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  • @Highland_Moo
    @Highland_Moo Рік тому +11

    I was born and grew up in the Scottish highlands. I was pregnant with my first child when the Scottish parliament was due to open. I was gutted that I went into labour early because I’d planned to travel to Edinburgh to see the overhead flight of Concorde! I was 21 and a lover of all things aviation and my love has only increased!

  • @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446
    @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446 2 роки тому +6

    Great nostalgia seeing the airlingus 737s and md 11 in shannon ,long long gone

  • @phugoid
    @phugoid 11 місяців тому +6

    For an aircraft with that much wing area, I always thought its flare angle way too high somehow. A truly iconic bird that's much missed

  • @zachary9057
    @zachary9057 7 років тому +96

    I want Concorde back in the air

    • @curbowman
      @curbowman 4 роки тому

      @Darryl daniel george Bish Why do you say that? Are there any news about it?

    • @CullenCraft
      @CullenCraft 4 роки тому +4

      @@curbowman ill take the resounding silence as a "no"

    • @christiansanden8005
      @christiansanden8005 4 роки тому +1

      I want her back! Awesome bird, all those other planes look ugly

    • @ethan5947
      @ethan5947 4 роки тому

      Darryl daniel george Bish its not

    • @ethan5947
      @ethan5947 4 роки тому

      Search up Boom supersonic it won’t be Concorde but will certainly be like it

  • @promerops
    @promerops 3 роки тому +4

    The 101-year old lady - I like her style!

  • @lucah1824
    @lucah1824 4 роки тому +26

    19:05 So NOW I understand how Santa can deliver presents to the whole world in one night

    • @a_void
      @a_void 3 роки тому +4

      They say Santa's Concorde's nose is painted red

    • @jimis3167
      @jimis3167 2 роки тому +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @PeterWalkerHP16c
    @PeterWalkerHP16c 5 років тому +9

    Eva Woodman - 105 years old 1998 on Concorde
    What a trip her life must have been.

    • @nimueh4298
      @nimueh4298 5 років тому +2

      Wow, just think when Eva was born people were still riding horses. Amazing jump in technology in such a short span of time.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 5 років тому +1

      After all that champagne she had on board, of course she had a great time.

  • @niosanfrancisco
    @niosanfrancisco Рік тому +3

    Such a golden time. What an airplane.

  • @BoredGeese
    @BoredGeese 3 роки тому +7

    2:14 Concorde is stretching her wings. So beautiful.

  • @raysmetaltracks6782
    @raysmetaltracks6782 5 років тому +25

    MAN she is a beautiful plane. Saddened I will never have the opportunity to fly with her. Amazing how, well, "fat" the other planes look compared to the Concorde. Just an incredible machine.

  • @lolvks
    @lolvks 4 роки тому +20

    I like how 95% the speed of sound is considered a leisurely speed for Concorde.
    Bear in mind that that speed is still 10% faster than the cruising speed of a typical subsonic.

  • @thegreatujo
    @thegreatujo 5 місяців тому +1

    Those intermissions like the one about Jordan's ancient city ruins and the one in the first part about some US urban area have to be some of the most random things I've ever seen thrown in a documentary 😅

  • @Ghgh324hjm
    @Ghgh324hjm 4 роки тому +8

    Hope concord to come back again to fly 😔

  • @Birdieupon
    @Birdieupon 11 років тому +22

    Thank you for uploading such a great documentary!

  • @Lex5576
    @Lex5576 5 років тому +87

    It must've been such a letdown when the pilots of Concorde were reassigned to Boeing and Airbus subsonic jets. The takeoff rolls probably felt like a mere walking pace compared to what they had been use to. A bit like going from driving a Lamborghini, down to a Ford Focus LOL.

