Why You Couldn’t Afford To Fly Concorde
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Concorde was the world’s most iconic airliner and one of the most technically ambitious projects in aviation history. Billions were spent on its development over a span of more than a decade. When the Concorde program was launched, it was to be the next giant leap forward in air travel. Many believed that mass supersonic commercial air travel would be commonplace by the end of the 1970s.
By the early 1960s, both the British and French had come up with early designs for supersonic airliners. As both efforts moved toward the prototype phase, it increasingly made sense for the two countries to work together to shoulder development costs and the immense technical hurdles. Britain and France formally partnered to launch the Concorde program by signing a treaty in 1962.
Thousands of the brightest French and British engineers were dedicated to making supersonic air travel a reality. By 1963, mockups of Concorde were already capturing the world’s imagination and dazzling the press. Airlines soon placed orders for more than 70 Concordes. Orders were expected to grow to at least 200 by 1975. The Soviet Union responded with the development of their own supersonic airliner and the United States launched the Supersonic Transport program.
However, by the early 1970s, the prospect of mass supersonic travel began to fade. Concorde would enter commercial service in the mid-to-late 1970s, just as the price of oil began to skyrocket. Concorde burned nearly four times more fuel than even a first generation jetliner. Like all supersonic aircraft, Concorde generated sonic booms. Public tolerance for sonic booms had been underestimated, and as countries started banning supersonic flights over their airspace, limited route options made Concorde less appealing to airlines. By the end of 1973, nearly every airline cancelled their options. All the while, Concorde’s development costs had ballooned to more than ten times original estimates.
British Airways and Air France were ultimately the only airlines to put Concordes into service, taking delivery of just a handful of aircraft each. The two airlines would eventually turn a profit by branding Concorde as an ultra-exclusive way to travel. Ticket prices were set as high as $12,000 for a London to New York round trip for the elite few who could afford the price of flying supersonic. While the prospect of mass supersonic travel never arrived, Concorde earned a legacy as an engineering marvel and symbol of pride for the British and French until it's retirement in 2003.
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Imagine spending New Years Eve and celebrating it in London before hopping on Concorde and doing it all again in New York a few hours later
Now that I would die for
that would be epic
Covid says no 😂
@@xenosmoke8915 um ok?
For 20grand per seat? No thank you.
Why you cant fly Concorde:
1. Its retired
the title was "why you COULDN´T afford the concorde" not "why you CAN´T afford the concorde"
the title is in a past form not a present form
what that means is that even if you were alive back then you wouldn´t be able to afford it
@@clueless3045 did u have to type 3 comments?
@@clueless3045 did u have to type 3 comments?
Despite the problems, Concorde is a beautiful design and an amazing accomplishment. Everyone involved should be proud.
gifted shark❤
i lvoe the thing :D
*Proud in debt*
It wasn’t a good design. The video gave all reasons as to why it was bad. It was just an expensive, fast tracked prototype.
The Concorde is, in reality an epic failure, the biggest financial failure in aviation history until the A380, at least Airbus managed to sell a couple hundred... Concorde had ZERO sales... a $3 Billion disaster that destroyed BAC and the UK aviation industry.
As an airline employee I rode Concorde for $500 ! - best deal ever !
Very lucky..I am just happy I got to see one take off when I was 11 years old.
How was it? Can you detail it?
What a bargain！
So did I!
Usually employees get paid.
The Concorde featured a droop snoot.
“A droop snoot?”
The snoot would droop.
“The snoot drooped.”
I came to the comments section just to find this comment 😂
Yes, take my like. This needs to be said on every Concorde video that doesnt mention the droop snoot
Droopeth the snooteth.
*_D R O O P T H E S N O O T_*
Vox reference
My grandad flew on Concorde for his job, he told me how he could attend a business meeting in New York and be back home for dinner. He lived in central England.
awesome
Was he a homsexual?
@@mikehunt6867 You looking for trade luv?
@@mikehunt6867 What a weird comment?
@@mikehunt6867 that’s called « projection » in psychology 😂🤣
I remember the sonic booms back in the 60s from Hughes Aircraft flying around, near Marina Del Rey CA. I don't remember anyone complaining about the sound... ever. As kids, we thought the booms were pretty cool and would instantly look up to the skies to see the plane, if possible. But by the time we heard the boom, it was long gone. Good times.
yeah, but if you multiply that by a certain factor, it's bound to be insanely annoying. look up how many flights airports within a 30 mile radius of you have daily, add them all together if neccessary, then imagine that many number of booms daily. in many places, it's basically all day, everyday. plus, not everyone enjoys feeling like theyre being dive b*mbed.
@@IDontKnow-pf6en yup also the Concorde's boom was far louder then military planes due to its size
It's always US and UK jealousy
droop snoot
@@IDontKnow-pf6eni dont think if he was a success he was going in national routes but only International flights above the ocean
American Concorde: "No one will ever fly this."
