I used to fly as a steward on Concorde in the late eighties, sometimes with Chris Norris. A lovely chap. Concorde was a nightmare to work on. Old technology. Cramped conditions. Very hot in the galley. VERY noisy in the rear cabin. I however must say it was an experience I wouldn't have missed, after all I was a small part of aviation history. My all-time favourite aircraft was the Super VC10. The most beautiful piece of sculpture ever to fly.
Never forget the first time on flew on her was the increase in G. Being pushed into the seat not once but twice as the afterburners go on in pairs! The feeling of Raw power was unforgettable. 16 legs in total . Bless her.
Perhaps you can confirm or deny something I've been told then. For all the years Concorde was in service, the RAF never had single jet that could catch it....... Is that true?? Sounds like the kinda thing you might smirk at on board lol
Oh I envy you! I love concorde but, agree with you that the VC10 is an absolute beauty, sadly i have never flown on either. Is it true that the VC10 was quiet and fast, gently touching down? I have seen a few things on it but it never gets the praise it so richly deserves.
My Dad was an Air Traffic Controller in Oklahoma City and I will never forget how excited he was to drive my Mom, brother and I over to the airport and show us the new Concorde airplane that had flown in on a test flight. This was 1970 or 71. I thought it was the strangest thing I had ever seen, with the nose pointed downward and the wings shaped so oddly. Who knew that it would have become one of the most famous airplanes ever built. I won’t ever forget it. My Dad passed away two years ago and these memories just keep popping up. I miss him.
Lovely story. The Concorde & Lockheed SR71 Blackbird , the only 2 civil & military aircraft that had to be given due caution to each other in regards to their speed & operating height . Awesome
I grew up in Tulsa. Around 1974 or 75 it came to our airport and I went to see it take off. Beautiful. Strange how simply watching an airplane take off could become a lifetime memory.
Captain Norris was my pilot, and Mike Bannister was in the First Officers seat on my flight from LHR to JFK on 04/03/2003 for my 40th birthday. Has to be the best experience of my lifetime, massively fantastic, sadly, never to be repeated!
I wish I'd had the chance to fly Concorde before she was retired. Such a sad day, seeing that trio of Concordes land sequntially back in 2003. RIP to the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
Chris Norris was first officer during an older Concorde documentary. He was talking then about having to re-type-rate on a 757 in order to secure his promotion to Captain. So good to see that he eventually made it back to Concorde, as a Captain!
I worked at Goldman Sachs in the 90s and whenever someone asks me what my best memories are of that time, I always say flying Concorde in January 1997. That’s always #1 or #2 on my list. I’m so glad I kept the boarding pass and the other materials they have us on that flight. Literally once in a lifetime for me.
Whoever played a part in designing, manufacturing and flying or serving on Concorde must feel a great sense of pride. Such an iconic and beautiful machine.
I use to live in a place called Swindon, and the Heathrow to New York route flew over our town and every time i saw this beautiful lady i use to wave at her, she had such grace and made me proud to be British.
I flew 10 trips on concorde. A fantastic aeroplane. We live in guernsey and always remember seeing the French concorde passing over in the afternoon on her way to Paris. John Loveridge
I lived in Hounslow for a while. Everyone would stop in the street a gaze upwards with their mouths open in awe when she came over. One day, my work took me to one of the giant airside commercial sheds directly in line with one of the runways. There was a commotion "You have to come outside, now!!!" Concorde was taxing about 75 m away to turn with her engines towards us. "Cover your ears, cover your ears!!!!" people shouted. I'm glad I did! Still not sure they have ever been the same! It is still a treasured vivid memory though.
She used to fly past where I live at 5.15 most evening, she couldn't fly slow enough to stack over Epsom like other planes so had to do a long lozenge shaped run due south to about Horsham 30 miles south of London,when you heard her you just had to look up even though she'd been doing it for more than 20 years, When she got to Horsham she banked hard over to the right for the return run and on a clear day the sun would catch her.WOW I still get goose bumps now thinking about it.
I really hope this beautiful aircraft makes a comeback someday. I remember being mesmerized everytime I saw it taxiing by at JFK when I was kid back in the 80's and 90's. It gave a certain glamour to the commercial aerospace industry, even if you couldn't afford to fly as a passenger with it. It gave everyone a sense of technological progress.
Agreed. It’s like the same feeling when you see a sports car on the streets. Not everyone can afford it, but it gives people the sense of purpose and the power to achieve things.
@@DaveyCrockett001 Yes you're right, it won't ever come back mainly due to horrendous costs. Concorde cost a fortune to run and maintain and made massive losses. There a documentary clip on YT covering the figures in detail.
@@Bulletguy07 not to mention that it's a 60s aircraft... it will *never* come back, ever. If supersonic flight is to return, it will be on a completely new, modern design.
In the sixties I lived in West Gloucestershire 600ft above sea level. My first memory is of Concorde crossing the River Severn toward our house and turning for the return trip, probably to Fairford or Filton. The noise was more than deafening, the house vibrated and the ground shook. No decals and probably before noise suppression. Later I moved to London where Concorde overflew our house every day en route to Heathrow. On it's last flight I took my camera into the garden to get a final shot but the route was extended to allow more people to get a view of this wonderful aircraft. I missed a good shot. Previously we also heard sonic booms as Concorde flew up the Channel en route to Charles de Gaulle, a route that was also changed to relieve our eardums. Great days passed for ever from this crazy world.
