But it never made a penny in profit. Brit and French taxpayers footed the bill for the rich! Think about it, the top 1% get it all, everytime! Not to diminish the superiority of the Concorde and the unique design, eons ahead of Boeing and MD and the ilk.
@@zipsteri Not true, BA made substantial profit operating Concorde (Air France struggled though). Whether it ever paid off the development costs is hard to calculate, because of all the spin offs and wages the employees spent in the economy. For example, for every $1 spent on the Apollo programme, NASA worked out that it generated $7 into the US economy. In Concorde's case, it is doubtful that Airbus would have existed were it not for the Concorde programme.
@@zipsteri so we can say the same about spaceship program, nuclear program, even public train transport. Taxpayers always pay for everything. The concorde was meant to be a show and display of technology and advancement of the French enginneering.
France and the UK, sworn enemies over the centuries, suddenly decide to work together and come up with this masterpiece of passenger aircraft engineering that has never been equalled by any other country. Concorde, a fitting name.
As a teenager, I lived in a village next to Filton, Bristol. I use to see Concorde flow low over our roof tops almost daily during trials etc. It was incredible, a thing of beauty.
Breaks my heart, too. I have walked around the inside of the one prototype at Duxford; but, yes, it's not the same as tooling along at Mach 2.0, sipping Moet and ogling Joan Collins in the seat opposite.
@@MuffelamMorgen, it won't fly again. Even with this masterpiece it was planned to make one hundred but they soon learned that supersonic air travel isn't profitable. It's very expensive for a passenger and it is also very expensive to keep it up and running. This is why no replacement of it was planned.
I had the lucky opportunity to fly on this magnificent aircraft in March 2003 for my 40th birthday, I can't believe I came across this video with First Officer Chris Norris, he was the Captain on my flight from LHR to JFK, obviously some years later than this video as he looks very young here. Best experience I have ever had, just wow !!! Thanks for posting this video, Chris Attwood.
Concorde’s most impressive feat was making the extraordinary seem mundane, flying 120 or so people at twice the speed of sound at heights normally reserved for spy planes which required pilots to wear spacesuits all while sipping champagne should never be underestimated.
Too bad she was shelved after her only accident. It WAS a doozy, however. Most carriers, like American & Air Malaysia are able to keep going. But the legendary TWA wasn't so lucky. Flight 800 was such a fkke-upp they HAD to shut down!
I was a flight test type at Edwards AFB, CA back when the Concorde made a flight to Los Angeles airport. I was flying a T-38 from Edwards to pick up a General and was doing approach to the airport and for the first time in a T-38 IP's life, I was asked by approach if I could increase my approach speed. I complied, but asked what could be behind me. I was informed it was the Concorde. Following my landing and clearing the runway, I requested to stop, so that I could do a turn and view the Concorde. Wow! A truly magnificent bird.
It's amazing that once one could fly transatlantic in three hours with Concorde, and this was filmed 30 years ago WOW, such a wonderful plane that has a special place in aviation history.
It was an incredible aircraft. I was extremely lucky to have been working on the ground crew for a promotional Air France Concorde flight in 1988. I was used to working 737s and MD-80s, so when this thing came roaring in it was a sight to see. We had to use our belt loader like an escalator just to be able to reach the port to plug in the ground power unit. The engines were incredibly loud, much more so than any others we'd worked with. It stayed overnight with us and an Air France rep gave us a tour as he rattled off fact after amazing fact - how the aircraft stretches 9 inches at Mach 2, how the windows actually get warm to the touch at supersonic speeds, etc. What a great memory.
Maynard, you are one lucky man... it came to Kenya during the global tour, i wasn't born yet, but my dad took a picture of it at Nairobi international airport, in 1988, picture is somewhere in the house.. my old man told me never had he heard such an engine roar..
@@that_bloke_kiri Don't I know it. When they first told us we'd be handling the ground operations for it I was elated. I brought my parents' video camera that day and recorded it landing, much of the time that it was there and then taking off again the next day. If you do a youtube search for Concorde in Sacramento - 1988 you'll find it. It was recorded on 8mm tape and later transferred to VHS, then digitized many years after that. So it's not good quality, but you can see it and hear those roaring engines as it's taxiing in. What a day that was.
Too bad all CZcams commentary's aren't more like this one. You're both excited about an amazing thing, one from the United States one from Kenya, it's really good to see thank you both
The very best of British gentlemen flyers at one with an engineering marvel.....cool, calm, collected, highly professional and oh so polite!...a real treat to watch.
gr l One crash in an almost 40 years unblemished safety record is testament to the engineering of this unique aircraft. But for a small piece of metal ( allegedly ) left on a runway (from a previous takeoff) Concorde would probably still be flying today.
I loved this plane. When I lived in NYC, my parent's place was near the end of the runway at Kennedy. I could always tell when the Concorde was coming in by the sound those beautiful Rolls-Royce engines made. So distinctive from anything else flying. I always stopped what I was doing to watch her fly about 400 feet above the house as it lined up for touchdown. Only twice have I ever cried when a plane was retired. One was the F-14 Tomcat, (I was once an aviation electronics tech with VF-142, a Tomcat outfit). The other was this bird.
I was living on the 19th floor of the north shore towers. On the queens Nassau line just off the grand central parkway. I’d hear the very distinctive sound and I’d run to our porch to see it a few miles south the nose lowering. A real thrill.
Cannot possibly stress how impressed I am by those pilots and their machine!! 60's technology? Unbelievable! So sad that I will never have the opportunity to fly on Concorde.
About 30 years ago at Heathrow I was waiting for take off and before our aircraft, the Concorde was taking off. Our whole plane was shaking, pure power, unforgettable
"How come the good stuff we cant do anymore is all from the 60s/70s[?]" Because that was when military innovations from WWII were adapted for post-war developments. Superchargers, Turbosuperchargers, direct injection (gasoline), jet engines and even space rockets are descended of that era. In more recent times the cost of still using these developments had become unacceptably high. There was criticism long before the Concorde crash or the "Columbia" destruction. Landing on the Moon has become unnecessary and it would be costly to relive such a program. Rock music? We can still make and listen to Rock music today, don't get that one. :0
Undoubtedly, we could do many of these things more cost effectively today with new technologies unlocking novel engineering options unavailable 40 years ago. Take the SpaceX reusable Falcon rockets, for instance. Between the materials, the computers, and the precision navigation, landing a rocket booster vertically was probably impossible when the Space Shuttle was being developed. But that doesn't mean such activities aren't still bogglingly difficult and expensive. We simply don't have the collective will or need to invest in things like moon landings or supersonic jet transport.
