Formula Student

Formula Student is used as a unifying theme for many of the projects and courses in the mechanical and aerospace programme and further information on the current car can be found on the Surrey University Racing Technology and Engineering Solutions (SURTES) site.

The Concorde reconstruction project

The first ‘commercial’ British Concorde was G-BBDG. This was used for most of the certification work and was significantly different from the four prototypes 001, 002, 01 and 02. However, only the last seven were used by British Airways, and though at one stage DG might have been used commercially that never happened. Instead, it remained at Filton and was used for spare parts! The picture to the right shows how it looked until recently.
BBDG has been moved back to Weybridge - to the Brooklands museum. Not only does it need putting back together – about everything that could be taken off has been – it has had to be cut in places to allow it to be transported by road. All the parts that were taken off have been located. More details can be found on the website www.brooklandsconcorde.com

Our involvement

The task of rebuilding the aircraft is a huge one. Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering students are participating in rebuilding this unique aircraft, and the University is formally supporting the project. This project is, in fact, a unique opportunity as it will not be possible to get anything like as close to any other Concorde, let alone work on it, and to appreciate its systems which even by today’s standards are impressive. As an aircraft it remains unsurpassed.

To find out the latest news about the University of Surrey's involvement visit the UniS Concorde webpage.(requires login).