Nothing’s ever come come close to her. She was the cutting edge. The edge of what is possible. Thank you for 27 years of Mach 2. “No bumps. No bangs-Concorde”
Very interesting documentary! I saw Concorde just once in Heathrow when I sat in a Swissair Airbus A310 to fly back home to Switzerland. But Concorde gave me goosebumps and I love to remember this moment. 🤩✈️👍🏼
Many years ago I would watch the Concorde coming in for approach off the south shore of Long Island, NY. Everyday it was a new experience, feeling like a kid in a candy shop. At times I'd swear I could feel a rumble in my stomach from the low frequency bass those beautiful egines would give off.
"Join me today, and hopefully join me aboard one time in the future" I think I'll take you up on that offer now, Captain. It's been long enough. Time to unshutter the swan and let her back in the skies
Just went to see the Concorde parked at Brooklands museum in the UK. Such a master piece. They should bring it back considering some few flights to start with. I think there will be many people who will want to see the flight back in the skies.
1,350MPH....(1,980fps) That's roughly the speed of a 110gr bullet fired from an M1 .30 Carbine. Whereas a bullet is a solid mass that easily stays together in flight, the Concorde is a large object made of thousands of riveted parts and also manages to stay together at the same speed. Engineering is incredible.
While I agree the Concorde was awesome, comparing it’s structural integrity to a bullet is a stretch. Internet searches say the never exceed speed (Vne) is 585 knots (670 mph). In other words, at sea level the Concorde can only go 670 mph. Think about Vne like a limit on how rapidly the air molecules can impact the aircraft (let’s just say it’s 585 molecules per minute). At 60,000 feet altitude, the air molecules are spaced farther apart. Therefore, with that same limit of 585 molecules per minute, the aircraft will be traveling faster across the ground (compared to sea level) but it “feels the same” to the airframe because the molecules are spaced farther apart. A different way of comparing is if there were 2 aircraft, both flying 585 knots indicated airspeed….one aircraft at sea level and one aircraft at 60,000 feet. The sea level aircraft is in much thicker air and will have a much slower ground speed as compared to the aircraft at 60,000 feet. Comparing apples to apples….at sea level the M1 bullet is 1,350 mph and the Concorde is 670 mph. That’s still really fast for an airliner though.
Yes, like the other great event of the sixties, the trip to the moon by man. Also like science fiction in 2021. Whereas science in the sixties was great, today what do we have to offer the world? COVID? The comparison could hardly be greater. I call it backward technology.
Mike Bannister's book, called 'Concorde' and written & published in 2022, is well worth buying. An utterly compelling and well-written book. I can't put it down.
I really love and appreciate that this wonderful aircraft has all analog instrumentation and avionics. Love the fact that the flight plan was paper hardcopy not digital screen
I remember seeing her flying overhead at 6.30 pm every evening in my late teens. Was always a beautiful thing to behold. Everything seems to have gotten slower even Golf Gti's by engine size comparisons.....we're going backwards as alluded to earlier......so sad. Also to note that Concorde was developed before the calculator had been invented......THINK ABOUT THAT......how clever were these guys!!
Brilliant video! I'm feeling a little emotional watching it. I had the privilege of flying to New York on Concorde back in 1993. An experience I will never forget, I have my own footage, which i treasure, as a passenger on take off and even visiting the flight deck in flight which you could never do now.
The next Concorde will be quieter and badass. trust me, it's coming because one reason... people want it. NO airline is special like the Concorde line of planes... it will happen.
Years ago the Concorde flew into Harrisburg International Airport on a promotional flight. Before landing the pilot took her over the Susquehanna River and over Harrisburg, where he banked sharply to come back to the field. The bank was so sharp the passengers on one side had to be looking straight down out their windows, whilst the other side could see nothing but sky! Many times we would see her fly over our house after taking off from Dulles, there was no mistaking that beautiful slim fuselage and the delta wing configuration. What a tragic end she came to after 30 years of faithful service, watching that video of the wounded Concorde trying to gain altitude is a sobering experience, may the crew and everyone on her that fateful day rest in peace. It'd be great to see an updated one fly again....
Back in the Summer of 1975, I took my first flight overseas to Spain; loved it! But, as wonderful as that was, IF I'd only known "what was to come", I would have instead saved up to "Fly aboard The Concorde"!! Wow, oh wow... what a thrill that would have been to cross the Atlantic ... at Supersonic Speed!!!
I have actually been on board G-BOAC at Manchester AIRPORT, where her home is since the last flight. I really do miss seeing Concorde in the air, and hope that one day she might return, but I very much doubt it. it's just a shame that such a complicated fastest aircraft in the world should be in a museum... Unreal being abroad her... So so beautiful... Xxx
I was a lucky, lucky girl. I flew on Concorde many times...thanks to contacts from my “Pa”. He loved her as much as me. It was an utter privilege to fly on her, and I never, ever took it for granted. I remember flying back from Barbados on my last flight before she was grounded. I was in tears, along with all the cabin crew. The most incredible aircraft, second only to the Spitfire. Happy days
I used to live in Brooklyn NYC and every evening I used to see Concorde flying towards JFK beautiful looking aircraft,,now the noise abatement procedure a bit ridiculous you got people in NYC driving around with loud ass boom boxes lol
Seeing and hearing Concorde in person was always huge experience - lots of airports slowed down operations to watch the ship depart. How sad that almost 30 years later, we are flying SLOWER than we should be by now. The Concorde to me, represented a transition aircraft that should have brought about hypersonic travel in the 90s.