My Cousin was the 1st woman pilot to fly Concorde, and she did so regularly for 10years until it retired in 2003 where she then went on to fly the boeing 777. She died in 2011 😪 R.I.P Barbara Harmer xxx🙏 B4 the Concorde experience she flew the DC-10 for approx 6yrs and a BAC one-elevens for about 3yrs, and b4 that small commercials. She flew Man Utd to Barcelona for the champions league final against Bayern Munich in 1999 on Concorde, and see thousands of fans wave the English flag to the team for good luck. It took 5mins for Concorde to get to Iceland she is the pilot in the you tube vid sat on the right. The bird was a beauty so was Barbera. The only time I have ever stepped foot in Concorde is at Duxford Air Museum, which I moaned at them as they had NO information there on my Cousin's amazing achievement. The woman is a legend and an inspiration.
Used to live in west London directly under Heathrow flight path. Never tired of this beautiful engineering masterpiece roaring over. Greatest engineering feat ever seen. Never to be equalled. RI P.
I used to live near Manchester Airport as a kid so was used to hearing all the planes going out. Every now and again you'd hear the unmistakable roar of concorde taking off....we'd all rush out into the back garden to see it go over. It was such a privilege to see it.
Men regularly walked on the Moon, planes flew at Mach 2, you could ride on a hovercraft from England to France... those were the days! Thank God at least we have Elon Musk! :)
Funnily enough, they were the amongst the lowest paid pilots in BA. It wasn’t a particularly popular fleet to be on because of the limited route structure and lower allowance structure.
Captain Hutchinson is a legend watch his you tube videos or those that have been done about him. This guy is a proper professional old school and very skilled pilot. Also the man is very interesting and absolute proper gentleman knight of the the old realm. One of the good guys
@@philmontejano5971 he certainly is, I thought I recognised him. Out of all the conflicting information regarding Flight 4590, John has often provided the clearest and most concise breakdown of events. He's amazing to listen to as he doesn't hold back on the facts and his passion and experience for this bird is evident. Here he is - czcams.com/video/fqOcYhzWUZY/video.html
I was lucky enough to fly it from CDG to Kennedy in the early 1980’s. I believe we set the East / West speed record of 4 hours 10 minutes. Mach 2.2 on the cabin digital readout. Male passengers were given a Cuban cigar on boarding and women received a rose. We flew so high I could see the curvature of the earth and where space started. Really really impressive.
I thought it was a little higher like FL600 but at FL630 your blood boils and it was probably limited below it's max ceiling for people to live through an explosive decompression.
@@erichayes2890 Well , one of the 18 Concordes crashed in 2000 but the others were retired in 2003, mainly because of financial loss-making and the cramped cabins. Branson tried to buy the British ones. Most of the airlines cancelled their planned orders partly scared off by the Russian 'Concordski' Tupolev Tu-144 crash at the Paris air show.
I had the great pleasure of flying in this fabulous aeroplane from JFK to Heathrow in September 1982 and John Hutchinson was the captain. I was invited onto the flightdeck for about fifteen minutes (before the restrictions were on) and it was brilliant.
I was privileged to fly this lovely lady, the Concorde, from NY to Paris in about 1974. As a GA pilot, it was one of the thrills of my life! I'll never forget watching the altimeter on the back of the cockpit bulkhead, go up to about 58,000' and about 1300+ mph, the thing that really astonished me, was how deep purple the sky was at mid-day up that high! I had expected many things but not that! Although I saw clouds below me most of the time, it was only about a 3.5 hour flight and it kept me almost on the edge of my seat the whole way! I got to see the flight deck and was amazed at all those toggle switches! It nearly broke my heart to know she quit flying too early, but, alas, the Airbus wasn't too far away (no comparison!). I had loved the B-747 but nothing was like the Concorde! I can still see those instruments in my mind; a great memory. If I go to Paris again and have time, I'll go see the two Concordes together at the Bourget museum there. You can only see the one at London's Heathrow from the runway, poor bird is there in the elements, seemingly forgotten!
We have her kept safe indoors at Manchester Airport, though she has a flat tyre which is sad. We would have kept her flying if it hadn't been for AirFrance who destroyed all of the moulds so parts could no longer be remade.
@@BernardWilkinson Thanks for keeping the Lovely Lady safe, I'd hate to see any of them go to the bone yard! I bet Toulouse had to have room for the Airbus A-380 parts, so they destroyed the Concorde parts, too bad.
I love Captain Hutchinson, you can tell he was honoured to fly Concorde and he loved flying her, even defended Concorde after the 2000 crash and retirement, I remember his words, “There was nothing wrong with Concorde”. Also, it’s absolutely badass the way the throttles are just thrown to full power.
Concorde had, as mentioned, full fly by wire, the engines were also managed fully digitally, it was possible to do anything with the throttles at any stage of flight, in total safety, the computers managing the fuel and intakes automatically.
If you haven't already you can watch the interview he gave about the crash. You can feel his frustration while listing the giant pile of crap the crew amassed that led to the accident...
@@NickC510 The crew? THE CREW? Excuse me?!? I would suggest you hold back on dim-witted accusations...or are you implying the crew should have rejected beyond V1?
@@MedicWarrior27 just watch his interview about the crash and come back here with a bit more than talks about rejecting beyond V1. The root of the accident is located well before takeoff roll started.
British Airways Concorde Pilots, truly consummate professionals when it comes to flying one of the hardest (civilian) aircraft types to fly. Its hard to believe that the Concorde first came into service 45 years ago, and that we still have nothing that comes close to replacing it.. It was a dark day in the world of aviation when the Concorde was finally decommissioned.
Agreed. We took a step backwards in technological achievement when we lost Concorde. It must have been great being in the pilots lounge at JFK or Heathrow hearing other pilots talking about the new 747, or 777 or A340. And you're sat there all smug because you flew the queen of the sky. I don't know if you've watched, but the recordings of the last flight from JFK are quite emotional. All the controllers, and the other pilots of aircraft lined up behind, seemed genuinely sad to see her go.
Justin Lee Fortunately today the airfare of the very wealthy is no longer subsidized by taxpayers.. Airlines must now actually support themselves on revenue and turn a profit for investors..
👍Yes indeed when they fly the world's top aircraft. The very best of crews. There a different class of pilots. We could & should have a new quiter big bird flying in the skies again. Please make it happen. Thx.
Wow! it realy is hard working inside the Concorde cockpit, these pilots are the REAL pilots in the business! Much respect for these deticated and highly professional experienced pilots 🙏😎
Cornish American here. I was visiting my cousins, who lived in Porthpean. One day, we were sitting and talking, and then BOOM! I was frightened. My cousins told me that it was the Concorde.
I lived in Dulwich (south east London) and every day at 5pm Concorde would fly over on her approach to LHR. I would stop whatever I was doing, go out into the garden and wave. I was also lucky to be on the London Eye on her final flight - I got to the very top of the wheel as all three Concordes flew over - people on the South Bank were cheering, crying, drinking champagne... Just magical.....
