A fantastic supersonic journey from New York JFK to London Heathrow. The music pieces used in the clip are Sleepwalk by The Shadows and Dream in an Open Place by Vangelis.
The Flight is pure art; aerospace engineering, flight business and operations exalt human potentialities and Nature's Beauty. Sometimes flying people don't appreciate this magnificence and this is a pity because I think they don't deserve flying... On the contrary there are people like you who feel this art and are filled with it so much to have the need and the power of transmitting their experience to those who had not the possibility and the luck of feeling it on their own... Thank You.
Seeing the absolute top layer of the clouds from above is just... Beautiful... I started crying. Wish you had filmed more of just the clouds moving past...
I want her back I miss her so much Come on Richard Branson lets get her back in the sky where she belongs. I would like to say BA002 this is a very well made film I take my hat off to you ;o)
Fantastic video. You were on the same girl as me G-BOAD. Came back on the 002 07JUL03 seat 07D. Thanks for bringing back the memories. If ever in NYC again will go and see her on the barge....RIP.
In 2002 I was lucky enough to fly AF001 & AF002 between Paris and New York. An unforgettable experience which realised a life long dream or mine. It annoys me when I see people post silly comments about Concorde, its dated design etc. Even today it remains the only supersonic aircraft (not just airliner) that could maintain supersonic flight AND acceleration without the use of afterburners. Its a shame a couple were not kept for air shows - just like the Lancastewr, Spitfire & Avro Vulcan.
Good night from Rosario City, Argentina. Really EXCELLENT this video. I could feel the pleasure of flying. Really Really beautifull & excellent. Best regards and sorry for my english.
Wow it must of been great to fly on the concorde. I love this aircraft, its my favourite. i would have done anything to of flown on the concorde! I have been on the one at duxford. Great video. Goodbye Concorde!
The take-off acceleration was incredible, approx. 250 mph in 30 seconds. And the noise? Bellow Mach 1.00 the same as in any other subsonic aircraft, above the sound barrier esp. above Mach 1.5 the pitch shifted to "shaprper" and higher position. I wish I could experience it again.
If I hadn´t bought the ticket, I would have been sorry forever. It was really great dilemma whether to book or not to book. Now I know I did the right thing. :-)
Originally I wanted the music selection to be my secret. :-) But here you are: the lounge is accompanied by Shadows´ Spacewalk, during the flight you can listen to Dream on an Open Place by Vangelis. I had to modify the length of particular compositions to fit the duration of the video.
Lovely video! Concorde's retirement had nothing to do with Airbus at all. It was due to a number of factors, mostly due to cost. Concorde was getting old, and increasingly expensive to maintain. It was also running at a loss because of the high ticket prices, and the cost of fuel was ever increasing. Therefore from the airline's point of view it was no longer economically viable to run. BA and AF withdrew their Concorde's from service at around the same time.
In the last months of Concorde flight (maybe also earlier) it was possible to get into the cockpit as soon as the plane had arrived to its stand. Everyone could be photographed with the flight crew. I was the last so I had a bit more time than the other passengers. :-)
They rarely allow that in the US. In some countries, where "terrorist attacks" haven't been deemed likely on airplanes, you could be allowed. Ask the flight tenant.
With Concorde, the Ara of economic transatlantic flights, died also. It was not only faster, it used only a third of fuel as a B747 or an A380, for the flight. Cool, even the pilots took photos and videos, knowing that it'll be one of Concorde's last flights.
Yes, it is. Really. I have made it completely myself including selecting the background music which perfectly expresses my feelings. The only picture that is not authentic is the Concorde logo itself - I´ve taken it from anywhere else.
@ahowlettuk "Even today it remains the only supersonic aircraft (not just airliner) that could maintain supersonic flight AND acceleration without the use of afterburners." Incorrect. TU-144D and TU-144L editions were able to supercruise and cross the transonic barrier without reheat as well. Also, several current fighters can supercruise (and theoretically accelerate to M1.0) without afterburn as well.
Is there any turbulence in a concord or does it just slice through it? And its hard to imagine there would be much wind at 56,000ft wow I have only been as high at 39,000ft
The respective governments then hadmassive debt from investing in this project and needed them to fly...this is why BA was offered them for 1pound each..which is what Branson offered for them and got laughed at. By the time they were given the OK to fly into the US the damage was already done. The US subsequently dropped all plans for their own as the costs were too high.