European Concorde: "No one can afford to fly this."
Soviet Concorde: "No one will want to fly this."
Well all supersonic aircrafts from the 3 sides all had their flaws.
@@quinzerrak4975 When it comes to SST's there were 2. The American attempt/s were never built, so the US got bitter and nobbled Concorde.
@@owenshebbeare2999 I already knew that, because Lockheed and Boeing still stuffed up.
art bell in a july 22, 1996 episode said when his concorde landed and went into reverse thrust it blew one of the engines, as in destroyed.
@@owenshebbeare2999 Hahahaha!
‘A sound that nobody wants’
Aviation nerds: *E A R G A S M*
I'd pay to hear it
The whole take off as well, not just the boom
Having lived near Heathrow it was an amazing sound the raw power, crackling like a rocket as it took off bang on time. The way it cut through air like a hot knife through butter, not struggling like the jumbo jets. A beautiful thing.
@@SteveInScotland as I listen to the recordings (could not see in reality (born in 98 in Hungary...)) She was more like a fighter jet then a passenger airliner :D
Yeah who needs windows anyways?
I was in Barbados as a boy when my dad took me to the airport. We parked at the end of the runway and watched as one of the last Concorde's flew mere feet above our head to land for its final trip across the Atlantic. I shall never forget the awe and majesty of that aircraft. A unique mark in our aviation history.
I was on a flight to St Lucia from the UK when I was little, the plane stopped in Barbados on the way.. our aircraft parked next to a Concorde while some passengers departed. That's the closest I ever got. I remember thinking how tiny it looked!
I shall not forget that people still use the word shall in the 21st Century.
😂 Jk
A close friend was on one of the last concorde flights.
My dad was a missionary in Barbados when he was in college, and he talked about hearing the concordes flying overhead.
My cousin told me that people gathered at the airport just to watch Concorde fly into another Caribbean island.
Trust the DC10 to not only tarnish its own safety record, but also that of other planes by leaving debris all over the runway 😂
I would say that the tri-jets always had a limited life span. Once the size of the engines start to grew, it really just was a matter of time for the two engined jet to kick them a side.
Well if you check the video that TheFlightChannel made about the accident, the debris was shown to be a replacement part uninstalled properly, and the Concorde's own tire blew from the debris
@@automotivevehicle3210 I still fault the DC10 over the Concorde, the debris SHOULD NOT have been there, and it was their fault for failing to notice and subsequently report the mechanical failure that led to an unfair tarnishing of the Concorde's safety record.
I remember when I first heard the debris was from a DC10. I was disappointed but not surprised
@@Christina-ju1xz Well sure, but the impact of the tire should not have ruptured then tank, even if it did, the fuel shouldn´t caught fire... even if it did, the flame retardant should have saved the aircraft.
Also Concorde fly way to close to the limit of the engines on the takeoff.
“I didn’t kill the Concorde, it never lived.” Wow, that hurt quite a bit. Maybe it’s because of my fascination with all aviation things and especially my passion for the Concorde, but that line made my eyes tear up.
The man was crying while he said that.
Kinda gay ngl
The way the engines were integrated in Comet's wings looked so beautiful.
JJ
The Comet was also adapted for a variety of military roles such as VIP, medical and passenger transport, as well as surveillance; the last Comet 4, used as a research platform, made its final flight in 1997.
The most extensive modification resulted in a specialized maritime patrol derivative, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, which remained in service with the Royal Air Force until 2011, over 60 years after the Comet's first flight.
See: [-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet-]
@Stimpy&Ren they were
The comet had a major design flaw. The oval shape of the viewing window openings over the wings were found to be the source of major fatigue cracks. The flaws were not found during design or testing. Airliner designs today incorporate rectangular viewing window openings.
@Din Djarin Same i cant tell cause im pretty sure boeing has oval windows like in the 787
tim mayer it was the other way round! It was the square corners which caused the cracks. Oval windows have no corners to crack.
And finally, the trilogy is complete. Congrats.
Supersonic jets trilogy of videos?
Allama Sadi the Boeing 2707, Tu-144 and Concorde trilogy. Supersonic commercial flights
Reserved comment
Can't wait for the prequel trilogy!
Yo is that fire coming out
I love how he incorporated “The snoot droops” when it showed all the features
love the accuracy of the techno jargon
The Concorde is the most elegant looking aircraft ever made.
Maybe airliner but there are several more beautiful aircraft
Sr-71, Spitfire, p-38 to name a few.
I sincirelly hate russians, but Tu-160 also looks impessive.
That's because it HAS to be elegant to be aerodynamic at mach 2 speeds. Normal liners can slip away with more sloppy designs coz of low speeds.
what do you expect? it's partly french
Nope.
Hindenburg.