WOW ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL amounts of information the Captains, and Co-Polite are sharing, simply amazing. I love how you explain the navigation and everything else that goes with flying at those heights, and speeds!
Gorgeous bird. Used to work for air freight companies in Colnbrook in the 80s and always set my car alarm off with her noise on reheats. What a sight though on take off at 200 feet....
Lol, me too. Just watched the other documentary and grinned at watching him as the co-pilot smile at "sticks down" after landing. On this show here he is in the Captain's throne. 8oD
What an incredible bird she was. That roar from the reverse thrust on landing was amazing. I remember watching and hearing one take off from Paris and being blown away at the sheer noise of the thing. It got my attention because it sounded like nothing else I’d ever seen or heard.
"We are the highest people on the planet." *U2 pilots have entered the chat* *A-12 pilots have entered the chat* *SR-71 pilots have entered the chat* *Snoop Dogg has entered the chat*
None of these flew between 2001 and 2003 so Concorde passengers in these years in fact were the highest people around (although if someone was on ISS they weren't but I don't know if there were people on ISS at that time)
@@herrhornbuckele5227 not true u2 was and still is in service the myth busters adam savage went up in one in 2014 I believe but the u2 definitely was still active in the 2010s
@@spenceradams2908 whoops, mistook it for production time. It's still active even today. The interesting question is if one was up when they said they're the highest people on the planet.
It’s a crying shame that this technological marvel of transportation is no longer in operation. Perhaps one day humanity will opt once more for supersonic passenger service.
Amazing video of an amazing airplane. It was great to see New York pre-911 skyline and the what was the Pan Am building who employed me at JFK flight control for years always so amazing to watch this very unique aircraft takeoff and land so many times ! RIP Concorde ! Everyone in aviation misses you! Great video!
OMG She used to fly past my window over the Thames 17:17 every night like clockwork with all the grace and deportment of a flying Swan. Brings cold shivers still, and what madness and futility clipped her wings and brought her to her knees?
Many years ago, maybe about 35? I lived in England with my boys. We very often used to visit Greenwich Park, and we occasionally caught sight of Concord! She was 'rather loud', but we were all absolutely in awe of this amazing 'flying bird'! The terrible catastrophic events of the crash in Paris were devastating😢 But I can't, however, get my head around the fact that now in 2023, there's been no 'enviromentally friendly', with modern, fuel saving technology, and a customer friendly version of her up and running? Please let me know!
I flew on Concorde once from LHR to Kennedy back in 2000. They say it's one class of service, however it really it really is 2 classes. Concorede frequent fliers and celebrities are seated ahead of the bulkhead, every one else is seated behind the bulkhead.
+soaringtractor - Not true. The reason Concorde was retired had nothing to do with the aircraft itself, it was simply no longer economically viable for Airbus (the successor to Sud Aviation/Aerospatiale) to produce spares for such a small fleet of aircraft - and this was made harder by the problems that arose during the development of the A380. The downturn in aviation following the terror attacks in September 2001 was the final nail in the coffin.
@@turricanedtc3764 OK so why don't they sell it then if you insist they're fine. The reality is that they're unstable, that's why. Nobody asked you for a history check. Keep your bias to yourself.
@@bikerboy3k Airbus decided that it wasn't economically viable to continue to act as Design Authority. It was also expensive to run (BA were making a profit but Air France weren't). I don't know where you heard that it was unstable, but that's nonsense.
Avant-garde, elegant, engineering-excellence, just about sums up British aviation history. Although, I guess many from the millennial generation will think this was either shot on a parking lot in the Arizona or Concorde was built by super-intelligent aliens from another world.
The most beautiful plane of all time and every time i am sure if they start this concord again people will fly for sure to get to places fast. Just a beautiful machine.
very funny, but please be aware no water from the septic tank is ever dumped in any airliner. I cant say the same for the water used in the galley, or any sink. so might just be that.
I can remember one occasion, in Concorde's early days, going to a First Division football match (shows how long ago it was) when one flew over. The whole match literally stopped. Nothing that has flown since remotely approaches the sight of a Concorde in the sky.
Seeing the backdrop of Concorde against Bunratty Castle in my native Ireland is something rather special, given Captain Sir Mike Bannister’s test flights of Concorde between Heathrow & Shannon Airports, quite close to the old flying boat base at Foynes in Co Limerick on the River Shannon - and Concorde has even landed in Dublin at one point too 🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧❤️
I lived in the DC area for a long time........ Sunday afternoons when out and about about 1pm used to regularly see the Concorde circling to approach Dulles. In the 70s I was hitchhiking in the UK and got picked up by a rolls Royce engineer with engine parts in the back seat he was taking to a testing lab He was like a Concorde evangelist.. told me all kind of stuff in two hours.. was really fascinating
The finest and most beautiful aircraft ever designed........ and it was designed by some clever blokes with some pencils, paper and some hand models in a wind tunnel. 🇬🇧🇫🇷✌✌
If you would like to see and go inside a Concorde plus a Russian Concordski, you can see them both together at the technical museum in Sinsheim Germany. It has thousands of other exhibits too and is well worth a visit.
