I certainly agree, it's extremely emotional. Just listening to this radio communication makes a few tears in my eyes. I think how much better life was in the past.
Me too . She was the most beautiful lady to ever grace the skies . I always say they brought her out of retirement to fly Queen Elizabeth II home to Heaven ❤
Good man! Please pass on our regards from sunny Old England, please Ma'am and our thank you's for getting us all in and out of JFK safely for so long. Hope you are well and your father also. Would be nice if you could say a big thank you from all of us. I would think that he has/had one of the most stressful jobs there is - JFK airport is quite a place! Take care :)
Lovely moment is the very end. US ATC says 'cheerio' to Concorde (classic British English) and Concorde responds 'have a nice day' (classic American English.)
It was a very nice touch. I think the Concorde 'buzz' touched all the personnel in the US as well, everyone who actually mattered dealing with her realised she was something quite special. All the bullshit back in the day of not allowing Concorde landing rights was politically and environmentalist driven, not operational or technical. Partly out of spite because the US failed in getting their SST program to work (again politically driven not technical). There's a brilliant interview on YT with Brian Walpole who was BAs Chief Concorde Pilot who made the first landing/takeoff which is a brilliant listen. They were told to expect a hostile reception at the press conference which it was, right up until the moment they towed her into the hanger and then everyone present just instantly fell in love.
For many years every evening at around 6pm and 10pm the roar in the skies above west London announced the arrival of Concorde. Sometimes we'd run out onto our balcony and shout 'Concorde' as loud as we could as the plane flew overhead knowing that the neighbours couldn't hear us! We miss it!!
Great respect and courtesy shown between JFK ATC and British Airways Concorde crew here...very touching. Miss the fact and thought that this beautiful aircraft no longer flies---she was truly an apex achievement in international air travel and is sadly missed by many all over the world...
That`s actually nothing about performance. It`s a lost COM procedure. if your radios fail you can consider yourself cleared for your filed flight level 10min. after T/O
Watch the video when Brian Walpole tells how during testing he barrel rolled her. Or how the used her maneuverability to bank left and right to avoid the noise monitors at JFK. She really was just a really big fighter jet.
@@Turbomgzt pretty much all jet airliner can reach that altitude. It's a common thing for the controller to give additional info "expect cruise level at 10 minutes" while givimg clearance to aircraft in us.
I am so fortunate to have given that Captain some of his training in the late 80’s. What an absolute gentleman!We are still good friends today (2022) and we both fly for a “ purple” cargo carrier😊
If anyone is wondering, the Speedbird was the name of the stylish logo on the tail fins used by BA's predecessor airlines Imperial and BOAC and the present call sign was inherited from them.
@Troy Challenger you sir, are what we call up in Scotland, a risible welt. Everyone else, just ignore the obvious troll and don't give him the attention his mother clearly didn't. 2/10. Must try harder
Absolutely, it was magnificent! It flew brilliantly for all those years but unfortunately grounded forever due to a few acts of sloppiness by those who should have been more professional. 😢
"Speedbird 2 you can plan to follow the Express." "If he can keep up". As a pilot and dual UK/US citizen, I love how no one wanted it to end, planes asking to hold short....
Concorde speedbird 2 on Behalf of all us here in the USA it's been a privledge and an honor to have u here in the USA. Just wanna wish Captain Bannister good luck in the future and for the final time your clear for takeoff. God bless and God speed.Aaron Glick Lufkin Texas USA. Also best wishes to British Airways and T 2 for all their kind hospitality they have showed me and my family over the years there at London Heathrow International Airport. I look forward to seeing you all back at London Heathrow International Airport again next Year. From me and my entire family here in Lufkin Texas a very pleasant good morning. Local Lufkin Texas time is 12:05 am 6:05 local London UK time.
used to love watching it take off from the Canarsie pier back in the 80's. Shame it had to be retired, but its time had come. Guzzled too much fuel, amongst other things. There is a Concorde on display at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum on the west side of Manhattan.
