British Airways Concorde - Detailed Cockpit Tour - Cockpit Visit at Manchester Airport

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  • Subscribe here ➤goo.gl/2tM0Yd Concorde, the world's best airliner. Step inside G-BOAC, the flagship of BA's Concorde fleet, and enjoy a detailed tour of the aircraft's beautiful all-analogue cockpit. A step into the past at Manchester airport.
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Komentáře • 281

  • @ShawnTheDriver
    @ShawnTheDriver Před 6 lety +112

    I love hearing older British gentlemen talk. So respectful.

    • @CaptainCreampie69
      @CaptainCreampie69 Před rokem +1

      You’ve obviously never been to a football match in England. 😂

    • @A120isgud
      @A120isgud Před 11 měsíci

      He sounds like text to speech

  • @jayinwood647
    @jayinwood647 Před měsícem

    I did this tour about 12 years ago. Absolutely amazing experience with very knowledgeable people who were a joy to listen to

  • @valante7
    @valante7 Před 7 lety +15

    What a marvelous piece of engineering this was. US manufactures could only dream of making something like this back in the day.

    • @tomwest8663
      @tomwest8663 Před 7 lety +3

      valante7 US may not have had an airliner, but we did have the SR 71 BLACKBIRD that cruised at mach 3 + with two engines at 80,000 ft.

    • @RB747domme
      @RB747domme Před 6 lety +3

      tom west yes the SR-71 is an absolutely beautiful aircraft. And a technical marvel.
      But I would bear in mind, that it only carried two passengers, a pilot and a reconnaissance officer, who would both be wearing pressurised space suits, and had to pee into a leg bag strapped to their leg, and wore diapers.
      If you consider that Concorde flight ceiling was 63000 feet, then just imagine an SR-71 flying at 80000 feet, and looking down just 17000 feet below them is an aircraft that could fly 4000 miles without refuelling travelling at the Mac 2.1, with 110 passengers on board, with toilets, in air-conditioned comfort, sipping champagne and eating lobster..
      It puts it into perspective just what an incredible achievement both the SR-71 and Concorde were in the 1960s.
      It's a shame mankind went to sleep for 30 years and stopped dreaming of the future. I think they could have achieved an incredible amount of aeronautical brilliance had there not been economic, oil crisis, and political rows preventing development of new aircraft technologies.

    • @joeg5414
      @joeg5414 Před 3 lety

      That's a pretty bold statement considering the types of aircraft US manufacturers were producing back then.

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 Před 3 lety +3

      @@RB747domme The Concorde could get up to 58,000 feet at the end of the cruise & cruised at Mach 2.00. That’s about 22000 ft below the SR71 but with passengers in considerable comfort eating the best food & drinking fine wines. Both the RAF & USAF tried to catch is when it was flying out over the Atlantic. They just ran out of fuel. It cruises faster than an F-18 for instance. I agree with everything you write, simply remarkable aircraft , both of them.

  • @knighttemplar9362
    @knighttemplar9362 Před 7 lety +29

    The greatest airplane ever made! Absolutely nothing can be compared.

    • @oof8850
      @oof8850 Před 7 lety +1

      Rick Fischer I'd pick the 747 over this

    • @aitortilla5128
      @aitortilla5128 Před 6 lety +2

      If you don't count SR-71 so maybe yes.

    • @btr152
      @btr152 Před 4 lety

      Tu-144 can be quite a rival.

    • @btr152
      @btr152 Před 3 lety

      @ryo ga silly you. The performance of Tu-144 was comparable or better than Concorde's. Period.

    • @janosoliverolah2576
      @janosoliverolah2576 Před 3 lety

      ​@@btr152 Definitely the Tupolev Tu-144 had a shorter range and was far from being reliable. That made the difference, apart from cabin noise. I wish she had been a better rival to Concorde and development of both supersonic airliners had been continued in their time. They would have been much better at both economy and ecology by the time they had been retired.

  • @lkyksb3
    @lkyksb3 Před 7 lety +160

    "The nose wheel is 35 feet behind you, so don't cut corners."