@@Rasscasse yes, exactly never knew it was exist and accepted in the world of Museum's Aviation. 😄😄😄 If I dont scroll through comments I would not known about it. Appreciate those name hahaha
7:04 That was awesome. What a beautiful, complex plane. It made me smile thinking how many people felt so proud of making it real. To see it take off so elegantly, beautiful human achievement. Iconic plane, EVERYBODY around the world knew what a Concorde was despite never seeing one. Great production too, loved these videos about Concorde, thank you! 💛
I don't own it. To be honest I am amazed there hasn't been a copyright strike against me. For what it's worth I don't mind if you use any parts you like :)
My father walked through the prototype of the Concorde at filton Bristol. He also turned down a flight in it. Regrets it to this day. I saw her at filton once in a fly over at an open day. Wow. What a loud bird she was
I used to fly as a steward on Concorde in the late eighties, sometimes with Chris Norris. A lovely chap. Concorde was a nightmare to work on. Old technology. Cramped conditions. Very hot in the galley. VERY noisy in the rear cabin. I however must say it was an experience I wouldn't have missed, after all I was a small part of aviation history. My all-time favourite aircraft was the Super VC10. The most beautiful piece of sculpture ever to fly.
Never forget the first time on flew on her was the increase in G. Being pushed into the seat not once but twice as the afterburners go on in pairs! The feeling of Raw power was unforgettable. 16 legs in total . Bless her.
Perhaps you can confirm or deny something I've been told then. For all the years Concorde was in service, the RAF never had single jet that could catch it....... Is that true?? Sounds like the kinda thing you might smirk at on board lol
@@AnIdiotAboard_ The only jet to catch Concorde was the Lightning; to my knowledge no other jet was capable...
@@AnIdiotAboard_ As far as I know the only plane that was or is faster is the SR-71 blackbird.
Oh I envy you! I love concorde but, agree with you that the VC10 is an absolute beauty, sadly i have never flown on either. Is it true that the VC10 was quiet and fast, gently touching down? I have seen a few things on it but it never gets the praise it so richly deserves.
My Dad was an Air Traffic Controller in Oklahoma City and I will never forget how excited he was to drive my Mom, brother and I over to the airport and show us the new Concorde airplane that had flown in on a test flight. This was 1970 or 71. I thought it was the strangest thing I had ever seen, with the nose pointed downward and the wings shaped so oddly. Who knew that it would have become one of the most famous airplanes ever built. I won’t ever forget it. My Dad passed away two years ago and these memories just keep popping up. I miss him.
What a lovely story. Sorry to hear about your dad. My condolences.
Lovely story. The Concorde & Lockheed SR71 Blackbird , the only 2 civil & military aircraft that had to be given due caution to each other in regards to their speed & operating height . Awesome
@@ianmaw66 thank you kindly.
I grew up in Tulsa. Around 1974 or 75 it came to our airport and I went to see it take off. Beautiful. Strange how simply watching an airplane take off could become a lifetime memory.
God's rest to you dad. It is obvious you really missed him. Be encouraged.
It's so unimaginable that the pilots leave London and arrive in New York. Then by late afternoon they are back in London. Its just glorious.
Never happened that way ! One sector per crew.
Captain Norris was my pilot, and Mike Bannister was in the First Officers seat on my flight from LHR to JFK on 04/03/2003 for my 40th birthday. Has to be the best experience of my lifetime, massively fantastic, sadly, never to be repeated!
Technology put back concorde sits in museum
I wish I'd had the chance to fly Concorde before she was retired. Such a sad day, seeing that trio of Concordes land sequntially back in 2003. RIP to the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
Chris Norris was first officer during an older Concorde documentary. He was talking then about having to re-type-rate on a 757 in order to secure his promotion to Captain. So good to see that he eventually made it back to Concorde, as a Captain!
m.ruclips.net/video/1bjzoh3iQJc/видео.html
This is the vid, if anyone interested
Apparently when Concorde was retired so was he. He refused to go back to being a captain on one of the lesser planes.
I worked at Goldman Sachs in the 90s and whenever someone asks me what my best memories are of that time, I always say flying Concorde in January 1997. That’s always #1 or #2 on my list. I’m so glad I kept the boarding pass and the other materials they have us on that flight. Literally once in a lifetime for me.
I’m officially jealous
Never trust a banker.
@@ianbrennan8952 Since I’m no longer a banker (I’m in Alternative Investments now), I’ll agree with you.
@@jealva never trust an Alternative Investor.
@@ianbrennan8952 Ha!
It’s like we’ve gone back in time with aviation. What a beautiful aircraft
Whoever played a part in designing, manufacturing and flying or serving on Concorde must feel a great sense of pride. Such an iconic and beautiful machine.
I use to live in a place called Swindon, and the Heathrow to New York route flew over our town and every time i saw this beautiful lady i use to wave at her, she had such grace and made me proud to be British.
I flew 10 trips on concorde. A fantastic aeroplane. We live in guernsey and always remember seeing the French concorde passing over in the afternoon on her way to Paris.
John Loveridge
What an engineering triumph, achieved by men with pencils and slide rules. Much praise to all involved.
Some 15 years after she was retired, nothing else in commercial aviation comes close in performance, beauty, and elegance.