This must have cost MILLIONS all the airliners holding short, I bet very few passengers complained about the delay they got to witness history, but when minuets cost millions, this little fairwell cost a pretty penny
Brings me to tears, what a shame THE most awesome piece of engineering to fly the skies 😥 You can feel the upset in the controllers voices saying goodbye to an old friend
This transcript leaves me sad.hearing controllers from many years ago, and pilots from other airoorts in Ny wishing the crew well as they leave Jfk.so long concorde.
Can't believe that the Concord retired almost 20 years ago. Half a century ago mankind landed on the moon and had supersonic travel on earth, all within only 70 years since the wright brothers took of from the shores of NC. What a decline.
Captain Bannister and concord speed bird 002 wishing ya a safe final flight as a local brit now out in the USA here in Houston Texas you will certainly be missed here in the USA but i will see y'all the next time i get to the UK and London Heathrow International Airport have a safe retirement flight all the very best and best wishes from all of us here in the USA and all of us here in Houston Texas local Houston Texas time is 10:09 am. solang and you will be missed.
Americans and the British/French have been competitive as Hell Thru the years but Do Not Think there wasn’t Unbelieveable Respect by Americans when the Best took to the Skies. Tip of the Tam
Just reading Mike Bannisters book "Concord" brought me here, what a lovely sendoff, many thanks for sharing it. Shame on the French for their part in the removal of this lovely aircraft
I know this was 2 years ago, but at 4:56, it's Steve, you can tell in the way he says "do you need any assistance" the mics they used were much lower quality back then, and he also was quite a bit younger and probably not as comfortable with his job as he was towards the end of his career
ah okay got it . what about the clearance through 105 alpha direct? Is 105A a radial off a VOR or something? I couldn't find it on the sectional or any departure plates anywhere.
Have listened to this countless times now.... still crying every fucking time... At least I and other sim pilots can keep her alive in X-Plane :-) "Shanwick radio Speedbird 1 Position report. Past 20W expect 30W @1242 next will be 40W"
the english and the french could no longer afford the programme, concorde was always expensive, it was (I guess) in many ways a race between the anglo-french and the americans (who had their own SST programme) and that of a technical exercise and status of having the fastest passenger jet. "environmental" issues, sonic boom issues, small amount of passengers on each flight and an aging fleet killed it off. the freak accident and 911 (which I believe was used as an excuse) was the nail in the….
@@dinodinosaur3936great reduction of air travel, that combined with the rise in oil prices, and the major cost of maintaining a fleet of aircraft that never really were sold in enough numbers to compensate, meant Concorde was to face an end to its career afterwards.
No! Concorde is one and only, anything new is not Concorde. Concorde is one and only, true legend who wrote supersonic aviation history. Some nice day, I hope I will visit Manchester airport for G-BOAC.
Maintenance and safety underwriting had devolved to Airbus over the years and their bean-counters were not prepared to continue to bear that expense. Also, after the total embarrassment of the Air France crash, the French wanted rid of the project; Concorde was making a VERY healthy profit for BA up until then.
People saying "bring the concorde back" it wont come back. There is no place for it in commercial aviation where it stands today. It is way to uneconomic for airlines.
+CarsonT01 She made BA an awful lot of money. They didn't need to retire her, but they refused to operate her alone without Air France. I don't know why. Richard Branson wanted to buy them from BA and operate them with Virgin but BA refused to do that to.
@@mgytitanic1912 The issue was Airbus, who inherited the responsibility to provide parts etc. for Concorde were unwilling to keep doing so, so they just began to make things way too expensive and essentially said that's that. It was uneconomic only because Airbus, with a strong French influence probably didn't want Britain to be the only operator of Concorde. I'm sure BA would have continued to fly her as long as possible because as you say, they were making money on it.
Hearing this 16 years after Concorde retiring, still brings a tear to my eye (plus a lump in my throat)
The last words exchanged between Captain Bannister and the tower is very emotional. I am sure everybody had some tears in their eyes.
I certainly agree, it's extremely emotional. Just listening to this radio communication makes a few tears in my eyes. I think how much better life was in the past.
Freaky ahh lump. It's in yo throat?
