This time Concorde takes to the seas… the fastest airliner the world has ever seen is moved from its display in New York for a three-month restoration

• The Concord was moved from display in the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum

It is not exactly the fastest method of travel.

A Concorde plane was seen aboard a barge floating down the Hudson River on route to its latest destination.

The plane – once the fastest commercial jet in the world – was moved from its display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, in New York City, to undergo a three-month-long restoration.

The restoration process will see its paint stripped back to the bare metal, before being sanded and re-coated with original colours and markings.

Concorde has spent the last 15 years on display at the museum, a former aircraft carrier anchored at Pier 86 in the Hudson River.

Transportation methods were limited – Concorde’s 84ft wingspan meant it was too wide to fit through tunnels along the route to the restoration site, the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The two hour trip to the yard is around two thirds of the record time set by Concorde flying from New York to London, 3,450 miles away. Concorde set the record in 1996.

British Airways took the plane out of service in 2003 as ticket prices reached around £9,500 in today’s money.

The British Airways Concorde from the Intrepid Museum temporarily removed as it heads to the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard for restoration with the Statue of Liberty in the background

The British Airways Concorde sails under the Brooklyn Bridge as it is moved down the Hudson River to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for restoration

The supersonic jet sails down the Hudson River on a barge and passing by The Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Wednesday

Workers use a large crane to lift a British Airways Concorde at the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday

The Concord said under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as it makes its way down the Hudson River

People watch on as the British Airways Concorde from the Intrepid Museum sails down the Hudson River on a barge

The British Airways Concorde from the Intrepid Museum sits in dock at the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Two people watch on as the supersonic jet sails down the Hudson River on a barge and passing by The Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge in New York

The Concorde supersonic jet that has been parked along Manhattan’s west side since retiring from commercial air travel took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday

Workers use a large crane to lift a British Airways Concorde at the GMD Shipyard at Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday

A crane lifts the British Airways Concorde off the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum onto a barge, Wednesday

The Concorde supersonic jet that has been parked along Manhattan’s west side since retiring from commercial air travel took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday for a facelift that will take several months

The Concorde is pictured arriving at Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday

A crane lifts the British Airways Concorde off the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum onto a barge, Wednesday

The British Airways Concorde is seen lifted by a crane at the Intrepid Museum on Wednesday

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