Nice video; I flew the Concorde simulator last year at Brooklands with a group of former Concorde pilots including Mike Bannister. It was a great evening; just a pity I never experienced a real flight in this wonderful aircraft. I believe Gordon you were working the computer on the simulator that day.
Concorde was truly superb,the curvature of the earth out the window was a spectacular sight.Alas the skies no longer give us the sight of her or the delicate thunder of her arriving in regal style.A true icon.
Fantastic video=) Wish I had the chance to experience supersonic travel. However I was able to go to Edinburgh airport on the last day of operations to see the very last Concorde takeoff from Scotland. Many emotional people there that day=) I remember it like it was yesterday.
I too was fortunate enought to fly Concorde - albeit on a BA staff concession ticket! LHR - JFK on a Saturday JFK - LHR - next day (Sunday)! Seems like just a dream to me now, but your video sure brought back some memories. Thanks for posting this....where's part 2?
@TonyFirelli Early flights in scheduled service indicated the Tu-144S was extremely unreliable. During 102 flights and 181 hours of scheduled freight and passenger flight time, the Tu-144S suffered at least 226 failures, 80 of them in flight. Taken from Wikipedia. Does the TU-144 seem such a "great" plane now?
@TonyFirelli No. The Tu was never fit for service. This Concorde invention served her lifespan, transporting humans, in leisurewear, at enormous altitudes, with complete ease. The Russians never came close.
No, Rocket was the nick name BA staff fondly referred to the plane - since it flew faster then a rifle bullet - I fact they called my flight from the lounge “ Rocket 188, now ready to board - was the Washington DC flight
@TonyFirelli haha loll. well i know that a wing tore apart at Paris air show and i know that another crashed because of a fuel leak. And know that it was taken out of commercial service (in commercial service for just 2 years) because of severe design deficiencies. So i would call that a disaster of a plane. I know they rushed the design to beat Concorde into the air. That's the only thing it achieved and hence why it had severe design flaws.
Being a Ramp Agent. I'D Taken Serious Pride in Working this Everyday..I wouldn't Care How Many or Heavy the bags were....Lucky Ramp Bastards in LHR lol...I'm Uber Jelious..
@HotChilliSquirrel Well if you got that from Wiki.. Hah, my friend got banned from there because they didn't like the real truth he put up there, and they removed what they didn't like.
@teemas10 Well your spelling shows low education... Other than that, The only problem the Tu-144 suffered were engines other then that it was a perfect plane like a concorde. and the crash at Paris has high possibility of a sabotage, many agreed.
Nice video; I flew the Concorde simulator last year at Brooklands with a group of former Concorde pilots including Mike Bannister. It was a great evening; just a pity I never experienced a real flight in this wonderful aircraft. I believe Gordon you were working the computer on the simulator that day.
The music was a brilliant choice.
Concorde was truly superb,the curvature of the earth out the window was a spectacular sight.Alas the skies no longer give us the sight of her or the delicate thunder of her arriving in regal style.A true icon.
Great upload. Especially parts 2 and 3 :)
That’s so cool uncle Gordon!!
Oh wow. What a sleek, futuristic plane.
You lucky man! It must have been a magical experience.
Fantastic video=) Wish I had the chance to experience supersonic travel. However I was able to go to Edinburgh airport on the last day of operations to see the very last Concorde takeoff from Scotland. Many emotional people there that day=) I remember it like it was yesterday.
This concorde (G-BOAG) is at the museum of flight in Seattle, WA permanently if you want to visit it
I too was fortunate enought to fly Concorde - albeit on a BA staff concession ticket!
LHR - JFK on a Saturday
JFK - LHR - next day (Sunday)!
Seems like just a dream to me now, but your video sure brought back some memories.
Thanks for posting this....where's part 2?
Just can't believe this was true - amazing video - thanks.
the concorde is stunning
Concords is a perfect face, a perpect function and a perfect facilation.
amaizing video gordon you really get lucky congratutations gordon....
Agree with you completely!!