I did not know that. Mind you, one still cannot compare the success of Concorde with the TU 144. The soviets almost had it but the aircraft just had too many flaws to be a success - hence it was only in service until the end of the 70s.
Concorde used to fly at 50000 - 60000 ft, above any weather. Turbulences could be noticeable while climbing after take off or descending before landing.
It was all down to Cost, The Airlines were not making back the money spent on the safety modifications and other upgrades, with some other big costs coming up also
***I still don't understand why these beauties were decomissioned.*** ...while the fact that they'd been in service for 27yrs should pretty much speak for itself: after the crash+grounding+9/11 combo, when they finally returned to service, the market had shifted such that it was very difficult for AF. After the Canadian incident, they wanted out. Airbus withdrew support, as they didn't feel that one carrier could carry the costs. With that, BA had no choice but to withdraw their service too.
@fsxaddictx "and horrible fuel efficiancy." Well, first, the word's "efficiency"... and second, it depends on how you measure it. If measured solely by fuel burn, particularly per seat, then yes, highly inefficient. If measured by fuel usage as a percentage of thrust, then Concorde's engine + ramping system is actually among the most efficient ever built, even today.
It was the boeing 747 that killed the success of concorde early on in it's life. That's why both countries that developed concorde UK and France, were the only countries to fly it. Cheap airtravel for the sake of an extra few hours favoured speed and time. I doubt very much that we will develop such an aircraft in the future, I mean how would we power it?
@WarthogMist08 British airways made a fortune from Concorde. Tickets were so expensive they only had to sell half the tickets to recoup their costs and Concorde averaged of 99% seats sold. At one point Concorde made over 60% of BA profits. Airbus that supplied spares was unable to make a profit, particularly after Air France withdrew it's Concorde services and withdrew support to British Airways.
So do I... my unedited recording takes about 35 minutes. I filmed and photographed as much as I could, that day and the flight were really fast and short. I dind´t know what to do first. :-)
Um... you do realize that Airbus was the de factor inheritor of Concorde, do you not? Also, it was Airbus' decision to withdraw support services (after AF had decided that they had enough) which ~forced~ BA to withdraw as well. Granted, the airlines came to the decision jointly, but BA had no real choice nor alternative.
I think you will find that qwertdr is spot on...wasn't viable for Airbus to keep up the inventory, parts manufacture wtc...high cost/low volume = no profit. Pretty simple really...so after this was announced, this was the nail in the coffin....what Airline has the financial backing to take that on?? Look at the state of BA now...(in fact look at most airlines now). Its not having a dig at Airbus..it's just laying down facts.
I didn't say that qwertdr wasn't, I was just contradicting that it was completely Airbus's fault, because it wasn't. No environmentalist, or any person living around or under the flight paths of any major airport that Concorde would serve, would be able to stand the sound and smell of the turbo jet engines it requires to reach Mach 2 and to break the sound barrier. Think about a fighter jet, and the noise that it makes, and think of that as a commercial aircraft taking off every hour or so.
I am hoping that Boeing will continue to work on that hypersonic airliner that is supposed to carry more passengers than the Concorde, especially since I never got a chance to fly in a Concorde. The problem with this aircraft is that it was just so expen$ive to operate; burns way too much fuel (one of the expen$ive parts of it).
To run an unprofitable part of your business when you have huge subsidies as it is from Governments (same goes for Boeing), questions start getting asked as to why. SO of course they will offload any support for this aircraft......sure its expensive to run, that was offset by the high ticket costs (even then profit wan't huge) but some would say that the publicity revenue it generated for BA/AF was worth it...exclusive product that you will never have any competetion on is a rare thing.
@WarthogMist08 Sorry, but you have no clue as to what you're talking about. BA's Concorde was profitable post 1985. After AF pulled out in 2003, Airbus canceled mtx support because they couldn't justify the COST of doing so for one carrier, which would've raised BA's COST of operation above anything revenue could recoup. So yes, Airbus did have a significant role in retirement, because BA couldn't soldier past 5months without their support.
I dont think it was the 747's fault...buerocracy was what killed this plane. The order books were full (even Qantas had 7 on oreder at one stage) but when the US banned it from all airports as an environmental concern (which some say stemmed from the fact they were still developing theirs and needed orders...concord beat them to the post) then suddenly its viabilty went out the window, as to make money US routes were imperitive for Concorde. Thats when orders were cancelled quickly...