    • @user-ky6vw5up9m
      @user-ky6vw5up9m 5 років тому +8

      The older ones would have retired from flying.😀

    • @Benno7844
      @Benno7844 2 роки тому

      Oh my god, I feel like shedding a tear, how sad for those posh twats 🤣

    • @natemoore6760
      @natemoore6760 2 роки тому +8

      Not as big a letdown as that experienced by the fighter pilot types who leave defence forces for the airlines…

    • @amekleihm
      @amekleihm 2 роки тому

      A

    • @amekleihm
      @amekleihm 2 роки тому

      AaAaaaaaa"

  • @Cofriezy
    @Cofriezy 5 років тому +24

    I remember almost causing a pile up on the M25
    Heard her, looked up and watched in admiration. I went from slow Lane and across almost hitting Central Reservation with everyone Horning me until I realised what I had done

    • @Turbomgzt
      @Turbomgzt 8 місяців тому

      I used to do import export cargo driving for a company in Colnbrook. Just west of the M25 end of 27L and 27R. On takeoff at 7pm, the bastard always set mine and other car alarms off as it went over at 200ft with afterburners on. Bloody loved it always. So sad she is no longer in the air.

  • @charlesalves5367
    @charlesalves5367 4 роки тому +2

    I need my CONCORDE back in the air NOW☝️☝️👍👍👊👊✌✌

  • @robertboothby6169
    @robertboothby6169 11 місяців тому +1

    If we all had the attitude of "money does not grow on trees" we would never progress.

  • @birendersinghsachan182
    @birendersinghsachan182 5 років тому +6

    This marvelous piece of engineering has created great curiosity in the heart of the people!! When common man will be able to experience such supersonic flight as like mobile phone we all know land line phone and cord less used to be very VIP gadget in locality in very few houses but mobile has changed everything 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @deborah5212
    @deborah5212 4 роки тому +4

    Wow I’d love to fly one of those birds !!!

  • @eccaecca15
    @eccaecca15 3 роки тому +6

    I’m glad he’s a big fan of steam engines because he sounds like the narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine.

  • @deaustin4018
    @deaustin4018 6 років тому +5

    I remember flying out of LGA long time ago. It was like runway 4 if I remember, and it felt like a 45 degree bank 5 seconds after rotate. It was like, "whoa, hold on, this guy's used to F16s (well back then, Phantoms.)

    • @9carcottrell246
      @9carcottrell246 6 років тому +1

      d e austin u are most likely talking of captain and shift commander Al labonte. He flew a b1bomber. This guy was legendary, he could make that plane dance. He's a full bird colonel. I met him in Germany on the sst.

    • @jimgemmell2831
      @jimgemmell2831 4 роки тому +1

      Hahahahahahaha breathe in Hahahahahahaha more utter nonsense fron 9 car Cottrell. There was no Concorde pilot named LaBonte. Pmsl

  • @macieksoft
    @macieksoft 7 років тому +5

    19:00 "And the Christmas bells that ringing are daring chimes of ELEVON TRIM" :-P

  • @suefergusson5351
    @suefergusson5351 11 місяців тому +1

    There are some questions, that I would really like to know:-
    1. Which of the Concords, featured, was the one that crashed?
    2. Which of the Concords, flew to Christchurch NZ; once? I dearly remember, taking my youngest son out to the airport to watch it arrive, I had my hands over his hands, over his ears, I had to try to 'cushion my ears in my shoulders to deaden the sound - (didn't work!)
    I remember when it took off, we could just see it lifting off through a gap in the trees, from our flat near the airport and I can remember the flat vibrating; stunningly amazing experience.

  • @ianmaw66
    @ianmaw66  11 років тому +5

    My pleasure.

  • @transportguy1k635
    @transportguy1k635 2 роки тому +2

    23:53 that’s SR Merchant Navy class 35028 Clan Line

    • @ianmaw66
      @ianmaw66  2 роки тому +1

      Nice. I saw Clan Line at a gala event last year IIRC.

  • @grahamwalls9379
    @grahamwalls9379 Рік тому

    A very good video & a good journey too . I have done that myself & enjoyed it .

  • @transportguy1k635
    @transportguy1k635 3 роки тому +1

    I wish Jet2 / Jet2holidays had flown Concorde! 😊

  • @kevinthomas6328
    @kevinthomas6328 4 роки тому +2

    Everytime I think of Concorde I see flames trailing behind it over the landscape of France...