When I was a kid, I had a toy model airplane. It was the only toy plane I had and kept it safely in cupboard. It was a Concorde. From that age itself, I remembered one name always- Concorde. It was a type of dream. I still remember the size of the toy and the colours. It is still one of the very early memories of my life: A toy Concorde in my hand. ❤️
I have a Concorde in my car's rear window, mounted on the shelf. It's made of rubber, and no doubt my little car got a little faster.
Gee...! The point is?
My model plane is a 747-400, but Concorde's really cool too. :D
kendall Evans u same like you would make fun of a persons hobby
Phil Collins liked it.
In an unusual twist of irony, Concorde found assistance in selling tickets from a different sector of travel; one that was nearly wiped out by her predecessors, the early jets. That sector was the Ocean Liner operators. An unusual anachronism of the time, Cunard was still just about hanging on with the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2. However, they became quite a large buyer of one-way Concorde tickets.
Cunard bought, in bulk, large numbers of Concorde tickets and bundled them with tickets for the QE2. This just barely managed to push the price of Concorde tickets down to a level where moderately well-off enthusiasts could afford to fly the Concorde, after spending a week sailing on the very last of the mighty ocean liners of the past. An unusual combination, but one that worked well for both sides.
I took advantage of that offer in 1993 and got to fly Concorde from New York to London for $299 returning on QE2. The book price of $4500 was printed on the ticket which I certainly would not have been able to afford.
I wish that had been available during my adult life.
ya that sort of model also seemed to be used for moderately well off vacation packages too, travel companies could buy a bunch of tickets at a slightly reduced price, and ensure the whole plane was filled. that's what happened in the 2001 crash
My grandparents actually did this, I’m extremely jealous they did
@@AsbestosMuffins so it was actually just the poors who died haha
I was worried for a second.
I received a free upgrade to the Concorde for a business trip to London on BA. A problem with a fuel value caused a 2-hour delay, but it still arrived there faster than a regular flight. The plane was cramped, even the center aisle being around my height, and the g-forces were strong during take-off, especially as the plane banked while departing JFK. My boss called me Mach-2 Malcolm.
malcolm speed
Damn, that's actually a sick nickname
Concorde: the only time in history that the English and the French finally got along
We got along well since 1815
American Concorde, Russian Concorde...
Finally he treats us with the actual Concorde
As it should be
But the American was never built
Keep the best for last
All made in Taiwa-...oh wait
@@LifeLens764 yes it was by NASA
I flew to NY once on concorde and its an experience i will never forget till i die; take off was ‘vertical’ like a rocket and although not very comfortable inside , it was just amazing. Hopefully there will be another one soon
I disagree - It was really comfortable on the inside... At least as good as Business Class. I don't remember the toilets to be any worse than a standard passenger jet. Kicking out over Jamaica Bay was always a great feeling, especially knowing a 5 course meal was about to arrive and London in under three hours. Coming in to London around 9pm and slowing down to the speed of normal jets was a great feeling. Can't wait for the Starship service - Under an hour to Australia from the UK.
If you liked Concorde, you'll love Boom Overture
@@tonylegge7261 i wouldnt be jumpin to get on that thing, guarentee it eats shit and explodes like the challenger
@@yzwme586 And you are the expert? It's a real pity it does not fly any more.... It's safety record is very good!
@@tonylegge7261 im talkin about the starship, not the concorde
This is a great example that just because something is better (and possible), doesn't mean it's the best option or wanted. Simply amazing!
Visited the one resting at Duxford. Although sad to see it sitting on the edge of the hangar it was still mindblowing to see it in person and the actual size of the engines. Little Easter egg, they stored it with completely bald tires (cords showing and the rubber perished).
- So there's that new supersonic plane.
USA : - Oh wow cool, which US company did it?
- It's British and French, but it's super co-
USA -. WHAT ABOUT THE OZONE LAYER?!
ikr
Lol
Exactly
Exactly..!😑
And the USA won't complain until it's almost done. Another example is Nord stream 2.
I lived under the Concorde flightpath; used to set off all the car alarms as it took off and rattle the glass panes in the windows. People would still rush out to see it every time it passed.
There will never be such a charismatic commercial jet ever again.
"charismatic" lol
@@saikat0511 the dude is right though, the plane was stunning.
One of my favourite things was chatting to the Captain whilst we were doing over Mach 2, then sitting down to Champagne and smoked salmon. Won't be done again for several generations.
@@77l96 this kind of opinion is the reason why can't have nice things.
@@kodaloid if you are talking about the looks and the sheer amount of tech and innovation that went into the project, then yeah it was magnificent, but I still wouldn't want sonic booms in urban areas.