Me too . She was the most graceful lady to ever fly . RIP Concorde ❤🙏
Me too . She was the most beautiful lady to ever grace the skies . I always say they brought her out of retirement to fly Queen Elizabeth II home to Heaven ❤
The controller in the last minute and a half is my Dad. So proud of him :)
Catherine Winters cool
I bet you are x
Good man! Please pass on our regards from sunny Old England, please Ma'am and our thank you's for getting us all in and out of JFK safely for so long. Hope you are well and your father also. Would be nice if you could say a big thank you from all of us. I would think that he has/had one of the most stressful jobs there is - JFK airport is quite a place!
Take care :)
Same
You have a good father
“Kennedy Ground, good morning. For the last time, Speedbird Concorde 002 IFR to London Heathrow with Mike” such iconic words. R.I.P. Concorde
I thought it said 1080
i just love how they brought all the people who were there for the first time...boy so many years gone by, but still makes you emotional..
godpeed !
ankit knight except Samuel Cohen who was legit still there working everyday and didn't need bringing back
god peed
@@zackaplowitz godspeed*
man lol, that comment was 4yrs ago,how time flies, uff..!
Anyways
stay safe my friend...
ankit knight lol i know, just found it hilarious. you too :)
I love all the other pilots calling in "Can we hold here while we troubleshoot"
"Do you require assistance?"
'maybe binoculars and/or a high quality camera?'
Love all the other flights chiming in to give their best wishes or ask for holds so they could watch Concorde's departure.
Shows how popular Concorde was.
Kennedy Steve and the Concorde. Two legends in one!
I end up here looking for some interesting Concorde related stuff...And I leave crying.
matt8863 you ain’t alone
Ditto!
Same!
Lovely moment is the very end. US ATC says 'cheerio' to Concorde (classic British English) and Concorde responds 'have a nice day' (classic American English.)
So appropriate, on the day….I got it too, 👍😉🇮🇲
It was a very nice touch. I think the Concorde 'buzz' touched all the personnel in the US as well, everyone who actually mattered dealing with her realised she was something quite special.
All the bullshit back in the day of not allowing Concorde landing rights was politically and environmentalist driven, not operational or technical. Partly out of spite because the US failed in getting their SST program to work (again politically driven not technical). There's a brilliant interview on YT with Brian Walpole who was BAs Chief Concorde Pilot who made the first landing/takeoff which is a brilliant listen. They were told to expect a hostile reception at the press conference which it was, right up until the moment they towed her into the hanger and then everyone present just instantly fell in love.
@@trottergraemeInteresting background. Thanks!
Kennedy Steve...another legendary transmission.
For many years every evening at around 6pm and 10pm the roar in the skies above west London announced the arrival of Concorde. Sometimes we'd run out onto our balcony and shout 'Concorde' as loud as we could as the plane flew overhead knowing that the neighbours couldn't hear us!
We miss it!!
Great respect and courtesy shown between JFK ATC and British Airways Concorde crew here...very touching. Miss the fact and thought that this beautiful aircraft no longer flies---she was truly an apex achievement in international air travel and is sadly missed by many all over the world...
Very emotional. Sad we'll not see her like again. I was in Windsor in '99 and saw her climbing out away from Heathrow. Such an elegant aeroplane.
We could see another one
@@ChicagoMel23 doubt it, maybe, but they aren’t worth the cost. Can only be supersonic over the ocean.
@@damedusa5107boom overtune is here although it will never replace the concorde
2:11
6:15 "...as you soar towards the sunshine there to the East." How can it not bring a tear to your eye?
1:35 fellow captain trying to hold to witness the final Concorde takeoff ever, respect.
Ever the professional. He misses a once in a lifetime opportunity to be on time.
Mr. MiD block times are purposely set with a buffer. Ever wonder why actual flight times are always shorter than scheduled?
@@prorobo can't have been a long enough buffer!
Loved that
Bannister’s calling out Sam by name after taking off is so touching. Everything about this aircraft screams class…the captain does not disappoint
''Flight level 29000 in ten minutes'' Say's it all about the Concorde an airliner with fighter performance, what an incredible aircraft.