  • @CelticSaint
    @CelticSaint Před 8 lety +219

    Such a shame that this beautiful aircraft is no longer in the skies above us.

    • @joaquinprocas9058
      @joaquinprocas9058 Před 8 lety +1

      +QANTAS 747-400ER e

    • @royhawker9427
      @royhawker9427 Před 7 lety

      DimEUS VULT te iiiiiiiiiiiimmimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigbghb. ,mmmmjmmmmmmmmmmmjmimmmjmmmmmmmmmmmmmjjmmjmmjmjmmmmmjmmmmmmmjimjmmmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimjimmjmmmmmmimmmjmmmmmjmmjmjmmmmmmmjmmmmmmmmjmmmmmmmii
      .Ol

    • @swarley2500
      @swarley2500 Před 7 lety

      Yeah ikr

    • @yungsneed8449
      @yungsneed8449 Před 6 lety +2

      or in the sides of buildings

    • @gaborbakos7058
      @gaborbakos7058 Před 6 lety +13

      It was extremly polluting, extremly noisy, consumed extremly much. It was just a very expensive, uneconomic technical prestige project. When it was being developed then it could be known it would be never refunded.

  • @drspaseebo410
    @drspaseebo410 Před 5 lety +4

    The first time I boarded a Concorde, with a pal many years ago, when I looked into the cockpit I exclaimed loudly "Holy Sh*t!" ~ I was overcome with the impact of the glorious layout and instrumentation! Never forgot that experience. Whatta plane! Hope it makes a return one day.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis Před 2 lety +3

    Wow! Just looking at the aircraft and imagining being an electrician trying to sort out a problem. Can you imagine the electrical schematic? LOL Excellent video and thanks for sharing. The analog characteristics of the cockpit do tend to appear antiquated!

  • @kjw7556
    @kjw7556 Před 2 lety +2

    Flight engineer must have to be an absolute genius to work all them switches and knobs.

    • @greatflyer_aviation
      @greatflyer_aviation  Před 2 lety

      True! Check out my other cockpit tours in newer aircraft to see the difference ✈️

  • @benshepherd283
    @benshepherd283 Před 6 lety +131

    1969: Concorde first flew, 747 first flew, men walked on the Moon. Not a bad year.

  • @klaus3794
    @klaus3794 Před 5 lety +3

    Best safety record of all planes - only one came down because of some stuff on the runway! Too bad they don't fly anymore. I hope one day we will get something back like this great Concord!

  • @DoctorDARKSIDE
    @DoctorDARKSIDE Před 7 lety +159

    When the past, was the future.

  • @genie0390
    @genie0390 Před 7 lety +22

    how wonderful to see all those hi-tech analog instrumentation. during flight the engineer sitting behind the pilots would reach between them to handle some of the controls, made for more personal touches rather than those modern flight management systems. nice to know the Concorde is finally earning a profit charging museum entrance fees

  • @Designandrew
    @Designandrew Před 8 lety +30

    I'm sorry Dr Jones, but this is one relic that does NOT belong in a museum!

    • @thomasbouchard3058
      @thomasbouchard3058 Před 7 lety +1

      The problem is they are so expensive to maintain, and a special crew to fly them, and they are terrible with fuel lol.

    • @wolfiesmith4587
      @wolfiesmith4587 Před 4 lety +1

      How socialism built it in the 60s

  • @NinjagoGuy416
    @NinjagoGuy416 Před 5 lety +4

    5:55 Ah, the all-important cupholder. It's a good thing they didn't forget that! lol

  • @xzysyndrome
    @xzysyndrome Před 6 lety +15

    The irony is cold. An additional tire to keep tail strike from puncturing the fuel tank...and it was a blown tire that ended up puncturing the fuel tank and bringing an end to a flawless flight record, as well as the plane itself.

