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How long does it take for the Concorde to get to Manhattan from Brooklyn? Well, considering that the once high-flying jet is being transported by barge, four days seems about right. WCBS 880 has aerial photos of the Concorde, taken by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880, making its way to the USS Intrepid. A special crane--one that can lift 250 tons--was used to hoist the jet onto the aircraft carrier. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum reopens on November 8.

The retired Concorde jet that's been housed at Floyd Bennett Field for two years made its way to the Intrepid today with its brand new nose--GerritsenBeach captured great shots and some are above. The museum reopens on November 8th, and you can also expect to see the Growler on display--which made its trip there last month.

The supersonic Concorde jet that spent 30 years flying fiercely through the skies went unharmed until retiring in Brooklyn, where the president of the foundation that operates the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Bill White, was charged with overseeing its care. After just two years in the borough, The NY Times reports it got it's signature needle-shaped nose taken off by a truck.

A Concorde that is owned by a British airline, was hit by a truck that was hauling equipment from a Jamaican music and soccer festival. The truck clipped the distinctive nose cone off the parked Anglo-French jet about 3 a.m. last Monday, prompting an impassioned uproar among the jet’s band of enthusiasts.

The nose, of course, is the most physically dominant part of the jet, and is what makes it distinctive from others; The Times notes that it can be lowered to 12.5 degrees to help with takeoffs and landings. Concorde fans have united and blamed New York for the carelessness; when the jet had to leave the Intrepid, White housed it at Aviator Sports at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn for $15K/month.

John and Annette Ferranti certainly did not feel they were in good hands with the Allstate Insurance Company, after Allstate refused to pay their homeowners damage claim they insist was caused by an Air France Concorde jet. The insurance company, which had wanted to appeal appeal a jury award of $1.15 million to the Mill Basin couple, finally agreed to pay the Ferrantis $995,000.