It's been 46 years since I flew on this magnificent and extraordinarily bird, and I get excited all over again seeing videos about Concorde, "this lovely lady" as our pilot then called her! It was one of the best experiences I've had, and I've had plenty to be excited over! I still remember the deep purple sky at mid-day and nearly 60,000' altitude, that was one of the things that amazed me most. No, it did not make me want to become an astronaut, although I respect them immensely. True pioneers.
I flew in her for my 30th birthday. One of the highlights of my life. Paris to Heathrow and out via the Atlantic. We went to 60000ft and Mach 2.0 and then did the turn back towards the U.K. and for about 40 minutes just hung at 45 degrees between Earth and the deep dark sky. Wonderful.
@@cuillinguy Enjoyed your comment, Richard! As a GA pilot, it was certainly one of the most exciting and enjoyable moments of my life, something I'll never forget! My trip was also a gift, I don't remember for what occasion now, but the whole trip was just amazing! I used to be a thrill-seeker but quit that, as when you age, longevity seems to become a lot more important. So bungee-jumping, sky-diving (tandem ONCE!) and dangerous white-water rafting, African walking safaris and the like is behind me now, but if ever given the opportunity, I would love to fly in one of those new hypersonic aircraft like the "Talon-A", but I doubt that will ever happen now!
@@mjlejer3241 It’s a shame that it seems few people today will be able to experience anything like this, at least for a few years yet. I’m a mountaineer and the experience is certainly up there with standing on the summit of a Swiss Alp. I’m hoping one of these companies does a hypersonic plane in a few years because I’ll certainly pay for another flight. For me Concorde has a special place because I grew up in Farnborough and we always saw the latest planes at the air show. Concorde used to visit regularly during the ‘70s along with amazing planes such as the SR-71 Blackbird etc. But to actually experience what normally people have to put space suits on to see was something else.
@@cuillinguy I agree with you. One of the reasons I became a private pilot is because I have acrophobia and I thought that would help my fear of heights! (My physician father discovered it when I was about age 5 or so, he loved to hike up a mountain and look at the view and he called me to come see the view, and I cried and crawled to him and hung on to his leg!) Flying did squelch it some and I loved the freedom I felt but I still have some residual fear although I'm not exposed to it now much. I skied all over the world including in the Swiss Alps and loved it, but I was wary about skiing next to the edge of a cliff and I would NEVER do what those skiers do today who are showing off for "Red Bull" cameras! I watched Alex Honnold free-solo climb El Capitan in Yosemite and was more than just tense his whole climb! Good luck to you and safe climbing Richard -- be careful out there in those beautiful mountains!
For anyone who is interested, there is a fascinating video somewhere here on YT where John Hutchinson, the now-retired captain seen in this video, gives a full interior and exterior presentation of the Concorde at an air museum in England. He explains several interesting features of the aircraft and he even get in a couple of jabs at newer aircraft today. He says something like, "Concorde is a REAL airplane. There's none of this rubbish with the fancy glass cockpits where everything is done for you. In THIS airplane, you need to actually think." Nicely stated, Sir.
I remember in the 1970's watching concorde on its final approach to manchester airport and as I looked around me everybody had stopped whatever they were doing and were all staring up at the sky, no other airliner had this effect of people. Concorde was, and remains the most beautiful and majestic airliner EVER to grace our skies, I really miss her.
09:23 - that smiles tells a lot about what it felt like being a Concorde pilot ! I had the chance to see this beautiful bird in le Bourget museum short atfter its last landing in Paris. No other airliner was as sleek and as graceful as this flying marvel.
I flew on one out of Jeddah to London in 1992 - BA promo flight. I remember a lot of people were standing outside the hangars etc watching. The takeoff was phenomenal - much faster than a 767 it absolutely hammered down the runway with real push you into your seat acceleration. Going supersonic you felt the double kick in the back as the inboard and outboard reheats came on - when all 4 went in you really felt the shove in the back.
Spectacular!!!!! Such a smoth landing. And the wing swirl is a piece of art!! The professionalism of the pilots and the engineer are to be admired and respected!!! Beautiful video. Cheers!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇷
Once saw this take off at Heathrow. Was at an airport side car rental dropping car off and it came down the runway and took off. The sheer roar of the engines and look off the plane was magnificent. You could feel the physical power and knew you were in the presence of something special. This was around 98 I think.
This was so cool, I've never seen the cockpit view of a Concorde while in flight. How I wish that bird was still in service. Thanks for upload, it was great
This video almost makes me teary eyed. What a marvel of human endeavour and accomplishment. I wish wish wish I had an opportunity to fly on this plane. Sigh. Seeing this beauty fly takes me back to a time where things were simpler, better and everything felt more real. What a monster of a plane, few seconds after being airborne its touching 240 knots. Insane!
You'd stop what you were doing in london at that time in the afternoon when concorde was descending. The boom noise and the sheer gracefulness as this plane soared above. Intoxicating.
Very hard to put into words. I'm 61 years old and I feel like the future of air travel is in my past. How could they not modernize the avionics and engines, and keeps these beautiful birds in the air?
Britain or France seriously should bring it back. They have 27 years worth of data to make any improvements. Update the engines and the computers and it'll be good to go. Wouldn't cost as much as it originally did.
@@Samuel-gc6js I couldn't agree more. I had never flown on it, but enjoyed a taxi ride on a test Concorde. I believe it was in Casablanca. It had about 20 passenger seats, and expanded avionics. When I left for the terminal the engines were at idle speed. After I got in the terminal I was deaf for about 10 + minutes. What a fabulous creation. Heartbreaking that it came to an end. You'd think with all the money and influence the Royal Family has they could contribute to keeping her flying.
I lived in south London at the time and we were under the approach to landing at heathrow and I never got tired of watching concord coming over . It was an incredible sight .
@@pathmaker2337 Its a british way of doing things. So its entirely British. We were the first to create such systems and ways of taking anyway. Your all speaking English for god sake.
8:30 to the end..oh my!! What a beautiful bird...I get goosebumps seeing the final approach, nose down, touch down, so effortless, so elegant, so graceful.
Beautiful aircraft. Used to fly over my father's house at 78 Kings Avenue, Bromley, Kent We'd all go out in the back garden to watch it fly over. So gracefull. Those were the days.
I remember watching this as a kid for the first time and being left in awe, I even made a cardboard cockpit of the Concorde with my dad. Hopefully I'll be starting my ppl soon!
Yes, but they lacked the navigator, a radio operator and all sorts of officers. Such a highly developed marvel and just three men flying it is not British enough. A bomb aimer and a turret gunner are luckily not longer needed.