She was and still is a beautiful aircraft. Nothing will ever compare with her.
@@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106 Absolutly!
Willie Yes have one reason, UK government proud.....
It is your opinion..
If the Concorde was so great, why was/is it grounded?
One of the biggest thrills of my life....riding Concorde twice. An incomparable experience for an ordinary citizen!
What a beautiful aircraft it was. Probably the most beautiful commercial aircraft yet designed and flown.
I lived in Hounslow for a while. Everyone would stop in the street a gaze upwards with their mouths open in awe when she came over. One day, my work took me to one of the giant airside commercial sheds directly in line with one of the runways. There was a commotion "You have to come outside, now!!!" Concorde was taxing about 75 m away to turn with her engines towards us. "Cover your ears, cover your ears!!!!" people shouted. I'm glad I did! Still not sure they have ever been the same! It is still a treasured vivid memory though.
Watching this in 2023, it's like I'm watching a video about the future.
It's a shame Richard Branson couldn't put the deal together to keep them flying with virgin atlantic. He tried but it just wasn't to be
2024
Seriously, this does feel like it’s in the future, just filmed in a retro format
Concorde used to fly over my flat in Earls Court and it always made me look up to watch it fly over - SO BEAUTIFUL !!
Always on time in Battersea
I remember when the Concord flew to Jamaica 🇯🇲 and the noise during takeoff lol
Surely one of the most awesome machines ever constructed
I completely agree.
She used to fly past where I live at 5.15 most evening, she couldn't fly slow enough to stack over Epsom like other planes so had to do a long lozenge shaped run due south to about Horsham 30 miles south of London,when you heard her you just had to look up even though she'd been doing it for more than 20 years,
When she got to Horsham she banked hard over to the right for the return run and on a clear day the sun would catch her.WOW I still get goose bumps now thinking about it.
I really hope this beautiful aircraft makes a comeback someday. I remember being mesmerized everytime I saw it taxiing by at JFK when I was kid back in the 80's and 90's. It gave a certain glamour to the commercial aerospace industry, even if you couldn't afford to fly as a passenger with it. It gave everyone a sense of technological progress.
Agreed. It’s like the same feeling when you see a sports car on the streets. Not everyone can afford it, but it gives people the sense of purpose and the power to achieve things.
Given what the globalists have done to air travel, any travel for that matter, Concorde will never be back.
@@DaveyCrockett001 Yes you're right, it won't ever come back mainly due to horrendous costs. Concorde cost a fortune to run and maintain and made massive losses. There a documentary clip on YT covering the figures in detail.
@@Bulletguy07 not to mention that it's a 60s aircraft... it will *never* come back, ever. If supersonic flight is to return, it will be on a completely new, modern design.
@@DaveyCrockett001 It was a 60s aircraft. They were reaching the end of their lifespan.
In the sixties I lived in West Gloucestershire 600ft above sea level. My first memory is of Concorde crossing the River Severn toward our house and turning for the return trip, probably to Fairford or Filton. The noise was more than deafening, the house vibrated and the ground shook. No decals and probably before noise suppression. Later I moved to London where Concorde overflew our house every day en route to Heathrow. On it's last flight I took my camera into the garden to get a final shot but the route was extended to allow more people to get a view of this wonderful aircraft. I missed a good shot. Previously we also heard sonic booms as Concorde flew up the Channel en route to Charles de Gaulle, a route that was also changed to relieve our eardums. Great days passed for ever from this crazy world.
I wish i was alive then to see one
Nothing’s ever come come close to her. She was the cutting edge. The edge of what is possible. Thank you for 27 years of Mach 2. “No bumps. No bangs-Concorde”
Flying on Concorde was a dream i had as a kid in the early 80's, sadly that dream never came true, sad that i had no more dreams.
I travelled twice on Concorde.
JFK-LHR
LHR-JFK
Went into the cockpit on the first trip. Incredible!
Twice also and the one and only Concorde to Jamacia
Yeah sure ya did
I really mis her gracing the skies
I grew up near Heathrow, and I still miss standing in the street watching Concorde roar over head, leaving a trail of car alarms in her wake!
You sure do get around Evie!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
2020, and still an amazing machine! (and what a beauty it still is..)
Still the best airliner.
Sure is :-)
... and i was in London when it made it's last flight overhead... never forgotten...
These legendary pilots made history in aviation.
Most beautiful plane ever made. Stunning from every angle.
Still the most beautiful aircraft and sad that she has gone forever.... can still remember seeing her flying over at 11.05 every morning..
Very interesting documentary! I saw Concorde just once in Heathrow when I sat in a Swissair Airbus A310 to fly back home to Switzerland. But Concorde gave me goosebumps and I love to remember this moment. 🤩✈️👍🏼
Many years ago I would watch the Concorde coming in for approach off the south shore of Long Island, NY. Everyday it was a new experience, feeling like a kid in a candy shop. At times I'd swear I could feel a rumble in my stomach from the low frequency bass those beautiful egines would give off.
The most beautiful commercial airplane ever constructed. Period.
"Join me today, and hopefully join me aboard one time in the future"
I think I'll take you up on that offer now, Captain. It's been long enough. Time to unshutter the swan and let her back in the skies
Aviation Unlimited I agree. How about a social media campaign to bring her back?
Can I come along, too ;-)
YESSSSS bring her back!
