Jack Taylor ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Sacrilege.

Why can't they fly the poor ol' sod, and give a few more people a
last look?

This particular Concorde (G-BOAA) has not flown since August 2000 and
does not have a certificate of airworthiness.
had been robbed for spares

Ah, fair enough, then.

The costs associated with making the airframe flightworthy for a one-way
ferry flight would have been too astronomic to contemplate.

Indeed.