coveted North Atlantic routes. The US Secretary of Transportation, William Coleman, gave permission for Concorde service to Washington Dulles International Airport, and Air France and British Airways simultaneously began a thrice-weekly service to Dulles on 24 May 1976. Due to low demand, Air France cancelled its Washington service in October 1982, while British Airways cancelled it in November 1994. When the US ban on JFK Concorde operations was lifted in February 1977, New York banned Concorde locally. The ban came to an end on 17 October 1977 when the Supreme Court of