That`s actually nothing about performance. It`s a lost COM procedure. if your radios fail you can consider yourself cleared for your filed flight level 10min. after T/O
Watch the video when Brian Walpole tells how during testing he barrel rolled her. Or how the used her maneuverability to bank left and right to avoid the noise monitors at JFK. She really was just a really big fighter jet.
@IVAOpilot and what other civilian airline could actually achieve that? Knob!
@@Turbomgzt pretty much all jet airliner can reach that altitude. It's a common thing for the controller to give additional info "expect cruise level at 10 minutes" while givimg clearance to aircraft in us.
@@chris22captI think what they are saying is that the climb rate is unobtainable even though I think it is
The crew departing Le Guardia - that was a nice touch. They couldn't even see Concorde and still passed on their regards.
I am so fortunate to have given that Captain some of his training in the late 80’s. What an absolute gentleman!We are still good friends today (2022) and we both fly for a “ purple” cargo carrier😊
End of SST was a sad day, but a brilliant send off from JFK tower
Astonishing that this was 20 years ago. Still miss Concorde. Very moving to hear the farewells from ATC.
It’s such a shame. Not only did we loose the concord but we’re loosing that iconic British accent.
If anyone is wondering, the Speedbird was the name of the stylish logo on the tail fins used by BA's predecessor airlines Imperial and BOAC and the present call sign was inherited from them.
Thank you for that!
Brilliant makes me proud to be British.
She was built by both the French and English. She was a magnificent bird.
moraldo82 .It's British not English!!!!
@@moraldo82 Yeah!..but they crashed theirs!!
Tim Richards I bet you must be some sort of self made millionaire?
@Troy Challenger you sir, are what we call up in Scotland, a risible welt. Everyone else, just ignore the obvious troll and don't give him the attention his mother clearly didn't.
2/10. Must try harder
Watching that plane fly was beautiful and in spite of what happend in Paris, it had a safety record envied by every other plane manufacturer
Absolutely, it was magnificent!
It flew brilliantly for all those years but unfortunately grounded forever due to a few acts of sloppiness by those who should have been more professional. 😢
Not only that, it was expensive and there was trouble post 9/11
Emotional exchanges between Captain Bannister and NY tower. They must have have been some tears in eyes. Kind of farewell is always difficult.
A sad day for aviation but also a day to celebrate a truly legendary aircraft.
"Speedbird 2 you can plan to follow the Express."
"If he can keep up".
As a pilot and dual UK/US citizen, I love how no one wanted it to end, planes asking to hold short....
Amazing how everyone suddenly discovers a problem that they need to hold for in the minutes leading up to the concorde departure
Grounding this this was a huge step backwards. Such a beautiful piece of technology
Concorde speedbird 2 on Behalf of all us here in the USA it's been a privledge and an honor to have u here in the USA. Just wanna wish Captain Bannister good luck in the future and for the final time your clear for takeoff. God bless and God speed.Aaron Glick Lufkin Texas USA. Also best wishes to British Airways and T 2 for all their kind hospitality they have showed me and my family over the years there at London Heathrow International Airport. I look forward to seeing you all back at London Heathrow International Airport again next Year. From me and my entire family here in Lufkin Texas a very pleasant good morning. Local Lufkin Texas time is 12:05 am 6:05 local London UK time.
Love that other Aircraft want to hold and watch The Concord take off for the last time
I still miss seeing Concorde both of them...
That was...beautiful. Almost four years after posting. Thank you for sharing this!
I miss this bird so much ;(
It's surreal to listen to the moment in civil aviation history when technology went backwards.
How wonderful was that!
Brilliant, such a bloody shame the old girl ain't flying no more
Wow, beautiful tapes, thanks
Goosebumps... great footage, wonderful
There are people who say they cried watching this and people who lie.
It's right that the British Airways Concorde has got the Callsign "Speedbird" (I know all BA Planes got it)
Ha other pilots were jockeying for position to get a view of the last take off, and who can blame them!?
