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With just over a month to go until the Visitor's Centre at Filton closes to the public on 30th September 2010, we're taking a look at the plane's future in the city.

All this week we're taking a look at how important the plane is to Bristol's heritage and what its future is here in the city.

Concorde 216 Alpha Foxtrot made its last flight to Bristol in November 2003, and finally landed in its birthplace - Filton.

Since then, 55,000 people have been able to visit the plane each year which is on the Airbus site where it was made.













But in just over a months' time, that's going to change. We've been told by the Visitors Centre Manager, Andy Treweek that the centre will close to the public on 30th September. There will then be a few private tours of the plane before it's completely shut at the end of October, when he is made redundant.

Airbus have confirmed to us that the plane is being taken in for maintenance although we're still waiting to get a statement from the company.

The Concorde Trust, an organisation who were set up in 2007 to find a permanent home for the plane have told us they're waiting for Airbus to get back to them with a report that is currently being worked on.

That's expected in early September, by which time they'll have a better idea what work is needed to be done.

Tomorrow, we'll find out more details from The Concorde Trust about what they're doing to make sure Concorde stays in Bristol.

For more information about Concorde at Filton and to book a place on one of the final tours, head to their website by clicking here.








Click on the link below to hear Roz Hutchings' first report on the future of Concorde in Bristol.

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