  • @Peakabike
    @Peakabike 4 роки тому +6

    Big emphasis on the time saved by Concorde but I remember reading that the "door to door" time wasn't that different for "people" who could fly on private jets after Concorde was retired. Quicker procedures and departing on your own schedule.

  • @inkyguy
    @inkyguy 2 роки тому +5

    It’s a shame there weren’t Concorde air craft (or whatever they would has been called) developed to provide flights between the U.S. West Coast to coastal points in Australia and New Zealand. The travel time would be cut in half (from 30 hours to 15) and all the routes would have been entirely over open ocean, negating concerns about the sonic boom.

    • @capitainebonhomme1609
      @capitainebonhomme1609 Рік тому +5

      Yes, you are right.
      Would have been wonderful to have flights from US West coast to Australia on the Concorde.
      A few reasons why...
      1. Concorde was a real fuel guzzler. Couldn't make it in one non stop flight.
      Therefore Concorde couldn't have been able to cut flight time that much.
      2. Unlike say New York to London or Paris, not many people willing to pay double the cost of first class.
      Incidentally, subsonic US West coast to Australia is not 30 hours . It's between 11 and 15 hours.

    • @Mark-st7mp
      @Mark-st7mp 9 місяців тому

      The passanger cabin of the Concorde is precisely the contrary of spacious. Much more than 3 hours you wouldn't stand anyway.

  • @louissanderson719
    @louissanderson719 Рік тому

    Rest in Peace James Bedforth

  • @flyinghedgehog3833
    @flyinghedgehog3833 3 роки тому +1

    Touch n goes at Shannon..been there got the t shirt

  • @choirboyfromhell1
    @choirboyfromhell1 3 роки тому +2

    Doing some schedule computations...did the Concorde beat time coming westward? Depart LGW say 0900, 3.25 hours flying time, that would be 12:15 arrival, less 5 hours on the difference so that would be 07:15...!

  • @TKDonny
    @TKDonny 6 років тому +5

    I liked Mike Bannister flying Concorde single pilot ;)

  • @Messi-sj6gs
    @Messi-sj6gs Рік тому

    I hope see new concorde:)

  • @40655
    @40655 3 роки тому +3

    She is missed.

  • @AVCTripReports
    @AVCTripReports 5 років тому +3

    When was this documentary made? It mentions the crash and a captain retiring in 2002. But nothing about retirement, so late 2002/early 2003?

    • @ianmaw66
      @ianmaw66  5 років тому +4

      2002. Sorry I can't be more precise but I checked the roman numerals at the end of the credits.

  • @paulgreen6980
    @paulgreen6980 Рік тому

    A small side note "Speedbird 2" was used by the RAF and the US AF, by agreement with BA, as an
    intercept target on training for fast jet pilots.
    As the flight approached the UK an attempt was made to catch her at "full chat "
    and apparently the intercept only happened once. The US AF tried even stripping out everything need for combat flights in Phantoms and Starfighters without any Luck! the only aircraft to catch and fly past and then climbed higher was "BM" an English Electric Lightning
    Look up that incident and the history of another fabulous aircraft here on youtube if the sensers will stop red lining this!

  • @celinediontribute3932
    @celinediontribute3932 3 роки тому

    My favourite part of this was seeing the Canberra and Hunter Miss Dermeanour

  • @aliefabdurrahman3302
    @aliefabdurrahman3302 Рік тому

    1:32 Sound of Pratt and Whitney PW4000 engine for Boeing 747-400PW/Boeing 767-200ERPW/300ERPW.

  • @jamesr6497
    @jamesr6497 5 років тому +7

    Looks like fun for the Pilots, but the plane seating doesn't look comfortable, however I couldn't judge it until I personally tried it. I guess its a personal call. it is a beautiful plane to be sure, however I think its too expensive for the average income level. It would be a incredible experience to at least fly once.

  • @claudiadeagatone3223
    @claudiadeagatone3223 3 роки тому

    why second part (differently from first part) has no subtitles ?

  • @user-ky6vw5up9m
    @user-ky6vw5up9m 5 років тому +1

    If you enjoy the afterburner take off - Go to some of the dark Winter Heathrow evening take-Offs (BA003) elsewhere on YT

    • @ianmaw66
      @ianmaw66  5 років тому

      Thanks. I will take a look.