I have experienced them couple of times and they suck so bad, its like a fucking mini earthquake
The greatest insult to the Concorde was that the terrible fatal crash wasn't even its own fault, but that of a DC-10 that took off ahead of them that had a bad repair job done to it. The runway debris that punctured the wing tank was a poorly mended metal strip from the DC-10.
i flew on the Concorde from Rio de Janeiro back in the 1970s and it was one of the best things i have ever done just Superb , Fantastic to say the least a magnificent plane
I don’t care what anyone says, that airplane was one of the most beautiful and amazing airplane that ever flew!
Yes because you don't care what anyone says, that's why you are wrong right away
Nah nah
SR-71 is unanimously the sexiest aircraft ever created and flown
These planes look hideous. What are you talking about
Concorde and The Blackbird were the most striking aircraft ever built.
It was gonna gurt the environment tho 🤷🏽♂️
But the Concorde, for me and many others' would still be a legendary plane.
Just Concorde. Not "the Concorde".
I am an huge fan!
Yeah imagine if it actually existed
I think it was just too early for it's time. I think they could make it safe now. But there is still the problem of the sonic boom.
The Concorde I not just a legend but a revolution in technology
I appreciate how as time and years went on, you changed the little company logos of Air France and British Airways on the paper drawings to match what they were at the time lol. Great attention to detail.
Brilliant Film. Deserves more views.
Mustard: Why you couldn't afford to fly Concorde?
Me: I can't even afford my monthly data.
Where do you even live to not be able to afford monthly data??
i took a photo of a Concorde in flight once, that was almost affordable.
@@SKAOG21 it's only a joke. Anyway, we already have WiFi everywhere. Also considering quarantine, there's no urgency to pay for monthly data.
work
edit: just a joke ik its a hahan't joek but dose it seeam leik me care?
Canadian? Pretty sure we have most expensive data in the world
When we needed him most, he is back!
Yes
I have been waiting for another video from him
And he came back
Unlike jeffrey epstein
They will disappear like airships (controlled balloon). AND NEVER COME BACK!!! Stupid capitalism
The concord flight path out of London meant these beautiful aircraft use fly straight over my house when I was a kid, a properly awe-inspiring sight. I shall never forget watching the last ever concord flight from my back garden at the tender age of 7! What a stunning piece of engineering that plane was, totally unmatched even by today's airliners.
I was fortunate enough to board a Concorde at the Miami International Airport. There was a wonderful promotion for airline employees, but you only had a short window of opportunity, so I only got to examine the cabin while the aircraft was being serviced.
I flew Concorde 4 times. I still visit her on the ground to remember those times. Yes it was quick but it was really cramped and awkward if a few of you needed the loo. The cockpit looks like something from a WW2 bomber rather than a commercial aircraft these days. It was a beautiful plane but from another age. It would have been impossible to save. I have no doubt supersonic commercial travel will return, just maybe not in my lifetime.
lucky you
It looked cramped. But at least people didn't have to sit in those seats for very long, given the short flight time. But speed was really the only positive thing the Concorde could sell at the end. Business and First Class on regular wide bodies had became more luxurious by comparison. Sure, the flights took longer, but having more cabin space and far better seats didn't make it seem as long.
So how did you go about flying on the Concorde 4 times? For business?
"I have no doubt supersonic commercial travel will return"
Ya only after finding a way to restore environment or maybe after we find a new planet to live 😂
@@Krishnaprasad-tc6vk Those were the days when the technology was just invented. But now, jet engines have been around for too long and have become much more energy efficient than before. So, I think the environment won't be as big of an issue now.
For me, I think the main problem still is the sonic boom.
@@raghavdhamija8643 ya exactly...
It's like... I want to travel in super sonic speeds without having sonic boom and problems with ozone or any environment. This seems a lil but impossible now. We have already done a lot of damage to environment so if we continue to do this it will be a suicidal attempt
The story of Concorde is a great allegory for what we can achieve versus what we understand once it's achieved, and that saddens me as Concorde is one of the reasons I became an engineer
Well, it also reminds me what I am reminding me to my colleagues - without proper RoI analysis, technical geniality is pointless (unless you are doing it as a hobby or have a sponsor).
I remember as a kid it was always a special occasion when you saw one coming in for landing... they werent many of them and they would fly high and fast.
My grandfather used to work as a mechanic for Air France back in the day. He used to work on the concordes and actually got to fly them. My mom used to and still does tell me abt it, but I never understood how cool that was til I researched it
i honestly think its still one of the coolest planes ever produced. wish I had a chance to fly in one
i hope super sonic commercial flight becomes commonplace in the future
Sorry to dash your hopes and dreams, but we live in the age of environmentalism...
@@fortcrafterbossbehold9027 once the late space age rolls around, there will be no need for environmentalism as we'll have a practically infinite source of resources
Welcome boom xb1
droop snoot
TL;DW:
1. Its hella expensive
2. You're broke.
Doesn't change the fact that the Concorde is beautiful.
mustard's vids are never too long :)
To buisness guys its not... And they were running it... Saddly not anymore
@SG21337
I was lucky enough to see Concorde in flight on two different occasions - it was breathtakingly beautiful.