Long live the Concorde!!
when i flew the 001 to JFK in 1999, the one way fare was £3500 ... and, no, I am not rich - I didn't pay - I was couriering company documents
@TonyFirelli Early flights in scheduled service indicated the Tu-144S was extremely unreliable. During 102 flights and 181 hours of scheduled freight and passenger flight time, the Tu-144S suffered at least 226 failures, 80 of them in flight.
Taken from Wikipedia. Does the TU-144 seem such a "great" plane now?
Can you hear the sonic boom from inside the plane?
@TonyFirelli No. The Tu was never fit for service. This Concorde invention served her lifespan, transporting humans, in leisurewear, at enormous altitudes, with complete ease. The Russians never came close.
nice I love the Top Gun Music
You able to get one of the LAST concorde flights! lucky!
How much was your ticket? I heard that it was expensive, but not how expensive. Thanks for sharing your video (and adventure!!!).
It's 10,000 US Dollars
i wonder how much the tickets were. like 1000 dollars or what?
@iu2bibys It was £4000 single .. = £8000 return, or sometimes less.
So boag you were on and boac was coming in
i always wanted to get on the TU-144 ):
haha! I was just inside Alpha Golf the other day!. too bad they had the bloody seats blocked off :(
I want to know both songs.
i wish to come back the concorde.
@TonyFirelli
What means "rocket class"? First class?
Lev Asmanov prob what he called a Concorde flight
No, Rocket was the nick name
BA staff fondly referred to the plane - since it flew faster then a rifle bullet - I fact they called my flight from the lounge “ Rocket 188, now ready to board - was the Washington DC flight
Tu-144 and Concorde both great planes :D
Cant say the tu-144 is though.
Which is the name of the music in the 3:00 ?
Also sprach Zarathustra
Melrose Brown 2001 a space odyssey ending music
was this last flight of concord?
anybody have a copy of concorde's timetables? I want to see them...
what happened to the Concorde lounge was it taken down?
Jack Sadler It’s now used as a first class lounge
hands down one of the best experiences of my life.. London Heathrow to JFK.
This exact plane is at some museum now. Completely Plexiglasd off! :(
I went on it at the museum of flight
Oh, my... SUPERSONIC CONDOM IS ALWAYS CONDOM. It was golden time for BOAC. People not saved CONDOM
Around $10000 round trip near the end of service.
more than$10000 id say but not sure how much more
I thought the Concorde was illegal in the us because of the sonic boom
GhostBustersRule1 That's why it only flew across the Atlantic.
Wasn't illegal in the US. Just wasn't allowed to go at supersonic speeds overland.
@TonyFirelli haha loll. well i know that a wing tore apart at Paris air show and i know that another crashed because of a fuel leak. And know that it was taken out of commercial service (in commercial service for just 2 years) because of severe design deficiencies. So i would call that a disaster of a plane. I know they rushed the design to beat Concorde into the air. That's the only thing it achieved and hence why it had severe design flaws.
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concorde is asome
@xoio Yes
top gun van halen
A version without the music would be amazing
@TonyFirelli concorde was TU-144 was a disaster
Being a Ramp Agent. I'D Taken Serious Pride in Working this Everyday..I wouldn't Care How Many or Heavy the bags were....Lucky Ramp Bastards in LHR lol...I'm Uber Jelious..
hey! G-BOAG lives near me! 8D
@teemas10 That's not being personal... xaxaxa
Did you HAVE to put that annoying tired out over used Top Gun music over the top!?
more like 3600 USD
lucky booger!
$15,000 roundtrip
@HotChilliSquirrel Well if you got that from Wiki.. Hah, my friend got banned from there because they didn't like the real truth he put up there, and they removed what they didn't like.
no you can't - though you can see the curve of the earth
@teemas10 Well your spelling shows low education... Other than that, The only problem the Tu-144 suffered were engines other then that it was a perfect plane like a concorde. and the crash at Paris has high possibility of a sabotage, many agreed.
@teemas10 Well obviously you havent watched documentaries and just pulled that out of your fan-boy head...
@TonyFirelli but concorde is better
You should have played Chariots of fire instead of this annoying music.
@mjk0123456789 lets just say there was no UNDESIREABLES allowed.
Terrible background music!