Trans-Atlantic recordholder Concorde jet is barged downriver
The British Airways Concorde jet that had been a featured attraction at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum floated down the Hudson River today to a temporary home in Brooklyn.
The sleek white supersonic aircraft sat atop a barge as it made its way to the historic Floyd Bennett Field. It will remain open to visitors there, while workers rebuild the Intrepid's Manhattan pier.The World War Two aircraft carrier has been docked at Pier 86 since 1982, when it was turned into a floating museum. Intrepid was moved to a New Jersey shipyard for its own overhaul earlier this month.
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The sleek white supersonic aircraft sat atop a barge as it made its way to the historic Floyd Bennett Field. It will remain open to visitors there, while workers rebuild the Intrepid's Manhattan pier.The World War Two aircraft carrier has been docked at Pier 86 since 1982, when it was turned into a floating museum. Intrepid was moved to a New Jersey shipyard for its own overhaul earlier this month.