Pulled the trigger? Airbus? No. Concorde was a beautiful aircraft but was not economically sound, and was far noisier than even jets like the Viscount (my father made several trips on these aircraft so I think he knows what he's talking about), and this one of the reasons why concorde was removed from service. And as for rubbish about 'corrupting people's knowledge' Yes, the demand for greener and quieter aircraft had something to with it, but it was not Airbus' fault.
why yould you say that when airbus were a primary imdustry in the production of concorde? if it was still flying today you would actaully say... UP YOURS BOEING BEAT THIS!!!! concorde was not american!
The Flight is pure art; aerospace engineering, flight business and operations exalt human potentialities and Nature's Beauty.
Sometimes flying people don't appreciate this magnificence and this is a pity because I think they don't deserve flying...
On the contrary there are people like you who feel this art and are filled with it so much to have the need and the power of transmitting their experience to those who had not the possibility and the luck of feeling it on their own...
Thank You.
This video is top quality. I love watching every second. Well done BA002! My hat comes off to you sir.
Ah, I never got a chance to even fly this beauty. She's fast, and, of course, elegant in every way possible...
Excellent film of your Concorde Flight! I had the pleasure of working on her for 7 years.....brings a tear to my eyes.....Thank You....
Seeing the absolute top layer of the clouds from above is just... Beautiful... I started crying. Wish you had filmed more of just the clouds moving past...
An excellent tribute to a fine aeroplane, the like of which we are not likely to see again.
You are so generous to share this amazing video with everyone...thank you.
I want her back I miss her so much Come on Richard Branson lets get her back in the sky where she belongs. I would like to say BA002 this is a very well made film I take my hat off to you ;o)
i love, nay, Adore this video. my style of cutting and music too. thanks for making it and sharing.
Really nice to see this. Thanks so much for showing it.
Fantastic video. You were on the same girl as me G-BOAD. Came back on the 002 07JUL03 seat 07D. Thanks for bringing back the memories. If ever in NYC again will go and see her on the barge....RIP.
wooow very good video! The Concorde, the perfect aircraft!
Incredible video. The Concorde was an epic plane. You were very lucky to have ridden in one of these. I would love to experience it.
That´s what i want to see about the concorde.Great video!
Wow, amazing.. I wish I was old enough to experience concorde, amazing video!!
Thank you for this great video!
In 2002 I was lucky enough to fly AF001 & AF002 between Paris and New York. An unforgettable experience which realised a life long dream or mine. It annoys me when I see people post silly comments about Concorde, its dated design etc. Even today it remains the only supersonic aircraft (not just airliner) that could maintain supersonic flight AND acceleration without the use of afterburners. Its a shame a couple were not kept for air shows - just like the Lancastewr, Spitfire & Avro Vulcan.
Good night from Rosario City, Argentina. Really EXCELLENT this video. I could feel the pleasure of flying. Really Really beautifull & excellent. Best regards and sorry for my english.
Really nice video, brought back some memories of flying BA001 which coincidentally was on 5th September 2002.
Here from Sam Chui! So lucky to fly in the legendary Concorde.
nice vid i enjoyed wtaching it. the concorde is beautiful.
Thank you all for enjoying the video, I´m very glad to share my Concorde experience. :-)
great plane, enjoyed seeing it.
Wow it must of been great to fly on the concorde. I love this aircraft, its my favourite. i would have done anything to of flown on the concorde! I have been on the one at duxford. Great video. Goodbye Concorde!
a truly remarkable aircraft. sadly missed
Excellent video! Thatks for sharing! ;)
Very nice and very good directed !
Great vid, Thanks. I was also on BOAD. Seat 7D. Fantastic!
Very nice video!!!!
Very nice video thankyou.
Nice video,a really nice video...now I'm sad because I'll never have the oportunity to fly on it.
The take-off acceleration was incredible, approx. 250 mph in 30 seconds. And the noise? Bellow Mach 1.00 the same as in any other subsonic aircraft, above the sound barrier esp. above Mach 1.5 the pitch shifted to "shaprper" and higher position. I wish I could experience it again.
You are so lucky to board Concorde!
i have a fear of flying but i wouldnt mind riding a plane like this.
Velmi pěkné video pane učiteli
Děkuji, Nikolasi. :-)
If I hadn´t bought the ticket, I would have been sorry forever. It was really great dilemma whether to book or not to book. Now I know I did the right thing. :-)
Originally I wanted the music selection to be my secret. :-) But here you are: the lounge is accompanied by Shadows´ Spacewalk, during the flight you can listen to Dream on an Open Place by Vangelis. I had to modify the length of particular compositions to fit the duration of the video.