A stunning aircraft.
It’s a work of art
@@ianmacfarlane1241 Lucky. I was born the year after it was retired so I didn't know such a thing existed for the longest time.
Think about this: Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time in 1947; he is still alive.
So...Whoever kills him will become the one who breaks the light barrier?
😂
I got to see him break the sound barrier in 2009 or 2010 at an airshow at Edwards AFB. Hearing that boom was awesome! He didn't actually fly the jet himself, but he was in the back. Amazing life he had, I'm sure.
whenever I read something like this I think "wau, I wonder what he did today. Like, did he go to the store? did he walk around the park with his wife? did he spend the day pissing himself in bed and mumbling incoherently? what."
He is 4 parallel universes ahead of us
Still grateful I could fly the Concorde - I remember I had a business meeting over in The Big Apple. Flew the Concorde. Got there in three hours, attended the meeting, and came back just in time for dinner.
Excellent presentation. A friend of mine was flight crew in the eighties and had the experience of getting a flight from London to Toronto.
When you get a Mustard notification... you stop everything you are doing to watch the video!
For real!
I got the notification right as I was about to go to bed. Nope, f*** that, I’m watching mustard.
Yeah, cancel my afternoon plans. I got something more important to attend.
Facts
Amen and amen
"Why You Couldn’t Afford To Fly Concorde". No enough money for the ticket.
You should have tried a StandBy back then. Maybe Paul McCartney mixed up the day of flight or had a cold, or you could have tried a McGyver cos' he got in/on everywhere.
YES YOU COULD, BA WERE MAKING A FORTUNE OUT OF SHORT TRIPS IN CONCORDE AROUND COASTAL AREAS, LIKE THE BAY OF BISCAY ETC. NOT SCHEDULED STUFF, BUT SHORT TRIPS SO YOU COULD HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF FASTER THAN SOUND, IN A GREAT PLANE.
Concorde: *exists*
British Airways and Air France: *not stonks*
"How about selling the tickets to celebrities and rich people?"
British Airways and Air France: *stonks*
My parents where fortunate enough to be able to fly concord pretty regularly and its super interesting listening to the stories. Crazy stuff
mustards videos are my favorite thing ever. everything about them are simply incredible
Fun fact: America banned the Concorde from flying over Ameican soil after conducting a government test named "Bongo II". Bongo happened over Oaklahkma City and conducted about 7 sonic booms over the city a day to see how the residents would react. Many of the tallest buildings had their windows broken and many residents filed for property damage.
Bongo II? Im assuming a test flight of their Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie.
@@scarecrow108productions7
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_sonic_boom_tests
@Sassy The Sasquatch No, the Thunderscreech was a completely different airplane (F-84 with a turboprop).
People are complaining about sonic booms from B-58s too.
What a racist name
New Yorker:" I gotta run to get some English Tea, I'll be back in a Few!"
Wife:" Alright dear, I'll leave the door unlocked."
I was standing on the dining table and advertisement took me dominos to see the moon, my mother called and i forgot teh phone number of the dominos.
That'd be some expensive English tea
I flew on it a few times in the 80's with my dad. Loved it when the screen would show you how fast you were going.
My grandparents got to fly on the Concorde some time around the 80s post rebrand. I wasn't alive, but I did have this neat Concorde model that they got as a souvenir.
1974: New York? Yeah there in 3.5 hours!
2020: New York? I'll be there by tomorrow if I'm lucky
Fuck you talking about, 7 hour flight on a jetliner, you'll get there the same day still. Just slower than a Concorde
By tomorrow? You're very optimistic. I've been stuck in New Zealand for 5 months
oof
@@jordanhicks5131 He's talking about Coronavirus travel restrictions
@@shutout951 doesnt affect flight time. Just means you gotta self quarantine for 14 days before going out and about. You'll still get to london in the same 7 hours. Depending on how sneaky you are, you'll still be visiting friends and family that same day
As a 14 year old in the seventies I was lucky enough to be shown around the Concorde factory in Toulouse by a friend of my father. I can still remember how impressed I was by the engineering,my only regret was that if it had been a few days later he could have arranged to go on one of the test flights. Sadly never did get to fly on it.
Comment of appreciation on how well this documentary is put together, to deliver a lot of interesting info in a very visual way.
It must have been in the early 1980s when I was at Heathrow Airport and saw Concorde land and then come up close to the window gallery where we were stood. A truly magnificent sight.
Concorde is one of my favorite airliners. It's beautiful, and I wish I could have flown on it. When I was a kid, we had a field trip to JFK, and we were able to sit in a Concorde. It was super small, but I loved it. Even though I was one of those people affected by the sonic booms (I used to live 3 miles from JFK), it never bothered us to where it was an inconvenience. We just loved watching her take off and land. Excellent video!
i recommend the man in the high castle (amazon prime series) in it, they shows the hypersonic travel that never happened tho with a bit of Nazi twist of sorts
@@PrograError I've watched the entire series. It was an awesome show. 😊 And strange seeing Concorde in Nazi colors lol
i prefer to sleep in an A380...