My family and I used to be amazed hearing the sound of the Concorde approaching GAIA in Barbados. Saturday morning treat seeing it coming overhead at Worthing in Christ Church. My daughter Trisha who was at the hospitality institute visited as a student on the last flight on the ground before it left from Barbados. Amazing looking at it taking off from GAIA. One day there were three Concorde planes on the tarmac in Barbados. What a sight experience and memory for this old man
.....'positive climb' he says......that's an understatement ! The First Officer called 100kts only 20 seconds after releasing the brakes. Wow.....what a ride and great memories !
Living in south London in the 70's everything stopped when Concorde flew over for its evening arrival at Heathrow. Yes it was loud but what a beautiful sight it was. I have heard that the NASA engineers responsible for the Apollo moon landings said Concorde was a greater engineering challenge. The worlds most staggeringly beautiful aircraft is now a museum piece. How sad.
john hutchinson was the head of the british airways Skyflyers club, for young flyers. I was a founder member of that club, used to be called flightrider. I still have my logbooks from those days..
It was called the Junior Jet Club in 1965 when BOAC flew Comet IV's. Wish I still had my wings and log book. Two days and nights on the Comet was great. The Concorde must have been absolutely incredible.
Huge respect to the engineers who devised this marvel and the pilots who flew it so graciously.
But it never made a penny in profit. Brit and French taxpayers footed the bill for the rich! Think about it, the top 1% get it all, everytime! Not to diminish the superiority of the Concorde and the unique design, eons ahead of Boeing and MD and the ilk.
@@zipsteri Not true, BA made substantial profit operating Concorde (Air France struggled though). Whether it ever paid off the development costs is hard to calculate, because of all the spin offs and wages the employees spent in the economy. For example, for every $1 spent on the Apollo programme, NASA worked out that it generated $7 into the US economy. In Concorde's case, it is doubtful that Airbus would have existed were it not for the Concorde programme.
@@zipsteri it did make profit even with 30% seats filled
It needs to be revised and repopularized
@@zipsteri so we can say the same about spaceship program, nuclear program, even public train transport. Taxpayers always pay for everything. The concorde was meant to be a show and display of technology and advancement of the French enginneering.
France and the UK, sworn enemies over the centuries, suddenly decide to work together and come up with this masterpiece of passenger aircraft engineering that has never been equalled by any other country. Concorde, a fitting name.
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I think being saved during WW2 helped relations
@@TonyTerekyeah…as he said, never been paralleled by any other nation. That thing was a death trap
I watch this video occasionally to remind me of the good times when life was an adventure.
As a teenager, I lived in a village next to Filton, Bristol. I use to see Concorde flow low over our roof tops almost daily during trials etc. It was incredible, a thing of beauty.
Have you been to the museum in Bristol with the concorde there?
Must have been awesome
Waiting for the new Lego set 10318 Concorde ❤ to come early September
How bad was the noise ? Did the black smoke affect you?
@@helpstopanimalabuse8153 oh the Concorde was noisy, but it was the noise of progress and innovation.
It breaks my heart that I never had the chance to fly on this masterpiece of aviation
Hope anytime it flies again like the old Ju today
Breaks my heart, too. I have walked around the inside of the one prototype at Duxford; but, yes, it's not the same as tooling along at Mach 2.0, sipping Moet and ogling Joan Collins in the seat opposite.
Imagine how it would feel to be disqualified from the SR-71 program because someone else got it.
If you want you pay 15 000 $ +
@@MuffelamMorgen, it won't fly again. Even with this masterpiece it was planned to make one hundred but they soon learned that supersonic air travel isn't profitable. It's very expensive for a passenger and it is also very expensive to keep it up and running. This is why no replacement of it was planned.
I had the lucky opportunity to fly on this magnificent aircraft in March 2003 for my 40th birthday, I can't believe I came across this video with First Officer Chris Norris, he was the Captain on my flight from LHR to JFK, obviously some years later than this video as he looks very young here. Best experience I have ever had, just wow !!! Thanks for posting this video, Chris Attwood.
Yes you are lucky!
I missed my chance but saved my marriage !
Are you Shaun Attwood's dad?
Wow...am sooo jello.!!! Am joking.!!! What a great memery to share.
wow that is pretty cool
Not many other opportunities if you want to pilot a supersonic airliner.
This crew was at the pinnacle of the profession. Fantastic aviators all.
They all were ex military airmen of that time more than likely
No, actually they weren't. Some ex military, but not all.
Concorde’s most impressive feat was making the extraordinary seem mundane, flying 120 or so people at twice the speed of sound at heights normally reserved for spy planes which required pilots to wear spacesuits all while sipping champagne should never be underestimated.
Something about eating a gourmet meal and taking a nice dump while 44,000 feet in the sky traveling 1400 mph is just awesome 😎
any supersonic fighter jet can reach the speed of sound without spacesuits
@@Blue-op6qv Yea, obviously. He was talking about the height.
Too bad she was shelved after her only accident. It WAS a doozy, however. Most carriers, like American & Air Malaysia are able to keep going. But the legendary TWA wasn't so lucky. Flight 800 was such a fkke-upp they HAD to shut down!
@@ericdreizen1463 not too many buy the "fuel tank explosion" theory. They shot that down accidentally
I like the gentlemanship they have in the cockpit.
"Gentlemanship" is a good word. They are calm, competent, civil, and very professional.
Off to tea then
I like the *britishmanship* they have in the cockpit rather
Well put, I like that.
Cl4rendon and David, I agree with you gentlemen.
One of the most British videos I’ve ever seen. I love it! Incredible professionalism.
I was a flight test type at Edwards AFB, CA back when the Concorde made a flight to Los Angeles airport. I was flying a T-38 from Edwards to pick up a General and was doing approach to the airport and for the first time in a T-38 IP's life, I was asked by approach if I could increase my approach speed. I complied, but asked what could be behind me. I was informed it was the Concorde. Following my landing and clearing the runway, I requested to stop, so that I could do a turn and view the Concorde. Wow! A truly magnificent bird.
WoW!! Thank you for sharing!
Great story!
It's insane. It's like a really really big mirage 2000 lol!
Great story. It’s just Concorde btw. Not the Concorde
Concord way ahead of its time. Elegant and sleek design so sadly missed by millions worldwide
Note the correct spelling of Concorde.
240 knots just after becoming airborne. What an aircraft.
I believe Vr is 199kts hahah
@@dragonage200 VR? If you mean the rotation speed it's 213 knots
Could have been that he was setting/commanding 240 in the speed selector.
@@blorph1 after departure they normally accelerate to 340 kts but below FL100 it would be lower than that. But 240 would be too slow.
Sorry what? I only use freedom units
It's amazing that once one could fly transatlantic in three hours with Concorde, and this was filmed 30 years ago WOW, such a wonderful plane that has a special place in aviation history.