Love to look other movie with concorde inside!! :-)
peccato che oggi non è più operativo!!!!bellissimo aereo.......
5 star video...
its quite sad watching this i know i wil never get a chance to fly on one of these!
we want concorde back to build new exact same aircrafts with today's technology
Lovely video! Concorde's retirement had nothing to do with Airbus at all. It was due to a number of factors, mostly due to cost. Concorde was getting old, and increasingly expensive to maintain. It was also running at a loss because of the high ticket prices, and the cost of fuel was ever increasing. Therefore from the airline's point of view it was no longer economically viable to run. BA and AF withdrew their Concorde's from service at around the same time.
In the last months of Concorde flight (maybe also earlier) it was possible to get into the cockpit as soon as the plane had arrived to its stand. Everyone could be photographed with the flight crew. I was the last so I had a bit more time than the other passengers. :-)
Speedbird...come back..we miss you
The second piece´s name is A Dream on an Open Place written by Vangelis.
Yes. This flight took about 3 hours 30 minutes. I´ve mentioned this fact also in the video.
A W E S O M E
So do I. I´ve got some videos showing Concorde interior but this one is from my first and last supersonic flight.
They rarely allow that in the US. In some countries, where "terrorist attacks" haven't been deemed likely on airplanes, you could be allowed. Ask the flight tenant.
Not always, metal (maybe silver coated) sets had to be replaced by plastic ones due to September 11th.
@BA002
Personal Televisions. In the seatbacks. And of course the answer is no.
@porpelipoo
This is Dream in an Open Place by Vangelis.
With Concorde, the Ara of economic transatlantic flights, died also.
It was not only faster, it used only a third of fuel as a B747 or an A380, for the flight.
Cool, even the pilots took photos and videos, knowing that it'll be one of Concorde's last flights.
Yes, it is. Really. I have made it completely myself including selecting the background music which perfectly expresses my feelings. The only picture that is not authentic is the Concorde logo itself - I´ve taken it from anywhere else.
@BA002 personal TV, the TVs on the back of airline seats.
it took about 3hrs right?
now it requires 8 hours to cross the atlantic
@ahowlettuk
"Even today it remains the only supersonic aircraft (not just airliner) that could maintain supersonic flight AND acceleration without the use of afterburners."
Incorrect. TU-144D and TU-144L editions were able to supercruise and cross the transonic barrier without reheat as well.
Also, several current fighters can supercruise (and theoretically accelerate to M1.0) without afterburn as well.
maybe if they didn't spend so much money on making the terminal looking pretty it would still be flying
Is there any turbulence in a concord or does it just slice through it? And its hard to imagine there would be much wind at 56,000ft wow I have only been as high at 39,000ft
y did they stop concorde operations?
atleast we still have the TU-144 D:
What´s PTV?
The respective governments then hadmassive debt from investing in this project and needed them to fly...this is why BA was offered them for 1pound each..which is what Branson offered for them and got laughed at. By the time they were given the OK to fly into the US the damage was already done. The US subsequently dropped all plans for their own as the costs were too high.
I did not know that. Mind you, one still cannot compare the success of Concorde with the TU 144.
The soviets almost had it but the aircraft just had too many flaws to be a success - hence it was only in service until the end of the 70s.
I think if I posted a copy without music, it would be a bit boring. You can hear the cabin noise in the background. :-)
Concorde used to fly at 50000 - 60000 ft, above any weather. Turbulences could be noticeable while climbing after take off or descending before landing.
50 000 - 60 000 футов 18 - 20 км?
It was all down to Cost, The Airlines were not making back the money spent on the safety modifications and other upgrades, with some other big costs coming up also
***I still don't understand why these beauties were decomissioned.***
...while the fact that they'd been in service for 27yrs should pretty much speak for itself: after the crash+grounding+9/11 combo, when they finally returned to service, the market had shifted such that it was very difficult for AF. After the Canadian incident, they wanted out. Airbus withdrew support, as they didn't feel that one carrier could carry the costs. With that, BA had no choice but to withdraw their service too.
@fsxaddictx
"and horrible fuel efficiancy."
Well, first, the word's "efficiency"... and second, it depends on how you measure it.
If measured solely by fuel burn, particularly per seat, then yes, highly inefficient.
If measured by fuel usage as a percentage of thrust, then Concorde's engine + ramping system is actually among the most efficient ever built, even today.