My Uncle won an award many years ago and got a free trip on Concorde and he flew over our town if only I could of seen her
used to love watching it take off from the Canarsie pier back in the 80's. Shame it had to be retired, but its time had come. Guzzled too much fuel, amongst other things. There is a Concorde on display at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum on the west side of Manhattan.
This must have cost MILLIONS all the airliners holding short, I bet very few passengers complained about the delay they got to witness history, but when minuets cost millions, this little fairwell cost a pretty penny
Loved the way the final controller said 'cherrio' ....... a very English word 😅
Brings me to tears, what a shame THE most awesome piece of engineering to fly the skies 😥
You can feel the upset in the controllers voices saying goodbye to an old friend
Is it Kennedy Steve on the ground duty at the beginning?
Yes. In his interview with Captain Joe he stated he worked the last Concorde Flight
It sounds like he was working clearance delivery in this clip, was that actually him on the ground frequency though?
We may be a small country but we've a great one....🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
awesome
What a wonderful aeroplane. So long Speedbird Concorde. You’re missed.
This transcript leaves me sad.hearing controllers from many years ago, and pilots from other airoorts in Ny wishing the crew well as they leave Jfk.so long concorde.
This brings tears ...
Can't believe that the Concord retired almost 20 years ago. Half a century ago mankind landed on the moon and had supersonic travel on earth, all within only 70 years since the wright brothers took of from the shores of NC. What a decline.
Simply breathtaking! :)
“Cheerio” - Ah, class act.
That was f.ing cool . Thx for pointing it out . Was waiting for it and it came at the end 😊👍
makes me cry 😢
Ends with Have a Nice Day....end of an Era...
Is this who I think it is? Ricardo from "Remembering Concorde" on Facebook? 😀😀
“Kennedy ground the morning for the last time, speedbird Concorde to IFR London Heathrow” 😭😭😭 I miss the Concorde so much
Awesome just awesome. Some of the best controllers in the United States and one of the most professional airlines!
Hearing this while I just called out 3..2...1..now in my virtual Concorde in X-Plane out of JFK makes me shiver :/
OMG, that was 18 yrs ago this October.
Gives me the chills, love this!
"We need to hold",
"do you require assistance?",
[Maybe some binoculars, or a good quality camera?].
position and hold sounds so much better than line up and wait.
Johnny Mitchell I agree!
Captain Bannister and concord speed bird 002 wishing ya a safe final flight as a local brit now out in the USA here in Houston Texas you will certainly be missed here in the USA but i will see y'all the next time i get to the UK and London Heathrow International Airport have a safe retirement flight all the very best and best wishes from all of us here in the USA and all of us here in Houston Texas local Houston Texas time is 10:09 am. solang and you will be missed.
Americans and the British/French have been competitive as Hell Thru the years but Do Not Think there wasn’t Unbelieveable Respect by Americans when the Best took to the Skies. Tip of the Tam
Magnificent! Thanks...
American 205 had the best view.
That's Kennedy Steve!
What a womderful world! 🎼🎼🎼
great audio, just wondering if there is any copyright on this audio, and if so would i be able to use this in my concorde documentary, thanks
Just reading Mike Bannisters book "Concord" brought me here, what a lovely sendoff, many thanks for sharing it. Shame on the French for their part in the removal of this lovely aircraft
It’s reprehensible. As was the joke of an investigation BEA did on the 2000 crash. Just ridiculous.
Likewise.
Excellent read.
Kennedy Steve said in an interview he worked the last Concorde flight out of JFK, don’t think that’s him talking in any of this though.
It sounds like the pilot said thank you Steve. . .
He does sound a bit different, younger version of Kennedy Steve??
Anthony Fillion if it’s anybody it’s the first guy thats talking. It could be him, they sound different but similar.
@@anthonyfillion3231 Thank you very much indeed, I think it was
I know this was 2 years ago, but at 4:56, it's Steve, you can tell in the way he says "do you need any assistance" the mics they used were much lower quality back then, and he also was quite a bit younger and probably not as comfortable with his job as he was towards the end of his career
ah okay got it . what about the clearance through 105 alpha direct? Is 105A a radial off a VOR or something? I couldn't find it on the sectional or any departure plates anywhere.
has the atc tapes of the Paris crash ever been released?
oh my.... lovely
Have listened to this countless times now.... still crying every fucking time...