It was an incredible aircraft. I was extremely lucky to have been working on the ground crew for a promotional Air France Concorde flight in 1988. I was used to working 737s and MD-80s, so when this thing came roaring in it was a sight to see. We had to use our belt loader like an escalator just to be able to reach the port to plug in the ground power unit. The engines were incredibly loud, much more so than any others we'd worked with. It stayed overnight with us and an Air France rep gave us a tour as he rattled off fact after amazing fact - how the aircraft stretches 9 inches at Mach 2, how the windows actually get warm to the touch at supersonic speeds, etc. What a great memory.
Maynard, you are one lucky man... it came to Kenya during the global tour, i wasn't born yet, but my dad took a picture of it at Nairobi international airport, in 1988, picture is somewhere in the house.. my old man told me never had he heard such an engine roar..
@@that_bloke_kiri Don't I know it. When they first told us we'd be handling the ground operations for it I was elated. I brought my parents' video camera that day and recorded it landing, much of the time that it was there and then taking off again the next day. If you do a youtube search for Concorde in Sacramento - 1988 you'll find it. It was recorded on 8mm tape and later transferred to VHS, then digitized many years after that. So it's not good quality, but you can see it and hear those roaring engines as it's taxiing in. What a day that was.
@@MTMiser its the effort to preserve the footage that is making me happy, let me search for the same
That's awesome!
Too bad all CZcams commentary's aren't more like this one. You're both excited about an amazing thing, one from the United States one from Kenya, it's really good to see thank you both
Just like a bird. The most magnificent commercial airline machine ever built. Elegance at any angle.
Your so right. The military equal is the B1.
The very best of British gentlemen flyers at one with an engineering marvel.....cool, calm, collected, highly professional and oh so polite!...a real treat to watch.
Nice comment - I agree!
I'm watching a video on Concorde and I find you! Totally agree with your comments though. When are we going out on the bikes?
Indeed it was, love the old boys.
*landed : ''thank you very much indeed"
gr l One crash in an almost 40 years unblemished safety record is testament to the engineering of this unique aircraft. But for a small piece of metal ( allegedly ) left on a runway (from a previous takeoff) Concorde would probably still be flying today.
I loved this plane. When I lived in NYC, my parent's place was near the end of the runway at Kennedy. I could always tell when the Concorde was coming in by the sound those beautiful Rolls-Royce engines made. So distinctive from anything else flying. I always stopped what I was doing to watch her fly about 400 feet above the house as it lined up for touchdown. Only twice have I ever cried when a plane was retired. One was the F-14 Tomcat, (I was once an aviation electronics tech with VF-142, a Tomcat outfit). The other was this bird.
War Horse 14269 I had to go 20 bank and 15 percent on yoke. NOISE COMPLAINTS
War Horse 14269 they hated me in n. Y. Over 6,000 complaints on noise.
Sst Pilot Don't feel bad--New Yorkers complain about everything.
Engines.....weren't they Bristol Siddley Olympus engine
I was living on the 19th floor of the north shore towers. On the queens Nassau line just off the grand central parkway. I’d hear the very distinctive sound and I’d run to our porch to see it a few miles south the nose lowering. A real thrill.
Cannot possibly stress how impressed I am by those pilots and their machine!! 60's technology? Unbelievable! So sad that I will never have the opportunity to fly on Concorde.
About 30 years ago at Heathrow I was waiting for take off and before our aircraft, the Concorde was taking off. Our whole plane was shaking, pure power, unforgettable
How come the good stuff we cant do anymore is all from the 60s/70s. Supersonic airliner. Space shuttle. Landing on the moon. Rock music??
"How come the good stuff we cant do anymore is all from the 60s/70s[?]"
Because that was when military innovations from WWII were adapted for post-war developments. Superchargers, Turbosuperchargers, direct injection (gasoline), jet engines and even space rockets are descended of that era.
In more recent times the cost of still using these developments had become unacceptably high. There was criticism long before the Concorde crash or the "Columbia" destruction.
Landing on the Moon has become unnecessary and it would be costly to relive such a program.
Rock music? We can still make and listen to Rock music today, don't get that one. :0
You say Rock Music.. I hope you mean Led Zeppelin :)
TheConcordeChannel a big mess thanks to leftist and liberals ...
El Ciervo all the things come from nazi germany all stolen tech
Undoubtedly, we could do many of these things more cost effectively today with new technologies unlocking novel engineering options unavailable 40 years ago. Take the SpaceX reusable Falcon rockets, for instance. Between the materials, the computers, and the precision navigation, landing a rocket booster vertically was probably impossible when the Space Shuttle was being developed. But that doesn't mean such activities aren't still bogglingly difficult and expensive. We simply don't have the collective will or need to invest in things like moon landings or supersonic jet transport.
My Cousin was the 1st woman pilot to fly Concorde, and she did so regularly for 10years until it retired in 2003 where she then went on to fly the boeing 777.
She died in 2011 😪
R.I.P Barbara Harmer xxx🙏
B4 the Concorde experience she flew the DC-10 for approx 6yrs and a BAC one-elevens for about 3yrs, and b4 that small commercials.
She flew Man Utd to Barcelona for the champions league final against Bayern Munich in 1999 on Concorde, and see thousands of fans wave the English flag to the team for good luck.
It took 5mins for Concorde to get to Iceland she is the pilot in the you tube vid sat on the right.
The bird was a beauty so was Barbera.
The only time I have ever stepped foot in Concorde is at Duxford Air Museum, which I moaned at them as they had NO information there on my Cousin's amazing achievement. The woman is a legend and an inspiration.
What a carrer of your cousin! bravo!
A lot of women flew on the Concorde. Big deal.
@@456swagger did they? I think she was the only to fly it at BA.
@@alexgill9853 Are you joking? They sold tickets to men and women
@@456swagger I can't tell if you're joking
Used to live in west London directly under Heathrow flight path. Never tired of this beautiful engineering masterpiece roaring over. Greatest engineering feat ever seen. Never to be equalled. RI P.
I used to live near Manchester Airport as a kid so was used to hearing all the planes going out. Every now and again you'd hear the unmistakable roar of concorde taking off....we'd all rush out into the back garden to see it go over. It was such a privilege to see it.
I am lucky enough to have lived in the 1970s Where things weren’t so sterile and boring. Bring back the adventure
Men regularly walked on the Moon, planes flew at Mach 2, you could ride on a hovercraft from England to France... those were the days! Thank God at least we have Elon Musk! :)
@@reloda Don't think Elon Musk can make us reach the pleasur of theses days :-)
Yea everyone went and got all sensitive
Welllllllllll. ..2 out of 3 ain't bad😂
@@reloda Yes, where would those Thai kids in the cave be without that submarine?
I can imagine how other pilots looked up to these guys when they walked out of that mach 2 cruiser.