The boom was made so you couldn't miss the show :-)
"That's not a bug, it's a feature"
I find it quite amazing how the Concorde program managed to live for 34 years, despite all the difficulties and its rough start. We humans are quite surprising I must say.
Amazing what you can do with taxpayer money and the ability to arrest anyone that doesn't pay you.
@@TheOwenMajor no not really.
BA manages to get profit out of her (to be exact: quarter of all profit came from Concorde operation).
And this video does not mention the big hit: charter
@@alhdgysz I am not sure. But I doubt the profitability. 4 times the fuel and fewer passengers?
I presume the maintenance is also much higher. High performance begets high maintenance. High sustained performance begets even higher maintenance. There is also a possibility of it being profitable for a few months, but not sustained.
Apparently Connorde cost ba twice as much to run as a 747, got there in half the time. So once they worked out that time was worth money, the ticket price jumped (by much, much more than 2) an yes it was the most profitable aircraft ba had for many years.
@@ramonching7772 with the regular JFK flights and the charted flights it was profitable for BA. Not so sure about AF.
Interestingly BA's Concordes were in mint condition. Unlike AF's. AF wanted to get rid of them and Airbus did not want to take part of the maintenance. So France deliberately wanted no profit from Concorde operations...
I would love to fly in Concorde just once in my life. Such a beautiful and amazing plane.
I know it's impossible, but one can dream...
Just saw this video scrolling through your profile and remembered that my grandma actually flew on one of these back In her day, she died 2-3 years ago but I still remember the big things about her.
5:48
"Droop snoot?"
"The snoot would droop."
"The snoot drooped."
Yes
They ask what the droop snoot is but not how the droop snoot is
Concorde, ahead of it’s time and still is to this day as nothing has come close to succeeding it. Also even grounded in museums the aircraft looks still futuristic.
Concorde is very small and cramped inside and is certainly not "futuristic" in that respect. Flying on a wide-bodied aircraft is far more comfortable and luxurious and above all, affordable...
Redblade the point of concern isn’t comfort, there’s no need for it. Since it can arrive in half the time people don’t need as much space for comfort
Hardly ahead of its time. It was very much a product *of* its time. 1960s thinking: "Futurism" no matter what the economic and environmental costs.
@@electrohalo8798
A 3 hour journey on a plane like Concorde from London to New York is still a long time and people do expect comfort, especially for the extortionate prices they have to pay! I've been on Concorde and everyone is packed in like a tin of sardines; you can't move your elbows and stretch your legs for comfort. A woman sitting in front of me in Concorde even banged her head on the overhead luggage compartment and she was only 5ft 2 inches tall.
@@redblade8160 So you're saying that only Tom Cruise wouldn't hit his head?
Decades ahead of its time. Still a thing of stunning beauty and a technical marvel
The Concorde captured my friends' imagination. We dreamed about it conversationally on our vacation flights between the US and Europe. However, on vacation the extra hours in the air on a normal jet plane weren't really a concern and saving a lot of money with the cheaper tickets was good too.
I was 10 when I flew the Soviet Concord (Tupolev-144) from Moscow to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, with my Dad. It was April 1978. Flight number 499. Dad told me that the cost was almost 70 rubles per one ticket -- a half of a median monthly salary in the USSR back then. I recently asked him if that price was for a round trip or just for a one-way ticket. Unfortunately, he didn't remember. I guess it was a one-way ticket's price. But what he did remember was the fact that there was no discount for a child -- in the Soviet Union, bus, railroad and airplane tickets for children of the age of 13 and younger were discounted from 15% to 50% off of the full price.
I still remember how the flight attendant announced that we would break the speed barrier in 30 seconds, then she started a count-down -- "10; 9; 8... 2; 1; we are supersonic now!" I remember some sort of a very light jolt, and that was it! Then, mesh screens were automatically rolled down to cover the windows -- later I was explained that during the supersonic phase of the flight, the windows would get really hot, that's why a decision was made to cover them with those screens to make sure that nobody burns their skin while flying. As far as I can remember, other than that, the flight was not very different from any other flight on any regular commercial jet.
damn that's a really nice story man
@@NOOBSLAYER-cw3gd just wanted to say that and sow your answer. Rly one great story.
Thank you!
Great story! You’re the first person I’ve ‘met’ that flew on the Concorde-ski - that is awesome!
Thats a core memory right there.
The de Havilland Comets faliures were due to the square windows creating stress fractures in the pressurised fuselage. That's why jets all have rounded windows now.