  • @MarubiniSikhipa
    @MarubiniSikhipa Před 7 lety +14

    Dreamliner for the accountants, brilliant

  • @skydragon8538
    @skydragon8538 Před 3 lety +2

    The Concorde cockpit is bloody beautiful

  • @danielmorris6523
    @danielmorris6523 Před 8 měsíci

    My father worked at British Aerospace. He was lucky enough to have a flight on Concorde and told me that you feel absolutely nothing when you break the sound barrier. The only indication is when you look up and see the speed indicator. He also met Brian Trubshaw who was one of the test pilots and told me he was a really lovely guy.

  • @antonmothes3160
    @antonmothes3160 Před 7 lety +3

    Think its that amazing that the fuselage expands so much due to the heat (ca. 130°C) on the planes outside.

  • @xFunTomCZx
    @xFunTomCZx Před 8 lety +126

    is there 7 hour version of this? pleeaaase?

    • @jeremyt2520
      @jeremyt2520 Před 8 lety +2

      No.

    • @mikemac2888
      @mikemac2888 Před 6 lety +3

      It didn't fly seven hours.

    • @mauriciocastro7505
      @mauriciocastro7505 Před 6 lety +1

      Yes please, how many buttons missed in this explanation, I want to know everything

    • @TheNumbardar128
      @TheNumbardar128 Před 6 lety +2

      Pilot Explaining can be a great professor. You can listen to him for hours.

    • @ZPatTV
      @ZPatTV Před 6 lety

      y

  • @ericlozen9631
    @ericlozen9631 Před 7 lety +1

    What a great opportunity you had. I never flew on her but I was able to see her land & take off in August of 1985 @ KDTW. Excellent video footage!

  • @ekjas_siket
    @ekjas_siket Před 6 lety +27

    flight engineer had the toughest job in that cockpit i guess

  • @kotezstudio
    @kotezstudio Před 7 lety

    lol sat in the cockpit of the concord and couldn't help but get a shot of a departing aircraft through the window! classic aviator!

  • @nathanjedrej792
    @nathanjedrej792 Před 2 lety

    Ace, all the paint has worn off the levers, white knuckling it every time! Awesome.

  • @flyingdutchman700
    @flyingdutchman700 Před 4 lety

    Aircraft are undoubtedly the most impressive piece of engineering made by man. And among all times, varieties, shapes and functions Concord was, is and forever will be the most incredible, beautiful and timeless piece of airplane ever made. Aircraft world was surely more poor with its retirement. But it will never disappear from our minds. It will live forever.

  • @DaljeetSingh-tq5ll
    @DaljeetSingh-tq5ll Před 4 lety +1

    Great pilot

  • @danielrosa7122
    @danielrosa7122 Před rokem

    Thank you for showing all the little switches and buttons

  • @Kubotahonda5
    @Kubotahonda5 Před 8 lety +4

    This is absolutely stunning !

  • @Windtee
    @Windtee Před 6 lety +6

    Analog, it's simply the most beautiful in an electro-mechanical aeronautical flight experience!

  • @dennisdreyer1439
    @dennisdreyer1439 Před 7 lety +2

    Thank you for uploading this marvelous video Demetris! Fascinating and I could easily spend hours going over everything on that flight deck.
    Concorde was truly the most iconic and beautiful airliner to ever grace the skies and could do what no other aircraft on earth could do, and it remains so to this day. The thinking that went into that aircraft was light years ahead of its time with autothrottle and autoland systems that were far superior even to those found in today’s aircraft.
    Even though it was an expensive and demanding plane to fly it still had many years of life remaining, without a viable successor in the offing. She should still be at 50K feet and cruising at Mach 2 but instead, a giant step backwards was taken when this marvelous plane was grounded for good. Very sad indeed.

  • @AirlinersHD
    @AirlinersHD Před 6 lety

    Best cockpit tour of Concorde. I think G-BOAC is in best condition of all.

  • @fredericpoisson1825
    @fredericpoisson1825 Před 6 lety +2

    I was in a school near buy an airport where the Concorde would take off regularly. The teacher would stop talking while the plane was screaming all it could to take off... LOL Good times...

  • @ek3910
    @ek3910 Před 3 lety +2

    What a machine !!!

