Concorde museum opens to public

Tickets for tours in August have already sold out

A Concorde visitor centre is to open to the public on Wednesday at the airfield where the plane was built.

Tickets for the first weeks of the exhibition, at Filton near Bristol, sold out within days.

Visitors will be able to take a tour of Concorde 216, whose final flight in November 2003 was watched by thousands.

The plane's history is explained via displays in a temporary museum and there will be a tour of the Airbus factory where Concorde was built.

Concorde at Filton is the temporary home for Concorde 216 which is being managed by The Bristol Aero Collection - a local aviation preservation society.

The attraction will be staffed by a team of 100 enthusiasts on a voluntary basis.

Proceeds from tickets - for sale from the website priced £12.50 - will go towards creating a permanent home for the supersonic jet and the rest of Filton's aviation heritage.