Oh yeah you reminded me of that documentary I watched
Crazy how such a small thing could ruin such a revolutionary aircraft
That is actually a common misconception the square windows were not actually the reason but it was metal fatigue which was not yet an understood issue it was caused by repeated pressurisation and de-pressurisation the issue was that the windows were riveted instead of being glued which propagated stress cracks it has nothing to do with the shape
@@eggbun yep, I saw it too, so did 39 other people who👍 this comment!
FLights ae light
your animations are out of this world mate. keep going!!!!
I see and read so much negative press and reviews about Concorde, particularly from countries that didn't have a supersonic airliner, you would think it was a disaster from start to finish.... and then you see it. Utterly breathtaking. And proof that form follows function and its beauty is a product of its abilities. It has the purity of shape that is only matched by some birds, in my humble opinion.
1974: New York, London? 3.5 hours!
2020: New York, London? no, you need 14 days for Quarantine!
Hahahahaha
Actually, the New York - London record set in 1974 was 1 hour 55 minutes.
And that is good.
john broad are you jealous of his brilliant comment 🤔
@@Kodakcompactdisc your comment is bullshit
This has to be my favorite Mustard vid of all time. As far as I’m concerned it’s not Concorde’s fault that we mere mortals are too namby pamby and poor for her, she was in a league of her own, a masterpiece that will never be equaled. Regardless of what the future of supersonic flight holds, the triumph over adversity and design genius that produced her was a one off, I’m glad it happened in my lifetime.
As a boy growing up in the 60s and 70s, I was fascinated by any type of aircraft. But the one which totally captured my imagination was the Concorde. It truly had the wow factor. Fortunately, I was able to fly on a British Airways Concorde from New York to London in 1999, approximately a year before the fatal accident of an Air France Concorde while taking off from Paris in 2000. One of my (few) “bucket list” items well and truly ticked off.
My parents flew on one of the last Concord flights from NY to Paris in 2003! My dad won a vacation raffle through his job & both tickets + the trip in Paris were paid for by the company. It's a neat-o fun fact I get to use :)
I was doing a shopfitting job at Harrods in 2003 and we watched the retirement flight from the roof, 3 concordes in formation. I also remember some of the lads were happy about it because they lived under the Heathrow flightpath and said their letterboxes and windows would rattle everytime a concorde took off.
I thought you wrote shoplifting. :-)
@@Bobbyisrael17 OMFG! Me too... Thought he was confessing a crime lol
i too saw shoplifting
@@Bobbyisrael17 same. I was like "weird to say it's a job but okay"
Here for the mandatory "shoplifting" comment. But man, what a marvel that shake is, tech so strong it shakes the world around it every day it flies and it's so normal.
I flew the Concorde and it was expensive, however no one in the history of my family has traveled higher or faster ever.
Cool story.
yeah, yeah
How expensive?
@@HomeRunChess my ticket was £2700 one way but that was a promotional price
@@HomeRunChess 2,700.00 English Pounds back in 1989.
the biggest achievement of the Concorde isn't that it was put into service.
That's that it stayed into service for nearly 30 years.
Will always be my favourite plane anyway that’s for sure. The nose just makes it look like some kind of metal falcon in the sky it’s awesome
5:55 “the snoot droops”
mustard isn’t just amazing at making videos, he’s also cultured
Yesss Yesss YESSSSS
In West Cornwall we could hear Concorde breaking the sound barrier as she accelerated over the Atlantic I loved hearing it and still miss that distant bang on a clear summers evening.
This channel truly deserves a lot more subscribers...
I love the reference to your Comet video with the intro using the same music and a similar script
My das Used to fly on the Concorde when he was going on business trips because at that time you could change a 1. Class ticket to a Concorde ticket
+Nyholm Olsen Thank you for proving the BS video title.
@@nobody8116Why so rudes?
@@lnteIIigence bring obama back
Guys stop over analysing the Title and just enjoy the mustard content
5:53 'THE SNOOT DROOPED/DROOPS' HE DID IT! NO WAY!
Thanglalsang Guite droop snoot?
@@d0d0birdiexd78 just search Droop Snoot click the first video. It should be like 12 seconds long. It's kinda funny but it's more like a popular meme.
Lmao i know the reference
“Droop snoot?”
“Yeah, the snoot would droop.”
“...the snoot drooped.”
No matter what, the Concorde will always make you feel somethingspecial just by looking at it. There is something mysterious, glorious, magnificient and "not from this Earth"-like in its looks. It is a symbol of human engineering and to dream big.
Hands down most beautiful plane ever build.
I was lucky that my dad took my multiple times to see those at Rovaniemi airport. I was a small kid but still remember it was loud AF.
Concorde: The only technological marvel that was truly ahead of its time. Because we reverted back to the same subsonic stuff and are still like that today.
@@ojastelwane1790 Not really my point but ok.