Funnily enough, they were the amongst the lowest paid pilots in BA. It wasn’t a particularly popular fleet to be on because of the limited route structure and lower allowance structure.
Very true only just over 20 pilots could fly this 👍
@@paulmaggs3212 Totally different on Air France interestingly. They were paid almost double what the "standard" pilots got, and only had 1 Leg per day
@@Brooks__EU The French do everything in style, including paying their Concord pilots well. LOL
@@calypsodream8059 Including crashing?
Captain Hutchinson is a legend watch his you tube videos or those that have been done about him. This guy is a proper professional old school and very skilled pilot. Also the man is very interesting and absolute proper gentleman knight of the the old realm. One of the good guys
Since Concordes untimely retirement we have gone backwards as a species. Never again will we see such incredible engineering and Aviation excellence!
Steady on, lol I'm pretty sure there's going to be some incredible aircraft in the future.
@@jaymac7203 Perhaps but they will all be about emissions, profit, and packing them in the aisles!
@lazycalm41 yeah exactly!! Exactly 💯
Backwards is right..Boeing what a joke..sucks now compared to what we had back then
The Captain is John Hutchinson - an absolutely fantastic speaker nowadays and a real inspiration.
Jason thanks so much
He seems like a captain's captain and any junior officer must have been quite fortunate to have flown with him!
@@philmontejano5971 he certainly is, I thought I recognised him. Out of all the conflicting information regarding Flight 4590, John has often provided the clearest and most concise breakdown of events.
He's amazing to listen to as he doesn't hold back on the facts and his passion and experience for this bird is evident. Here he is - czcams.com/video/fqOcYhzWUZY/video.html
That plane was so fast, that if you went to kiss your mum goodbye in London you’d kiss a politician on the head in D.C.
Huh?
I will never stop missing this plane. The golden years that will never come back.
I was lucky enough to fly it from CDG to Kennedy in the early 1980’s. I believe we set the East / West speed record of 4 hours 10 minutes. Mach 2.2 on the cabin digital readout. Male passengers were given a Cuban cigar on boarding and women received a rose. We flew so high I could see the curvature of the earth and where space started. Really really impressive.
The allowed flight altitude is 55000 feets
I thought it was a little higher like FL600 but at FL630 your blood boils and it was probably limited below it's max ceiling for people to live through an explosive decompression.
Maybe to an allowed FL at 60000 feet.Otherwise , the air is here more thinner, so that the planes don't get the necessary O2 for combusting.
They're so casual when going to supersonic. You hardly hear or feel it, even as the instruments register the transition. Amazing.
Way ahead of its time.
OH YES!!! ABSOLUTELY!!!! How very unfortunate it ended up crashing, and ultimately ending all of this!!
@@erichayes2890 Well , one of the 18 Concordes crashed in 2000 but the others were retired in 2003, mainly because of financial loss-making and the cramped cabins. Branson tried to buy the British ones. Most of the airlines cancelled their planned orders partly scared off by the Russian 'Concordski' Tupolev Tu-144 crash at the Paris air show.
“Ok we’re cleared for takeoff, everybody all set?”
“Ok, 3,2,1, now”
Cool as heck
Absolutely amazing seeing and hearing this Crew get a "REAL" Speed bird up and down. Great job JP. Thank you!
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!
I had the great pleasure of flying in this fabulous aeroplane from JFK to Heathrow in September 1982 and John Hutchinson was the captain. I was invited onto the flightdeck for about fifteen minutes (before the restrictions were on) and it was brilliant.
The Concorde was a magnificent bird in the skies, an elegant masterpiece !!
I was privileged to fly this lovely lady, the Concorde, from NY to Paris in about 1974. As a GA pilot, it was one of the thrills of my life! I'll never forget watching the altimeter on the back of the cockpit bulkhead, go up to about 58,000' and about 1300+ mph, the thing that really astonished me, was how deep purple the sky was at mid-day up that high! I had expected many things but not that! Although I saw clouds below me most of the time, it was only about a 3.5 hour flight and it kept me almost on the edge of my seat the whole way! I got to see the flight deck and was amazed at all those toggle switches! It nearly broke my heart to know she quit flying too early, but, alas, the Airbus wasn't too far away (no comparison!). I had loved the B-747 but nothing was like the Concorde! I can still see those instruments in my mind; a great memory. If I go to Paris again and have time, I'll go see the two Concordes together at the Bourget museum there. You can only see the one at London's Heathrow from the runway, poor bird is there in the elements, seemingly forgotten!
MJ Lejer there was one at Brooklands in Weybridge.
@@peteantliff8968 Thanks, Pete! I know where most of the Concordes are located, and hope to visit some more someday, I never get tired of seeing them!
We have her kept safe indoors at Manchester Airport, though she has a flat tyre which is sad. We would have kept her flying if it hadn't been for AirFrance who destroyed all of the moulds so parts could no longer be remade.
@@BernardWilkinson Thanks for keeping the Lovely Lady safe, I'd hate to see any of them go to the bone yard! I bet Toulouse had to have room for the Airbus A-380 parts, so they destroyed the Concorde parts, too bad.
Prototype in the Museum at Duxford UK absolutely incredible machine.
What an absolutely amazing feat of engineering! Hard to believe this was designed and built in the late 60's.
The cold war was good for something at least
I feel blessed to have been able to fly on the Concorde 11 times... What an experience!
what?
crew?
@@vidpromjm based on his only video on his profile called "Home". nah, he bought the tickets..... ;)
I love Captain Hutchinson, you can tell he was honoured to fly Concorde and he loved flying her, even defended Concorde after the 2000 crash and retirement, I remember his words, “There was nothing wrong with Concorde”. Also, it’s absolutely badass the way the throttles are just thrown to full power.
As Captain Hutchinson says elsewhere, the throttles are 'fly-by-wire' so its the computers that decided how much oomph to give the engines! ;-)
Concorde had, as mentioned, full fly by wire, the engines were also managed fully digitally, it was possible to do anything with the throttles at any stage of flight, in total safety, the computers managing the fuel and intakes automatically.
If you haven't already you can watch the interview he gave about the crash. You can feel his frustration while listing the giant pile of crap the crew amassed that led to the accident...
@@NickC510 The crew? THE CREW?
Excuse me?!? I would suggest you hold back on dim-witted accusations...or are you implying the crew should have rejected beyond V1?
@@MedicWarrior27 just watch his interview about the crash and come back here with a bit more than talks about rejecting beyond V1. The root of the accident is located well before takeoff roll started.
Wow! I can't get over how analogue and manualised the cockpit was in these graceful birds.
The most beautiful machine ever built.
I have to agree. It is a very elegant looking plane. Have you seen the Xb-70? I really like that one too.
British Airways Concorde Pilots, truly consummate professionals when it comes to flying one of the hardest (civilian) aircraft types to fly. Its hard to believe that the Concorde first came into service 45 years ago, and that we still have nothing that comes close to replacing it.. It was a dark day in the world of aviation when the Concorde was finally decommissioned.