    • @user-ky6vw5up9m
      @user-ky6vw5up9m 5 років тому

      I suggest search “Concorde Night” as key words
      regards

  • @bigtaxrefund
    @bigtaxrefund 3 роки тому +1

    1:26 you can see the L-1011 BWIA from trinidad

    • @everettbruckerhoff6029
      @everettbruckerhoff6029 3 роки тому

      one of several planes killed by the DC-10 and a310/300. Two of them. Concorde, L1011, and theres at least one more.

  • @acchaladka
    @acchaladka 5 років тому +2

    In terms of range, couldn’t Concorde have made LAX to Honolulu to Tokyo / Seoul / Hong Kong? Did passenger traffic not justify a regular trans-Pacific route at any time?

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 5 років тому

      It did not have the range. www.quora.com/Flying-Would-the-Concorde-make-better-economic-sense-for-longer-transpacific-flights-East-and-West-Coast-of-the-US-to-Asia-the-Middle-east-and-Australia-than-for-transatlantic-routes-NY-London-Paris-Has-this-been-explored

  • @newbeginnings8566
    @newbeginnings8566 8 місяців тому

    I'll take La Première Air France and arrive a bit later but much more relaxed, having slept and been looked after like VIP..

  • @Artariastein
    @Artariastein 5 років тому +3

    Hätte man nie einstellen dürfen!

    • @christiansanden8005
      @christiansanden8005 4 роки тому +2

      Beste und schönste Maschine die je gebaut wurde, weit ihrer Zeit voraus

  • @MrTomengle
    @MrTomengle Рік тому

    And what was the cost of a ticket on the Concorde vs the American 767?

  • @beagle7622
    @beagle7622 4 роки тому +1

    I watched the5 hour documentary on the Concorde, which was basically London New York return. Take off speed was 195 from memory was that always the case. Did she always take off at that speed.

    • @lolvks
      @lolvks 4 роки тому +1

      Beagle76 it depends, heavier flights need more speed to take off, lighter ones can take off at maybe 160-170

    • @SawdEndymon
      @SawdEndymon 4 роки тому

      What 5hr documentary?

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 4 роки тому

      SawdEndymon 1312 ITVV not really a documentary, a flight from LDN to NYC

  • @johnkean5848
    @johnkean5848 5 років тому +7

    Please Sir would you be kind enough to answer my questions?
    What differences, if any, were there between Air France's Concorde and British Airway's Concord? (Interior and exterior.)
    Number of windows differed, why?
    I only know the interior of Air France's Concorde from the film, l think it was: "Airport '79."
    How much fuel in each wing?
    Was it really the Americans, who wanted supersonic flight for their military only, that ended the living dream, or is that classified?
    Was it seen as THE way of ALL future air travel because, conceivably it could be made bigger: longer and wider, before it ended its reign of the skies?
    Was any of the technology of supersonic engines used in any commercial aircraft obviously subsonically?
    (In other words was all that knowledge just used for the military or do we use any in commercial aviation.)
    Where do you see the future of air travel for me Concord was the pinnacle of man's achievement and we've just gone downhill technologically since. (Most technology in my opinion now are just badly made prototypes. Create a battery that doesn't explode or run out of power quickly first then create a phone or aeroplane... in my opinion.)
    Thanking you in advance.
    (It was an extremely sad day when Concord flew no more.... but she will rise, again, like a Phoenix, out of the ashes! The Branson Concord ... why do we hear nothing further on this?)

    • @stevequintero6716
      @stevequintero6716 5 років тому

      john kean none, joint venture ,

    • @johnkean5848
      @johnkean5848 5 років тому +1

      +Steve Quintero l an positive the number of windows are different. l always assumed Air France's were a little longer. l will do some research.