@@bjmcguir Would have been cool to fly with it, but to be honest I'm surprised she flew as long as she did.
Just went to see the Concorde parked at Brooklands museum in the UK. Such a master piece. They should bring it back considering some few flights to start with. I think there will be many people who will want to see the flight back in the skies.
1,350MPH....(1,980fps) That's roughly the speed of a 110gr bullet fired from an M1 .30 Carbine. Whereas a bullet is a solid mass that easily stays together in flight, the Concorde is a large object made of thousands of riveted parts and also manages to stay together at the same speed. Engineering is incredible.
While I agree the Concorde was awesome, comparing it’s structural integrity to a bullet is a stretch. Internet searches say the never exceed speed (Vne) is 585 knots (670 mph). In other words, at sea level the Concorde can only go 670 mph. Think about Vne like a limit on how rapidly the air molecules can impact the aircraft (let’s just say it’s 585 molecules per minute). At 60,000 feet altitude, the air molecules are spaced farther apart. Therefore, with that same limit of 585 molecules per minute, the aircraft will be traveling faster across the ground (compared to sea level) but it “feels the same” to the airframe because the molecules are spaced farther apart.
A different way of comparing is if there were 2 aircraft, both flying 585 knots indicated airspeed….one aircraft at sea level and one aircraft at 60,000 feet. The sea level aircraft is in much thicker air and will have a much slower ground speed as compared to the aircraft at 60,000 feet.
Comparing apples to apples….at sea level the M1 bullet is 1,350 mph and the Concorde is 670 mph. That’s still really fast for an airliner though.
London to NYC in 3 hours, nowadays its like Science Fiction!
Yes, "by the year 2000 they may be able to have done that"!
you hear about united airlines brining supersonic back in 2029 roughly no after burners though sadly could still be amazing
Yes, like the other great event of the sixties, the trip to the moon by man.
Also like science fiction in 2021.
Whereas science in the sixties was great, today what do we have to offer the world? COVID?
The comparison could hardly be greater.
I call it backward technology.
That takeoff is literally one of the greatest sights ever
That is next to you
I used to watch them takeoff everyday at JFK on my daily commute to work. I used to like the flames coming out of the jets.
Landing it is also beautiful sight
Can't believe she stopped flying almost 11 years ago. It was an honor to have been scared out of my wits as you tore past me on the Heathrow runway.
OhHiMark now 15 years :(
Almost 19 now. Wow remember it well
Mike Bannister's book, called 'Concorde' and written & published in 2022, is well worth buying. An utterly compelling and well-written book. I can't put it down.
Thanks for the tip. I will track down a copy.
Totally agree fantastic book, takes you through all the technical detail buy breaks it down so all can understand.
I really love and appreciate that this wonderful aircraft has all analog instrumentation and avionics. Love the fact that the flight plan was paper hardcopy not digital screen
Hahaha
I remember seeing her flying overhead at 6.30 pm every evening in my late teens. Was always a beautiful thing to behold. Everything seems to have gotten slower even Golf Gti's by engine size comparisons.....we're going backwards as alluded to earlier......so sad. Also to note that Concorde was developed before the calculator had been invented......THINK ABOUT THAT......how clever were these guys!!
and drawn with pencils.
yes has git way sliwer if gybrr ejtc bmw 328 i hybe 155 mph canoball ryjn ir tlse hybe ekrrc faru 308 gt
Can you imagine after being a pilot of Concorde than have to fly a not so expressive aircraft would be like?😥💖✈
I would imagine at that point in their careers they were very close to retirement anayways.
Brilliant video! I'm feeling a little emotional watching it. I had the privilege of flying to New York on Concorde back in 1993. An experience I will never forget, I have my own footage, which i treasure, as a passenger on take off and even visiting the flight deck in flight which you could never do now.
I'm sure we would all like to see that footage!
That was close to my flight- 1990 - it was surreal landing at JFK before I left London if I recall.
At least u wasnt on 4695 ;-;
Absolutely incredible piece of engineering. Timeless
2019.... the sky should be full of these.
yes and pollute the whole world
@@FrancescoBellringer Its the noise and cost to run that grounded it.
The next Concorde will be quieter and badass. trust me, it's coming because one reason... people want it. NO airline is special like the Concorde line of planes... it will happen.
Lol if ya want no ozone layer then go all out
@methyl jepeny actually the Russians did most of the work not the yanks
I miss this aircraft more than words can fully describe
Concorde,QE2,125 train.....back then Britain made some of the best things on earth....
Years ago the Concorde flew into Harrisburg International Airport on a promotional flight. Before landing the pilot took her over the Susquehanna River and over Harrisburg, where he banked sharply to come back to the field. The bank was so sharp the passengers on one side had to be looking straight down out their windows, whilst the other side could see nothing but sky!
Many times we would see her fly over our house after taking off from Dulles, there was no mistaking that beautiful slim fuselage and the delta wing configuration.
What a tragic end she came to after 30 years of faithful service, watching that video of the wounded Concorde trying to gain altitude is a sobering experience, may the crew and everyone on her that fateful day rest in peace. It'd be great to see an updated one fly again....
Hard to believe she did come to central pa
Very sad. But not because of the big girl's reliability. Coming in to land gear and nose down looked so elegant.