I agree.
legioner9 In terms of efficiency, modern aircraft produced today surpasses the the Concorde by an order of magnitude.
Agreed. We took a step backwards in technological achievement when we lost Concorde. It must have been great being in the pilots lounge at JFK or Heathrow hearing other pilots talking about the new 747, or 777 or A340. And you're sat there all smug because you flew the queen of the sky. I don't know if you've watched, but the recordings of the last flight from JFK are quite emotional. All the controllers, and the other pilots of aircraft lined up behind, seemed genuinely sad to see her go.
Justin Lee Fortunately today the airfare of the very wealthy is no longer subsidized by taxpayers.. Airlines must now actually support themselves on revenue and turn a profit for investors..
The real doktorbimmer What? it was never subsidised in any case
I've watched this video several times and I'm still amused by Chris Norris's facial expressions and his voice! :-)
Amazing aircraft. Truly one of the most beautiful things to grace the sky.
Not so much the pollution that came from it's engines. Gracious, perhaps, a filthy dirty beast, definitely.
The most beautiful and elegant aircraft ever build!
What about the spitfire!?
@@garethcarberry7516 what about the sr-71?
@@garethcarberry7516 what about the sr-71?
@@garethcarberry7516 what about the sr-71?
@@garethcarberry7516 what about the sr-71?
Pleasure to watch the crew; they positively ooze professionalism.
actually, they oozed
seiority!
bill killmer
👍Yes indeed when they fly the world's top aircraft. The very best of crews. There a different class of pilots. We could & should have a new quiter big bird flying in the skies again. Please make it happen. Thx.
Imagine the HONOR, of being selected to fly this fantastic and historic plane?!
Wow! it realy is hard working inside the Concorde cockpit, these pilots are the REAL pilots in the business! Much respect for these deticated and highly professional experienced pilots 🙏😎
And they made it look so easy.
I miss concorde flying over my house.
Watched a Concorde take off at heathrow when coming back from a party in the early morning, most beautiful thing I've ever seen. RIP
Cornish American here. I was visiting my cousins, who lived in Porthpean. One day, we were sitting and talking, and then BOOM! I was frightened. My cousins told me that it was the Concorde.
Love the smile on the co-pilot face upon touch down...before he looks so tense...haha...cute guy.. great job!!
Never get tired of watching landings and takeoffs of these amazing machineries ......
I lived in Dulwich (south east London) and every day at 5pm Concorde would fly over on her approach to LHR. I would stop whatever I was doing, go out into the garden and wave. I was also lucky to be on the London Eye on her final flight - I got to the very top of the wheel as all three Concordes flew over - people on the South Bank were cheering, crying, drinking champagne... Just magical.....
Oh, such a beautiful sight that is the Concorde!
It's been 46 years since I flew on this magnificent and extraordinarily bird, and I get excited all over again seeing videos about Concorde, "this lovely lady" as our pilot then called her! It was one of the best experiences I've had, and I've had plenty to be excited over! I still remember the deep purple sky at mid-day and nearly 60,000' altitude, that was one of the things that amazed me most. No, it did not make me want to become an astronaut, although I respect them immensely. True pioneers.
I flew in her for my 30th birthday. One of the highlights of my life. Paris to Heathrow and out via the Atlantic. We went to 60000ft and Mach 2.0 and then did the turn back towards the U.K. and for about 40 minutes just hung at 45 degrees between Earth and the deep dark sky. Wonderful.
@@cuillinguy Enjoyed your comment, Richard! As a GA pilot, it was certainly one of the most exciting and enjoyable moments of my life, something I'll never forget! My trip was also a gift, I don't remember for what occasion now, but the whole trip was just amazing! I used to be a thrill-seeker but quit that, as when you age, longevity seems to become a lot more important. So bungee-jumping, sky-diving (tandem ONCE!) and dangerous white-water rafting, African walking safaris and the like is behind me now, but if ever given the opportunity, I would love to fly in one of those new hypersonic aircraft like the "Talon-A", but I doubt that will ever happen now!
@@mjlejer3241 It’s a shame that it seems few people today will be able to experience anything like this, at least for a few years yet. I’m a mountaineer and the experience is certainly up there with standing on the summit of a Swiss Alp. I’m hoping one of these companies does a hypersonic plane in a few years because I’ll certainly pay for another flight. For me Concorde has a special place because I grew up in Farnborough and we always saw the latest planes at the air show. Concorde used to visit regularly during the ‘70s along with amazing planes such as the SR-71 Blackbird etc. But to actually experience what normally people have to put space suits on to see was something else.
@@cuillinguy I agree with you. One of the reasons I became a private pilot is because I have acrophobia and I thought that would help my fear of heights! (My physician father discovered it when I was about age 5 or so, he loved to hike up a mountain and look at the view and he called me to come see the view, and I cried and crawled to him and hung on to his leg!) Flying did squelch it some and I loved the freedom I felt but I still have some residual fear although I'm not exposed to it now much. I skied all over the world including in the Swiss Alps and loved it, but I was wary about skiing next to the edge of a cliff and I would NEVER do what those skiers do today who are showing off for "Red Bull" cameras! I watched Alex Honnold free-solo climb El Capitan in Yosemite and was more than just tense his whole climb! Good luck to you and safe climbing Richard -- be careful out there in those beautiful mountains!
That big delta wing will never look old. Beautiful bird. Even at a stand still you can see she wants to light the burners and go fast.
For anyone who is interested, there is a fascinating video somewhere here on YT where John Hutchinson, the now-retired captain seen in this video, gives a full interior and exterior presentation of the Concorde at an air museum in England. He explains several interesting features of the aircraft and he even get in a couple of jabs at newer aircraft today. He says something like, "Concorde is a REAL airplane. There's none of this rubbish with the fancy glass cockpits where everything is done for you. In THIS airplane, you need to actually think." Nicely stated, Sir.
It's amazing this was designed in the 60's it's still looks amazing to this day.
An incredible aircraft. So far ahead of its time, sad it’s not still in service. Great video.
I remember in the 1970's watching concorde on its final approach to manchester airport and as I looked around me everybody had stopped whatever they were doing and were all staring up at the sky, no other airliner had this effect of people. Concorde was, and remains the most beautiful and majestic airliner EVER to grace our skies, I really miss her.
09:23 - that smiles tells a lot about what it felt like being a Concorde pilot ! I had the chance to see this beautiful bird in le Bourget museum short atfter its last landing in Paris. No other airliner was as sleek and as graceful as this flying marvel.