It was the boeing 747 that killed the success of concorde early on in it's life. That's why both countries that developed concorde UK and France, were the only countries to fly it.
Cheap airtravel for the sake of an extra few hours favoured speed and time.
I doubt very much that we will develop such an aircraft in the future, I mean how would we power it?
@WarthogMist08 British airways made a fortune from Concorde. Tickets were so expensive they only had to sell half the tickets to recoup their costs and Concorde averaged of 99% seats sold. At one point Concorde made over 60% of BA profits. Airbus that supplied spares was unable to make a profit, particularly after Air France withdrew it's Concorde services and withdrew support to British Airways.
So do I... my unedited recording takes about 35 minutes. I filmed and photographed as much as I could, that day and the flight were really fast and short. I dind´t know what to do first. :-)
Um... you do realize that Airbus was the de factor inheritor of Concorde, do you not?
Also, it was Airbus' decision to withdraw support services (after AF had decided that they had enough) which ~forced~ BA to withdraw as well. Granted, the airlines came to the decision jointly, but BA had no real choice nor alternative.
I think you will find that qwertdr is spot on...wasn't viable for Airbus to keep up the inventory, parts manufacture wtc...high cost/low volume = no profit. Pretty simple really...so after this was announced, this was the nail in the coffin....what Airline has the financial backing to take that on?? Look at the state of BA now...(in fact look at most airlines now).
Its not having a dig at Airbus..it's just laying down facts.
I didn't say that qwertdr wasn't, I was just contradicting that it was completely Airbus's fault, because it wasn't. No environmentalist, or any person living around or under the flight paths of any major airport that Concorde would serve, would be able to stand the sound and smell of the turbo jet engines it requires to reach Mach 2 and to break the sound barrier. Think about a fighter jet, and the noise that it makes, and think of that as a commercial aircraft taking off every hour or so.
Concorde cockpit? Hardly ever. Concorde hasn´t been flying since 24th October 2003.
Это значит эксплуатация прекращена
I am hoping that Boeing will continue to work on that hypersonic airliner that is supposed to carry more passengers than the Concorde, especially since I never got a chance to fly in a Concorde. The problem with this aircraft is that it was just so expen$ive to operate; burns way too much fuel (one of the expen$ive parts of it).
That plane hauls so much ass.
I have his signature but I can´t read the name. When I know it I´ll let you know.
To run an unprofitable part of your business when you have huge subsidies as it is from Governments (same goes for Boeing), questions start getting asked as to why. SO of course they will offload any support for this aircraft......sure its expensive to run, that was offset by the high ticket costs (even then profit wan't huge) but some would say that the publicity revenue it generated for BA/AF was worth it...exclusive product that you will never have any competetion on is a rare thing.
@WarthogMist08
Sorry, but you have no clue as to what you're talking about. BA's Concorde was profitable post 1985. After AF pulled out in 2003, Airbus canceled mtx support because they couldn't justify the COST of doing so for one carrier, which would've raised BA's COST of operation above anything revenue could recoup. So yes, Airbus did have a significant role in retirement, because BA couldn't soldier past 5months without their support.
@ImmortalSynn Ok. You obviously know more about it than me and I take back the comment I posted 2 years ago!
@WarthogMist08
What, as if time's gonna make it less blatantly-inaccurate, or something? lol
Pulled the trigger? what are you on about qwertdr? UNmanned airbus
787... A350... Just No. Concorde back please.
I dont think it was the 747's fault...buerocracy was what killed this plane. The order books were full (even Qantas had 7 on oreder at one stage) but when the US banned it from all airports as an environmental concern (which some say stemmed from the fact they were still developing theirs and needed orders...concord beat them to the post) then suddenly its viabilty went out the window, as to make money US routes were imperitive for Concorde. Thats when orders were cancelled quickly...
Pulled the trigger? Airbus? No. Concorde was a beautiful aircraft but was not economically sound, and was far noisier than even jets like the Viscount (my father made several trips on these aircraft so I think he knows what he's talking about), and this one of the reasons why concorde was removed from service. And as for rubbish about 'corrupting people's knowledge'
Yes, the demand for greener and quieter aircraft had something to with it, but it was not Airbus' fault.
why yould you say that when airbus were a primary imdustry in the production of concorde? if it was still flying today you would actaully say...
UP YOURS BOEING BEAT THIS!!!!
concorde was not american!
yah but no matter what these planes will never be sucsessful even new ones becuase they only held 100 people and horrible fuel efficiancy.