Back in the Summer of 1975, I took my first flight overseas to Spain; loved it! But, as wonderful as that was, IF I'd only known "what was to come", I would have instead saved up to "Fly aboard The Concorde"!! Wow, oh wow...
what a thrill that would have been to cross the Atlantic ... at Supersonic Speed!!!
I have actually been on board G-BOAC at Manchester AIRPORT, where her home is since the last flight. I really do miss seeing Concorde in the air, and hope that one day she might return, but I very much doubt it. it's just a shame that such a complicated fastest aircraft in the world should be in a museum... Unreal being abroad her... So so beautiful... Xxx
I was a lucky, lucky girl. I flew on Concorde many times...thanks to contacts from my “Pa”. He loved her as much as me. It was an utter privilege to fly on her, and I never, ever took it for granted. I remember flying back from Barbados on my last flight before she was grounded. I was in tears, along with all the cabin crew. The most incredible aircraft, second only to the Spitfire. Happy days
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i miss the concorde
At 0:58 "Just Taking My Concorde For A Walk"
Sipping champagne,at60,000ft,at 1350mph is the stuff
I used to live in Brooklyn NYC and every evening I used to see Concorde flying towards JFK beautiful looking aircraft,,now the noise abatement procedure a bit ridiculous you got people in NYC driving around with loud ass boom boxes lol
*_80's synth music intensifies_* more drums
Seeing and hearing Concorde in person was always huge experience - lots of airports slowed down operations to watch the ship depart.
How sad that almost 30 years later, we are flying SLOWER than we should be by now. The Concorde to me, represented a transition aircraft that should have brought about hypersonic travel in the 90s.
WOW ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL amounts of information the Captains, and Co-Polite are sharing, simply amazing. I love how you explain the navigation and everything else that goes with flying at those heights, and speeds!
Gorgeous bird. Used to work for air freight companies in Colnbrook in the 80s and always set my car alarm off with her noise on reheats. What a sight though on take off at 200 feet....
i was watching another concorde documentary and came here. İn other video, Chris norris was the flight officer. And in this one he is captain :)
I just commented on the same thing loll From luxury to a cardboard box lol.
Not Chuck Norris?
Exactly. It's a BBC Special from 1989.
Lol, me too. Just watched the other documentary and grinned at watching him as the co-pilot smile at "sticks down" after landing.
On this show here he is in the Captain's throne. 8oD
He was in luck to be first officer in cockpit with capt.John Hutchinson, legend of Concorde
Most beautiful and advanced plane ever....
What an incredible bird she was. That roar from the reverse thrust on landing was amazing. I remember watching and hearing one take off from Paris and being blown away at the sheer noise of the thing. It got my attention because it sounded like nothing else I’d ever seen or heard.
In-flight engineer,
paper maps, pre-digital, what an era!
Bring back the concord into full service. This generation and future generation need to experience it.
Still is the best passenger plane EVER. Nothing will beat Concorde!
“Built to be the best, she flew above the rest”
I saw Concorde when it came to New Zealand 🇳🇿 and did circles over Auckland. I was then and still am gobsmacked at the brilliance of Concorde. ⚘❤✈
A peak in beauty and performance. Magic.
Love the 80' montage music 🎶
A bit like the music they'd have played alongside an RAF recruitment film back then. "Take to the air, for I want to be a pilot!".
Just absolutely amazing! Brilliant!
"We are the highest people on the planet."
*U2 pilots have entered the chat*
*A-12 pilots have entered the chat*
*SR-71 pilots have entered the chat*
*Snoop Dogg has entered the chat*
So the highest person on the planet would be Snoop Dogg in a Concorde?
Felix Baumgartner: "Hold my Red Bull."
None of these flew between 2001 and 2003 so Concorde passengers in these years in fact were the highest people around (although if someone was on ISS they weren't but I don't know if there were people on ISS at that time)
@@herrhornbuckele5227 not true u2 was and still is in service the myth busters adam savage went up in one in 2014 I believe but the u2 definitely was still active in the 2010s
@@spenceradams2908 whoops, mistook it for production time. It's still active even today. The interesting question is if one was up when they said they're the highest people on the planet.
My favorite aircraft. Amazing documentary!
It’s a crying shame that this technological marvel of transportation is no longer in operation. Perhaps one day humanity will opt once more for supersonic passenger service.
Americans are currently working on Mach 4 without the sonic boom
Most beautiful plane ever made!!!
Maan I am a B777 pilot, love it so much but this is the only plane I'm envy! :D Those crew who flew it are very lucky people :)
How I feel about the DC-9
Never was a man so passionate about something as Cpt Mike Bannister is!👌🏻
I still smile everytime I see them smashing the throttles forward :D
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Congratulations Captain Norris!👍
Wish I could’ve flown on Concorde. The most beautiful airplane ever built 🇦🇺
Master iconic piece of aviation !
Cpt Brian Walpole gave me a personal one 2 one guided tour of this particular Concorde in 1982 at Heathrow.
Amazing video of an amazing airplane. It was great to see New York pre-911 skyline and the what was the Pan Am building who employed me at JFK flight control for years always so amazing to watch this very unique aircraft takeoff and land so many times !
RIP Concorde ! Everyone in aviation misses you!
Great video!
OMG She used to fly past my window over the Thames 17:17 every night like clockwork with all the grace and deportment of a flying Swan. Brings cold shivers still, and what madness and futility clipped her wings and brought her to her knees?