That was adorable, bless him 😊
I flew on one out of Jeddah to London in 1992 - BA promo flight. I remember a lot of people were standing outside the hangars etc watching. The takeoff was phenomenal - much faster than a 767 it absolutely hammered down the runway with real push you into your seat acceleration. Going supersonic you felt the double kick in the back as the inboard and outboard reheats came on - when all 4 went in you really felt the shove in the back.
I was a kid growing up in Jeddah in the 90s and that was the first time I saw the Concorde fly over our house. My whole house was literally shaking
The most beautiful, graceful and delightful aircraft ever to take to the skies.
what about russian tu-160 it seems.
@@luisaguilar-mh5hr a crap, Concorde is better.
Sure they were similar but the concorde had better quality
Spectacular!!!!! Such a smoth landing. And the wing swirl is a piece of art!! The professionalism of the pilots and the engineer are to be admired and respected!!! Beautiful video. Cheers!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇷
So cool, aerodynamics at work - nature is artistic
Once saw this take off at Heathrow. Was at an airport side car rental dropping car off and it came down the runway and took off. The sheer roar of the engines and look off the plane was magnificent. You could feel the physical power and knew you were in the presence of something special.
This was around 98 I think.
Those magnificent men in their flying machines!! Capt John Hutchinson.. A Concorde Legend
This was so cool, I've never seen the cockpit view of a Concorde while in flight. How I wish that bird was still in service. Thanks for upload, it was great
This video almost makes me teary eyed. What a marvel of human endeavour and accomplishment. I wish wish wish I had an opportunity to fly on this plane. Sigh. Seeing this beauty fly takes me back to a time where things were simpler, better and everything felt more real. What a monster of a plane, few seconds after being airborne its touching 240 knots. Insane!
You'd stop what you were doing in london at that time in the afternoon when concorde was descending. The boom noise and the sheer gracefulness as this plane soared above. Intoxicating.
What an amazing feat of engineering. Fabulous. Such a terrible shame it's gone for good.
That was world class professionalism. Hats off to the Brits.
The first flight on Concorde was with an all french crew !
@@tabstabs1204So?
Very hard to put into words. I'm 61 years old and I feel like the future of air travel is in my past. How could they not modernize the avionics and engines, and keeps these beautiful birds in the air?
Britain or France seriously should bring it back. They have 27 years worth of data to make any improvements. Update the engines and the computers and it'll be good to go. Wouldn't cost as much as it originally did.
@@Samuel-gc6js I couldn't agree more. I had never flown on it, but enjoyed a taxi ride on a test Concorde. I believe it was in Casablanca. It had about 20 passenger seats, and expanded avionics. When I left for the terminal the engines were at idle speed. After I got in the terminal I was deaf for about 10 + minutes. What a fabulous creation. Heartbreaking that it came to an end. You'd think with all the money and influence the Royal Family has they could contribute to keeping her flying.
She was a graceful bird, there will never be another like her. RIP Concorde😢
I lived in south London at the time and we were under the approach to landing at heathrow and I never got tired of watching concord coming over . It was an incredible sight .
Just wonderful, the crew positively reek of British professionalism. John Hutchinson has always impressed me, an interesting man.
Soupdragon1964 thanks for the kind words
There is professialism, there is no such thing as 'British professionalism'.
@@whyhumanityisdoomed don't be so salty 🤦♂️
@@Tortex88 He is right though. Most pilots act like this in the cockpit, not only British pilots.
@@pathmaker2337 Its a british way of doing things. So its entirely British. We were the first to create such systems and ways of taking anyway. Your all speaking English for god sake.
What a majestic piece of art
8:30 to the end..oh my!! What a beautiful bird...I get goosebumps seeing the final approach, nose down, touch down, so effortless, so elegant, so graceful.
Thank you so incredibly much for archiving this footage it's incredible it really is.
Very interesting. Professionally handled. Not pilots, they are masters. Brilliant bit of history. Thanks.
Beautiful aircraft. Used to fly over my father's house at 78 Kings Avenue, Bromley, Kent We'd all go out in the back garden to watch it fly over. So gracefull. Those were the days.
I joined the Army in 1997 and did my basic at ATR Pirbright. This beast to fly over often. Hearing the roar was such a buzz.
I remember watching this as a kid for the first time and being left in awe, I even made a cardboard cockpit of the Concorde with my dad. Hopefully I'll be starting my ppl soon!
This is so great. R.I.P Concorde. Awesome Video
An absolute masterpiece....a stunning credit to its designers and engineers. Flown by the best of the best.
Definitely an Old Spice sort of cockpit considering how small it is
Heey its you again! :D
Yes, but they lacked the navigator, a radio operator and all sorts of officers. Such a highly developed marvel and just three men flying it is not British enough. A bomb aimer and a turret gunner are luckily not longer needed.
My Dad was an engineer on concord.i was lucky enough to actually sit in the cockpit. Very small plane. But just beautiful
Narrow body? Yes. _Very_ small plane? No.
Met and had a long chat with John Hutchinson when he was giving a series of talks about Concorde. They were great, one nice guy
The most beautiful thing ever created by man...Simply love it!!!
My family and I used to be amazed hearing the sound of the Concorde approaching GAIA in Barbados. Saturday morning treat seeing it coming overhead at Worthing in Christ Church. My daughter Trisha who was at the hospitality institute visited as a student on the last flight on the ground before it left from Barbados. Amazing looking at it taking off from GAIA. One day there were three Concorde planes on the tarmac in Barbados. What a sight experience and memory for this old man
Amazing aircraft flown by even more amazing people. Wow. What a complicated beast. Great video!!!!
What a magical trip, just amazing. So happy I had the chance to fly from Columbus to London.
I love absolutely everything about this video
The most beautiful passenger aircraft ever produced. Should never have been taken out of service.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
.....'positive climb' he says......that's an understatement ! The First Officer called 100kts only 20 seconds after releasing the brakes. Wow.....what a ride and great memories !
Living in south London in the 70's everything stopped when Concorde flew over for its evening arrival at Heathrow. Yes it was loud but what a beautiful sight it was.
I have heard that the NASA engineers responsible for the Apollo moon landings said Concorde was a greater engineering challenge.
The worlds most staggeringly beautiful aircraft is now a museum piece. How sad.
We watched it when we lived in Thornton Heath.
1989. The Concorde. I miss those days
This is authentic gold content
john hutchinson was the head of the british airways Skyflyers club, for young flyers. I was a founder member of that club, used to be called flightrider. I still have my logbooks from those days..
Is he still alive? I hope he is.
Yes, here's a recent podcast with him. Worth a listen omegataupodcast.net/166-flying-the-concorde/#t=2:06:15.248
Lewis Pommells Thanks a lot buddy!
R Bousfield great 👍
It was called the Junior Jet Club in 1965 when BOAC flew Comet IV's. Wish I still had my wings and log book. Two days and nights on the Comet was great. The Concorde must have been absolutely incredible.