  • @johnleyland338
    @johnleyland338 Před 6 lety +2

    Very interesting, informative and very well put. Really enjoyed it.

  • @eonmichaelides1415
    @eonmichaelides1415 Před 6 měsíci

    The engineering masterpiece of the 20th century.

  • @1903chrisholden
    @1903chrisholden Před 5 lety +1

    Beautiful office of the amazing Concorde

  • @marktomlinson8938
    @marktomlinson8938 Před 8 lety

    Fantastic video...I think my mouth was open all the way through ha ha. loved the way you caught the plane taking off... couldn't resist it Demitris😉

  • @mariaelenarodriguez483
    @mariaelenarodriguez483 Před 3 lety +1

    Its madness !! How can remember pilots and ingeneers what means each button and clock !! What intelligents !!

  • @chicobicalho5621
    @chicobicalho5621 Před 2 lety

    I am the member of a fortunate generation, born in 1960, and as a kid, constantly presented with the most incredible technology, like the Concord, the XR 71, or the space race, and amazing technology leaps in motor racing as well, like the Lotus 72, or the Porsche 917. Sems as if in the 1960s, and early 1970s there was an acceleration in technology that brought surprises never experienced before, and after that, there was never that kind of shock, and kids born only 10 years later, grew up accustomed to "new tech". I remember that my cousins, five, seven and eight years older than me, liked cowboy movies and choo-choo trains, but my friends and I were treated to cars going at 300 km/h, supersonic airplenes and rockets that flew to the moon.

  • @supersonicbird11
    @supersonicbird11 Před 7 lety

    very lucky - I flew on Concorde and when we visted the cockpit - I was seated in the 4th jump seat rt behind the captain - they were still abuzz as the queen mom had celebrated her 80th birthday sitting and chatting with the free for about 30-40 min I was told by the captain
    amazing aircraft - amazing speed !!!

  • @kaitsho
    @kaitsho Před 5 lety

    Great work! Nice to hear the discussion about Laker - we flew them years ago. Dad worked for BMA, Brittania and others. Thanks for the video.

  • @andrewmackaybryan
    @andrewmackaybryan Před 8 lety +2

    Thank you - this is an awesome and highly informative video.

  • @mauriciocastro7505
    @mauriciocastro7505 Před 6 lety +18

    This is a dreamliner for pilots and passengers, but unfortunately a Nightmareliner for economics.

  • @celiwetshezi4587
    @celiwetshezi4587 Před rokem

    awesome and thanks for sharing your experience of work

  • @eliasraimundo1037
    @eliasraimundo1037 Před 7 lety +1

    My favorite plane 😍😍

  • @uuutrevoruuu2642
    @uuutrevoruuu2642 Před 3 lety +1

    I've been there

  • @SloaneLasers
    @SloaneLasers Před 7 lety

    The paint stretches. Unreal.

  • @jshepard152
    @jshepard152 Před 6 lety +5

    There's a Concorde at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. You can get on board but no access to the flight deck.

    • @uberdude2555
      @uberdude2555 Před 4 lety +2

      That kinda sucks.

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 Před 3 lety

      In a series of videos about the development of the Boeing 777 they talked about the development of the cup holder. Not as easy as I thought it would be . The pilot had to be able to reach it & they had to be sure it wouldn’t leak. Interesting though the effort that went into developing it.

  • @MubshiTVHD
    @MubshiTVHD Před 6 lety +1

    Oh my god. Look at cockpit

  • @Ground121_8
    @Ground121_8 Před 8 lety

    I find it funny how I was planning on going in october yesterday and then you go and upload a video

  • @Darr733
    @Darr733 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting. A plane ahead of its time.

  • @youreale
    @youreale Před 2 lety +1

    03:34 - This Concorde looks soo sad watching another aircraft taking off while he's grounded forever.