Many years ago, maybe about 35? I lived in England with my boys.
We very often used to visit Greenwich Park, and we occasionally caught sight of Concord!
She was 'rather loud', but we were all absolutely in awe of this amazing 'flying bird'!
The terrible catastrophic events of the crash in Paris were devastating😢
But I can't, however, get my head around the fact that now in 2023, there's been no 'enviromentally friendly', with modern, fuel saving technology, and a customer friendly version of her up and running?
Please let me know!
I flew on Concorde once from LHR to Kennedy back in 2000. They say it's one class of service, however it really it really is 2 classes. Concorede frequent fliers and celebrities are seated ahead of the bulkhead, every one else is seated behind the bulkhead.
Dear Richard Branson
Could you please buy a Concorde and put it in service. It would look so beautiful in your Virgin Atlantic livery.
Richard knows, he's often said he wanted to do this, and in fact approached air France, to see if he could get one. Sadly, they said no.
+soaringtractor - Not true. The reason Concorde was retired had nothing to do with the aircraft itself, it was simply no longer economically viable for Airbus (the successor to Sud Aviation/Aerospatiale) to produce spares for such a small fleet of aircraft - and this was made harder by the problems that arose during the development of the A380. The downturn in aviation following the terror attacks in September 2001 was the final nail in the coffin.
@@turricanedtc3764 OK so why don't they sell it then if you insist they're fine. The reality is that they're unstable, that's why. Nobody asked you for a history check. Keep your bias to yourself.
@@bikerboy3k Airbus decided that it wasn't economically viable to continue to act as Design Authority. It was also expensive to run (BA were making a profit but Air France weren't). I don't know where you heard that it was unstable, but that's nonsense.
@@bikerboy3k And nobody asked you to be a dickhead, yet here we are...
Avant-garde, elegant, engineering-excellence, just about sums up British aviation history. Although, I guess many from the millennial generation will think this was either shot on a parking lot in the Arizona or Concorde was built by super-intelligent aliens from another world.
The most beautiful plane of all time and every time i am sure if they start this concord again people will fly for sure to get to places fast. Just a beautiful machine.
1:36 - 'Will passengers please refrain from flushing the toilet whilst the aeroplane is on the ground!' LOL
Even Concorde needs to take a piss........
very funny, but please be aware no water from the septic tank is ever dumped in any airliner. I cant say the same for the water used in the galley, or any sink. so might just be that.
Its like watching a dog trying to swiftly squat to mark its territory.
I can remember one occasion, in Concorde's early days, going to a First Division football match (shows how long ago it was) when one flew over. The whole match literally stopped. Nothing that has flown since remotely approaches the sight of a Concorde in the sky.
My favourite Concorde programme
What a glorious achievement this aircraft was. Incredible travesty that it is no longer.
Seeing the backdrop of Concorde against Bunratty Castle in my native Ireland is something rather special, given Captain Sir Mike Bannister’s test flights of Concorde between Heathrow & Shannon Airports, quite close to the old flying boat base at Foynes in Co Limerick on the River Shannon - and Concorde has even landed in Dublin at one point too 🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧❤️
I have always wanted to fly on one since I was little and hopefully it comes back in the future somehow
Concorde is beautiful and looks like a Swan in flight
I lived in the DC area for a long time........ Sunday afternoons when out and about about 1pm used to regularly see the Concorde circling to approach Dulles.
In the 70s I was hitchhiking in the UK and got picked up by a rolls Royce engineer with engine parts in the back seat he was taking to a testing lab He was like a Concorde evangelist.. told me all kind of stuff in two hours.. was really fascinating
I used to listen on hf radio to Concord talking to Shannon as it arrived into the UK every evening.
The finest and most beautiful aircraft ever designed........ and it was designed by some clever blokes with some pencils, paper and some hand models in a wind tunnel. 🇬🇧🇫🇷✌✌
If you would like to see and go inside a Concorde plus a Russian Concordski, you can see them both together at the technical museum in Sinsheim Germany.
It has thousands of other exhibits too and is well worth a visit.
I've been there too, twice. Excellent museum. There is a 'sister' museum not too far away at Speyer which is also interesting. Thanks for commenting.
😄😄😄 a "Sister" Museum what an interesting name
Sister is a good word. It is related.
Could have said partner or affiliated, but sister fits nicely
@@Rasscasse yes, exactly never knew it was exist and accepted in the world of Museum's Aviation. 😄😄😄
If I dont scroll through comments I would not known about it. Appreciate those name hahaha
@@Rasscasse What about Parent's Company? Did you ever hear that?
7:04 That was awesome. What a beautiful, complex plane. It made me smile thinking how many people felt so proud of making it real. To see it take off so elegantly, beautiful human achievement. Iconic plane, EVERYBODY around the world knew what a Concorde was despite never seeing one.
Great production too, loved these videos about Concorde, thank you! 💛
I got to see one take off from London in 99. It was magnificent.
hi there, what a great documentary, can I use just a couple of minutes from the documentary?
Thanks in advance
I don't own it. To be honest I am amazed there hasn't been a copyright strike against me. For what it's worth I don't mind if you use any parts you like :)
@@ianmaw66 ok thanks!
My father walked through the prototype of the Concorde at filton Bristol. He also turned down a flight in it. Regrets it to this day. I saw her at filton once in a fly over at an open day. Wow. What a loud bird she was