At least I and other sim pilots can keep her alive in X-Plane :-)
"Shanwick radio Speedbird 1 Position report. Past 20W expect 30W @1242 next will be 40W"
Wow, incredible vid
Anyone have a transcript of this? I'm going to be doing a school project and it would be nice to have a correct transcript
This gave me the feels
You’d think they’d record it properly for the final time.
what does the delivery controller say at :18? It sounds like "radar vectors shift." is SHIFT a fix in the canarsie climb or something?
Johnny Mitchell SHIPP is a fix in the SID, yep.
Picture shows old livery, not livery that Concorde was wearing on 10/24/03.
We came on the *Mayflower* & left (with our respect for America in tatters) on *Concorde!*
We’re still worthy of respect
the english and the french could no longer afford the programme, concorde was always expensive, it was (I guess) in many ways a race between the anglo-french and the americans (who had their own SST programme) and that of a technical exercise and status of having the fastest passenger jet. "environmental" issues, sonic boom issues, small amount of passengers on each flight and an aging fleet killed it off. the freak accident and 911 (which I believe was used as an excuse) was the nail in the….
9/11 ? What had that got to do with this?
@@dinodinosaur3936great reduction of air travel, that combined with the rise in oil prices, and the major cost of maintaining a fleet of aircraft that never really were sold in enough numbers to compensate, meant Concorde was to face an end to its career afterwards.
@@AlexanderVonishThanks for your detailed answer.
Check the title.. its called "Concorde" not Cocorde....
they should make a modern version of Concorde and make its engines more economical to run and carry more passengers.
Good point. I don't know why no-one has thought of that. Why don't you sketch one and take it on Dragon's Den mate?
I'd love to but I'm only 17,maybe someday hopefully.
Doesn't it take a tremendous amount of fuel to break the sonic barrier?
No! Concorde is one and only, anything new is not Concorde. Concorde is one and only, true legend who wrote supersonic aviation history. Some nice day, I hope I will visit Manchester airport for G-BOAC.
Stephen O Reilly It isn't economical to fly full afterburner at all
quite Emotional!
Fucking makes me cry man
Why was the program grounded?
To keep 14 planes from the 1960s running gets expensive as they age, and no new staff are trained (because there are no new planes)
Maintenance and safety underwriting had devolved to Airbus over the years and their bean-counters were not prepared to continue to bear that expense. Also, after the total embarrassment of the Air France crash, the French wanted rid of the project; Concorde was making a VERY healthy profit for BA up until then.
I have something in my eyes... oh its tears ... just like obama we miss you Concorde
The concorde was considered a widebody? It only had one aisle
I think it is something about the wake.
It’s heavy because of wake turbulence. Nothing to do with passenger capacity or payload.
That controller cannot see that climb lol
A plane from a time when engineering and art where not competitors.
Sexy. Very, VERY sexy! Sounding cool on the radios as a pilot is an art!
Was BOAD or BOAC?
People saying "bring the concorde back" it wont come back. There is no place for it in commercial aviation where it stands today. It is way to uneconomic for airlines.
+CarsonT01 She made BA an awful lot of money. They didn't need to retire her, but they refused to operate her alone without Air France. I don't know why. Richard Branson wanted to buy them from BA and operate them with Virgin but BA refused to do that to.
@@mgytitanic1912 The issue was Airbus, who inherited the responsibility to provide parts etc. for Concorde were unwilling to keep doing so, so they just began to make things way too expensive and essentially said that's that. It was uneconomic only because Airbus, with a strong French influence probably didn't want Britain to be the only operator of Concorde. I'm sure BA would have continued to fly her as long as possible because as you say, they were making money on it.
Title says Cocorde - just saying. Not Concorde.
concorde had a badass name speedbird lol
the the callsighn for british airways
It really is a shame that the rocket was retired much before it's time
Good history