    • @Zadir09
      @Zadir09 5 років тому +6

      I'm not him, but I've studied this aircraft in and out for over 10 years. Maybe I can add some info:
      -Different flight procedures, different cockpit interiors, the placement of the TCAS panel differed, different cabin interiors for the entire life of the aircraft. BA's last update was in 1999 and called "Project Rocket", it was only half finished. it was supposed to include blue waves of light as the aircraft passed mach 1 as well as an updated passenger display. Andrée Putman redesigned the interiors for Air France in the 1990s, and they stayed that way until the retirement.
      -Windows differed due to the window blanks, they were for the restrooms as well as the galley area.
      -The "airport 79" concorde showed the launch interior, it was designed by Raymond Loewy. There were some small changes, such as the machmeter and color, but the complete interior revamp was in the 90s.
      -With a full load of fuel (including the "overfilling" procedure and subtracting the ballast tanks from the fuselage) you are left with 62 thousand kilograms of fuel in the wings.
      -It isn't classified, you can look up the October 1977 ruling of the Supreme Court which overturned the JFK ban imposed by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The US canceled its SST due to funds and instead decided to continue on with the shuttle program.
      -Concorde alone was just one of the many SSTs that airlines believed would dominate the future in the 1960s. The energy crisis as well as the limited routes allowed due to the sonic booms, among a myriad of other issues, killed supersonic travel.
      -I don't remember specific examples but I know almost all of the technologies developed for concorde have been applied on aircraft produced by Airbus.
      -Air travel will stay subsonic, and will follow what passengers agree to pay for. If passengers agreed to pay the same as they do now for airliners that flew even slower than they do today, that's what would be happening now due to fuel economy. But as of now SSTs are not economically viable. The only reason BA turned a profit was because they didn't have to pay for the aircraft outright (though they did eventually pay the full price for each aircraft). BA made a profit so long as the aircraft was half full, and it almost always was. So the airline wanted to fly them until at least 2015. When it comes down to it Airbus killed concorde, BA was willing to fly them alone when Air France decided, back in march 2002, to end concorde services. It wasn't until Airbus announced their end for support that BA couldn't justify the costs.

    • @johnkean5848
      @johnkean5848 5 років тому +1

      +LonelyAssCunt l am very grateful to you sir and thankful for your comprehensive response. You have answered all of the puzzles l had retained regarding Concorde for years for which l thank you very much. You are most knowledgable regarding her provenance and l am sure many others along with myself are very happy to share it. Thank you again.

    • @ianmaw66
      @ianmaw66  5 років тому +1

      Sorry I couldn't help but others know much more than me about this aircraft.

  • @unelias258
    @unelias258 6 років тому +4

    See who is the fastest at 14:29 - 14:33!

  • @gooner72
    @gooner72 3 роки тому

    Having a seat on Concorde gave you the smug satisfaction that you will be home in bed before normal people are about half way across the Atlantic....... 🇬🇧🇫🇷✌✌

  • @adotholland22
    @adotholland22 7 років тому +3

    so,,,sexy plane

  • @atasnonsense
    @atasnonsense 3 роки тому

    Musk bácsi hasonlót szeretne, csak kérdés, hogy lesz-e rá majd kereslet... :-)
    Uncle Musk wants something similar, it's just a question of whether there will be demand for it ... :-)

  • @philcolbert7864
    @philcolbert7864 8 місяців тому

    Yep, beautiful plane all right. But the idea that supersonic travel would be the norm was ludicrous. To save a few hours in travel time you have massive fuel consumption, noise issues (including sonic booms, which prevent it from flying fast over populated area) and obviously (since one did in fact crash) safety issues to consider.

  • @Lucianrider
    @Lucianrider 10 місяців тому

    What a let down it must have been for the crew that stayed on after the retirement of the Concorde to have to go back to subsonic jets!!

  • @BitcoinSucker
    @BitcoinSucker Рік тому

    13:40 that is a landing!

  • @markduncan6690
    @markduncan6690 3 роки тому

    Malcom Forbes rented Concorde to fly his buddies to North Africa!

  • @augustomachete1715
    @augustomachete1715 4 роки тому +11

    Re-heats? Is that the English term for "after burner?"

    • @ianmaw66
      @ianmaw66  4 роки тому +4

      It is.