  • @RohitAswath
    @RohitAswath Před 8 lety +3

    that was amazing
    thank you :)

  • @williamdirksen5860
    @williamdirksen5860 Před rokem

    TIME TO GET ONE AIRBORNE AGAIN 🇬🇧

  • @fatelife5573
    @fatelife5573 Před 2 lety

    Engineering Marvel 👍 they developed when the technology is not boomed in higher side Respect and salute ..from Tamil nadu india shravan

  • @dave4shmups
    @dave4shmups Před 8 lety

    Excellent video! Thanks so much for sharing!

  • @flightisallright
    @flightisallright Před 7 lety +2

    several meters from cabin to cockpit. surprised me.

  • @ryanhicks8750
    @ryanhicks8750 Před rokem

    Awesome commentary

  • @sanjeevb2178
    @sanjeevb2178 Před 7 lety +2

    3:17 beautiful♡

  • @ignaciotejerina4157
    @ignaciotejerina4157 Před 8 lety +7

    Aaaaand the video ends right when they were discussing about the Dreamliner

  • @macnerd93
    @macnerd93 Před 8 lety +1

    I went on Saturday and they've started powering up some of the 28 volt DC systems in the cockpit. You can see the video on my channel

  • @AlonsoRules
    @AlonsoRules Před 6 lety +40

    No LCD screens to be seen, all analogue instruments

    • @TheItsmegp46
      @TheItsmegp46 Před 6 lety +1

      Anthony Kernich Concorde was using 1960 tech. LCD screens was still years away. It also needed a flight engineer. It was the only plane left that needed a third flight crew member.

    • @mancabbage1
      @mancabbage1 Před 6 lety

      thats a lie..

    • @TheItsmegp46
      @TheItsmegp46 Před 6 lety

      Mike Nolan What is a lie?

    • @mancabbage1
      @mancabbage1 Před 6 lety

      itsmegp46 ignore me i misread your comment, thought you said it was the only plane that needed 3 flight crew

    • @TheItsmegp46
      @TheItsmegp46 Před 6 lety

      Mike Nolan You did not misread it. It is true. Major Airliners developed from the 1980s on up have only a 2 member flight crew.

  • @marktomlinson8938
    @marktomlinson8938 Před 8 lety

    sorry Demetris ...spelled your name wrong...keep sharing your fantastic videos!

  • @factnotfictionpeople1313
    @factnotfictionpeople1313 Před 8 lety +3

    Nice video - thanks for sharing. :-)

  • @ronaldozgaming2365
    @ronaldozgaming2365 Před 7 lety +10

    It has some buttons son

  • @user-po7xi9uw3j
    @user-po7xi9uw3j Před 3 lety

    Insane machine.

  • @Jaguar79gt
    @Jaguar79gt Před 8 lety

    wow, thanks for this interesting video. i like the concorde ;)

  • @RAZzullix
    @RAZzullix Před 6 lety

    Thanks for this video!

  • @amotupira2221
    @amotupira2221 Před 4 lety

    ...veo esta video y siento nostalgia...amo los aviones...

  • @tenpiloto
    @tenpiloto Před 5 lety +2

    Right seat would be First Officer, not Second Officer as this docent said.

  • @profx5940
    @profx5940 Před 8 lety

    Awesome!!! Keep up the good work.

  • @JackM101
    @JackM101 Před 6 lety

    Great video

  • @onniborg9065
    @onniborg9065 Před 7 lety

    I would love to visit in that

  • @stephensmith4480
    @stephensmith4480 Před 8 lety

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @d.hansel854
    @d.hansel854 Před 8 lety

    I understand a new breed of super sonic aircraft is being built and will be flown in the next few years. it was sad that the cost of this plane become prohibitive.
    We shall wait and see what happens in the new few years.

  • @interflug4631
    @interflug4631 Před 5 lety +1

    Супер ! +100000000000000000000000

  • @ilyaazvandyk4148
    @ilyaazvandyk4148 Před 6 lety +2

    Back when airline pilots could wear polarized sunglasses

  • @LUXAviators
    @LUXAviators Před 8 lety

    Really cool!! thanks for uploading!!

  • @mikemac2888
    @mikemac2888 Před 6 lety

    9:19 - "plastic pig". Awesome!