@@ojastelwane1790 Yes, afterburning turbofans technology was in its infancy at the time. IIRC the first afterburning turbofan mass produced jet was the F-111 which used the Prat & Whitney TF-30. This engine was made infamous in the F-14A Tomcat.
We went back to regular rockets too because the sad fact is cost and practicality matter in the real world.
@@Phrancis5 But we're still using rockets. Not SST.
@@CarterHancock I meant capsules vs reusable space shuttle. Yes, Falcon rockets are reusable, but even the dragon capsule only gets used for human flight once and there's still no SSTO. The point is, the most cutting edge tech isn't always practical or commercially viable.
Being inside this legendary aircraft in the Musée Aeroscopia in Toulouse is something I will never forget!
SAME GREAT EXPERIENCE AT FILTON/BRISTOL MUSEUM TOO.
I got to sit in one in Seattle, cool af,can confirm
Yeah, I'm luvky enough I can visit the Concorde in Toulouse anytime. The super guppy was pretty cool too
Your 3D models are absolutely incredible
this was very informative. thanks!
Kids, being first doesn’t mean anything, it ain’t getting you a ride on the Concorde.
Agreed. The Concorde has been retired for the past 17 years. Even if it does fly again being first to a brand new Concorde video won't mean you'll get to fly on it.
Ok boomer
I flew Concorde from Heathrow to JFK in 2003, I've already had the ride. And it was fantastic.
@@owensmith7530 the last ride? Wow! Lucky you!
Fair enough, but what if I became an aviation engineer?
I remember when I was a kid in the early 90's sitting at home on my computer fiddling on AOL when suddenly this thunderous *BOOM* literally shook all our windows and me. I even wondered if a bomb had gone off or a plane crashed outside.
It wasn't a Concorde of course, just the military before even they were banned from doing it over populated areas. But those sonic booms are no joke, you feel them in your bones. And they're super startling if you're not expecting it.
planescaped...
May be you should have been sitting on the toilet at the time...
I remember walking onto a Concorde at the Seattle space museum of flight over ten years ago when I was just starting high school. I remember the seats were dark blue and almost like leather. The windows were small and there was a little plaque above the seats at the galley doorway that read the cruising altitude was over 50,000 FEET UP! Imagine that was one of the 13 Concordes that were left and maybe fewer by that time!
I absolutely love your videos. I feel like a boy again Learning about aircraft’s for the first time. Special request to do a video on the first jet powered fighters in WWII, the infamous Messerschmitt Me 262!! I can’t wait to see this come to life in your beautiful 3D renderings. Thank you for blessing us with your amazing content!
THIS PLEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!
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"the snoot would droop"
"the snoot drooped"
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I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THOUGHT OF THAT LOL
In my lazyness i am bored about thinking about ice-cream in the night inside me!
What?
I flew Concorde RT NYC -> Paris. Amazing airplane, unlike any airliner before or since. It was like flying in a 100 seat fighter jet. Loud, small windows, flew twice as high as normal airliners so you could actually see the curvature of the earth. Amazing experience that I'm glad I was able to swing.
I’m so envious - you lucky duck ☺️
Surprised to see a piece on the demise of Concorde without a passing mention of the Jumbo Jet. The 747 flew a month before Concorde, entered service 6 years earlier, and for the same fuel bill, carried four times as many passengers and some cargo - and that gradually got better as it absorbed the march of technology for some 50 years. The 747 will seize production nearly twenty years after the final Concorde flight.
Concorde though was a gorgeous machine, and still unrivalled in aviation with that Mach 2.0 supercruise, ~3 hour capability -- totally unrivalled.
All these intercontinental flying machines are so amazing. We live in an amazing age where you can be somewhere totally different in the same day you left when the same journey would have taken over a month of sailing (and that's if you didn't die of disease or sink). Our lives would be completely alien to those living 200 years ago and unbelievable to those living even 60 years ago.
that was the best airplane I seen so far. with this days technology they can rebuild this monster again with more advanced. if I have monye and power for start project. I definitely take this whole project and rebuild it
For years, I didn't really understand that much why the sonic boom was such a huge problem...
...until I realized it's not just created once when the plane breaks the sound barrier, but it's a continuous sound being dragged behind the plane the whole time and along the whole path when it's travelling at supersonic speed. When I finally understood that, I was like: "oh... oooooh... oh my god... :-O"
You would've only heard it once, maybe twice in a good day if it was at cruising altitude and speed - still not that much of a problem.
The people who complained about the sonic boom, were the sort of people who put signs on grass saying "No Ball Games" - they have no friends or family, and live with at least one cat
This is the fastest I’ve ever clicked
Me too
This series is fab.
Nah ive clicked faster... just on a different mustard video tho
Same here my man
Did you click as fast as the Concorde once flew though?
Me too!! 🤣
Awesome video. Music and everything else top notch
ur videos r such incredible!!! 👏👏👏