    • @stephenboland57
      @stephenboland57 4 роки тому +8

      No. Afterburner is the American word for reheat. First tested by the English in 1944

    • @jcspotter7322
      @jcspotter7322 3 роки тому

      @@stephenboland57 shut your British mouth

  • @johnkean5848
    @johnkean5848 5 років тому +1

    ApieceOfdirt:
    I don't think you get it? Nothing to do with envy of the rich ... this was real life technology ... none of the fake spaceship c**p you see nowadays. I'm being respectful here because Her Majesty follows everything on Concord and, no doubt, will be viewing this series. (Youngsters too love aeroplanes.)

  • @porridgeandbananas
    @porridgeandbananas 5 років тому +2

    It's GREENock not GRENock.

  • @heidispawsandfins
    @heidispawsandfins 10 місяців тому +1

    I always said that I would fly Concorde one day in my life.....that has been taken away from me. The British tax payers paid for her development and birth, we should have been given a say in her future 😡

  • @diogopinto9462
    @diogopinto9462 3 роки тому

    16:27 that doesn't exist anymore, as well ..

  • @dih9788
    @dih9788 4 роки тому +1

    Alien Base under Giza Pyramid ;-)

  • @macieksoft
    @macieksoft 9 років тому +1

    0:01 Sometimes sinking the little fishing boats? Oh really? Neverminded sonic boom can sink a boat... Oops... Wait... Accelerating up to 250 knots... Its still subsonic... Is just after takeoff so it cannot go supersonic on this altitude... So is there something wrong with my english?

    • @shi01
      @shi01 9 років тому +3

      "So is there something wrong with my english?"
      Must be, because he sad "seeing".

    • @factnotfictionpeople1313
      @factnotfictionpeople1313 7 років тому +1

      LOL..............

  • @wadeadams2775
    @wadeadams2775 2 роки тому

    20 years...lmao!!

  • @apieceofdirt4681
    @apieceofdirt4681 7 років тому +9

    They talk about how the people on subsonic planes look at Concorde with envy almost like they are subhuman or something. Then you find out a one way ticket on Concorde was around $6-$7,000. Then I realized the people on subsonic planes aren’t looking at Concorde with envy more than they are wondering what to do with all of the extra money they’ve saved by NOT flying Concorde. What a fucking waste of money. I only flew one time on Concorde. I was upgraded to Concorde because my flight was overbooked. I got to see how the wealthy lived and it was an experience I’ll never forget but I still prefer a subsonic flight. Concorde was extremely cramped, very very loud and had a constant smell of kerosene. The food was really good but nowhere near the hype.

    • @BS-ge4ne
      @BS-ge4ne 5 років тому

      What route did you fly, and was it BA?

    • @johnkean5848
      @johnkean5848 5 років тому +3

      Porches Ferraris ... all terribly lacking when it comes to breathing space. Not aboit rich and their toys - its the advancenent of humankind and research which leads to other tech. Maybe that a strain-free screw developed for Concorde makes all other planes safer. You were lucky enough to fly on majesty's wing fortunately seemed to appreciate it; analogous to the exclusivity of astronauts which is the next step from the one you took.

    • @deborah5212
      @deborah5212 4 роки тому +3

      They don’t care if you’re cramped it only takes three hours to get to your destination ! Lol

  • @johnhinkley9998
    @johnhinkley9998 4 роки тому

    Zoo they still allow those

  • @FrancescoBellringer
    @FrancescoBellringer 4 роки тому

    Concorde was far too expensive! I don’t think the average british person could afford for a flight from LHR to JFK on concorde, but on a jumbo may be a more reasonable price

    • @DutchSteamboat
      @DutchSteamboat 3 роки тому

      You would have to compare it to an F seat, which is normally very expensive for an average person anyway.

  • @acedriver142
    @acedriver142 3 роки тому

    I see alot of jealous jets lol

  • @ibrahimkolcak5697
    @ibrahimkolcak5697 2 роки тому

    Ai

  • @stephenbritton9297
    @stephenbritton9297 5 років тому

    brass band needs a LITTLE help? Think I've seen middle school bands more in tune than them!

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose 4 роки тому +1

    I am getting annoyed at the narration that goes out of its way to trash every other kind of plane-even other British Airways models! Well, the Concorde’s gone and Boeing and Airbus are still here, so this whole video is starting to sound ridiculous.