  • @martin.B777
    @martin.B777 Před 7 lety

    Thanks for sharing! What's wrong with the right windshield? Seems like it's cracked...

  • @sandman4asleep
    @sandman4asleep Před 8 lety

    Wow thank you for this

  • @parthasray3762
    @parthasray3762 Před 7 lety

    concorde is very nice

  • @qasimmir7117
    @qasimmir7117 Před 7 lety

    I've been on that very Concorde.

  • @bkr056
    @bkr056 Před 7 lety

    I went there and went on there it's amazing 😉

  • @therandomchannel02
    @therandomchannel02 Před 8 lety +6

    how the hell did pilots see anything in the front. The windows are almost fully blocked out due to the instrument panels

    • @9carcottrell246
      @9carcottrell246 Před 6 lety +1

      The Random Channel my seat was air ride sir and I would drop the snoot to 14 degrees

    • @jimgemmell2831
      @jimgemmell2831 Před 4 lety

      Ignore that idiot 9 car. He's not an ex Concorde pilot lol

  • @See-USABESTMBA.-COM
    @See-USABESTMBA.-COM Před 6 lety

    Nice one video

  • @vanityfair4715
    @vanityfair4715 Před 3 lety

    Broken Windscreen at the right side?

  • @ConnorsWorkshop17
    @ConnorsWorkshop17 Před 4 lety

    Ive been in the cockpit of concorde

  • @comandanteduarttduartt5151

    goooooooood video.

  • @wiwiwum45
    @wiwiwum45 Před 3 lety

    The concord was so cool, if only it still flew.

  • @nyc.bt.9512
    @nyc.bt.9512 Před 5 lety +1

    How many switches and bottons this gourges and most sofisticaded flying machine has..??

  • @captainLoknar
    @captainLoknar Před 7 lety +1

    Didn't show the afterburner buttons :(

    • @uberdude2555
      @uberdude2555 Před 4 lety +1

      you think he would have a checklist of stuff to cover and that would be near the top.

  • @9carcottrell246
    @9carcottrell246 Před 6 lety

    That's captain al labonte. He is a genius

  • @JamesWilliams-ly6tn
    @JamesWilliams-ly6tn Před 5 lety

    Why wasn't the flight panels placed in these As was presented earlier in all of my refurbish panels with GPS

  • @stu44747
    @stu44747 Před 8 lety +3

    Amazing video, how did you manage to get access to the flight deck?

    • @mm-zj5qw
      @mm-zj5qw Před 8 lety +1

      nothing interesting, just and old aircraft on parking.

    • @TravisNelsondjcrome
      @TravisNelsondjcrome Před 8 lety

      ha

    • @BrandonLy3993
      @BrandonLy3993 Před 8 lety +5

      Nothing interesting, just the cockpit of one of the few supersonic passenger jets. heh...

    • @mm-zj5qw
      @mm-zj5qw Před 8 lety

      ***** just an old garbage

    • @BrandonLy3993
      @BrandonLy3993 Před 8 lety +1

      Jeff Marquis I believe 20 Concorde jets were built with 14 entering service.

  • @francesbesaya2897
    @francesbesaya2897 Před 6 lety

    Best civilian aircraft ever made: the fastest and achingly beautiful to look at. Wherever it was it got all the attention. Pity it was was updated and a lack of confidence on the part of many partien meant it was never built in large numbers for numerous airliners around the world, if that had been the case, maintenance costs would probably have been dramatically lower.

    • @francesbesaya2897
      @francesbesaya2897 Před 6 lety

      I mean it was NEVER updated and a second model with lower fuel consumption and possibly even higher flying speed was never developed.

  • @moosethepooh
    @moosethepooh Před 8 lety

    cool you just earned a sub

  • @eagta3347
    @eagta3347 Před 2 lety

    The Concorde carries about 119,500 liters (31,569 gallons) of fuel and burns about 25,629 liters (6,771 gallons) per hour in the air.

  • @nalou13
    @nalou13 Před 8 lety

    really cool