1964: The gamble of CONCORDE | Supersonic | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2022
- Will the whole of the British Isles soon be covered with sonic bangs as loud as thunder claps?
Will the Anglo-French plan to build the world's first supersonic airliner prove to be a disastrous mistake?
For the first time on television the people directly responsible for the Concorde talk about their hopes and their headaches for the ambitious project. Their opponents say why the Supersonic Age should be prevented at all cost.
This clip is from Supersonic, originally broadcast 31 March, 1964.
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I grew up in London and remember watching Concorde flying overhead as I sat gazing out of the window at school. It was beautiful.
Those men all looked like bank managers but they were real visionaries. It's a shame it all ended so badly.
There were jealous types watching and I think wishing for an excuse to terminate Concord and they got what they wanted :(
@@davedogge2280
Concorde is spelled with an "e" on the end; at least get that part of what you say right!
Hilary Epstein
Those snobs are not visionaries, they are “banksters” and they are only interested in making profit out of something!
@No Thankyou
That's a strange question to ask?
"The untidy compost heap of buildings known as the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough" Such a wonderful description and, having worked at the RAE, it's quite an apt description.
5:43 This guy could have had a great career as a ventriloquist
Just a little refining and he’s there
mootsmanuva.
That dummy is doing fine by itself without a ventriloquist!
Indeed, but another one is even more talented as it reveals briefly from 6:18 till 6:20.
Lol
I like the opening shot: “Just poke it with a stick and see what happens”.
I miss Concorde so much. Such a beautiful elegant exciting aircraft. I worked at Heathrow for 14 years back in the 1980’s/90’s and you could set your watch the time that Concorde departed. I now volunteer at the FAST Museum, Farnborough airport which is dedicated to the history of the RAE and some of the Concorde wind tunnel models you see in the film are displayed. We also have a section of Concorde fuselage, this was part of the fatigue test airframe used by the RAE at Farnborough along with many other items. Entrance to the museum is free and we open every weekend 1000-1600.
Concorde was such an amazing plane! It is just so beautiful!
It's crazy in 2024 that i have to look at old documentaries to see the pinnacle of commercial aviation!😢
Still ahead of us... We shan't see supersonic travel again in our lifetimes...
wizardgherkin.
Concorde was never really a part of our lives unless you happen to be a celebrity or wealthy in some other way to fly on it...
@@redblade8160Not necessarily. I'm not wealthy
@@NicotineRosberg
Explain what you're trying to say, in a little more detail?
Their vision was for a more interconnected world where everyone can trade with each other. Too bad our desire for everything to be dirt cheap meant we ended up having nearly everything produced by a just a few countries by people working for pittance.
When I was a nipper I had a model of Concorde in BOAC livery.
Me too, it was a Corgi toy and the nose section hinged down. Happy days 🙂
Atheist Orphan.
When I was very young I made an "Airfix" model of Concorde with BOAC transfer stickers in 1969.
Man staring into eyeglass - tick. Various men sucking on pipes - tick. Intelligent discussion of technological developments - that too.
Too stilted and looks artificial with all the proper studio lightning, although there are a couple of nice shots, like the one at 2:30.
I live in Las Vegas and as a kid when we heard a jet engine roar so loud that it basically shook the ground we knew the Concord was taking off.😂
Have to say love the videos, It a great look at how we lived and how far we have come (well in some cases). Cant wait to see more, many thanks.
In Concord,s case we've taken a step backwards.
Great love those archive bbc true is a true gem
2:40 the man is a legend. he also stated long before the money pit that was the TSR2 that the specs were lunacy. he also saved RR when management lost control of the RB211 programme and bankrupted the company. george edwards - another legend :)
ill never understand why they went ahead to build. the fairey delta 2 had many complaints flying mach 2 over land. a much larger passenger plane was always going to be louder still. also 16 tons per hour of fuel on climb-out was a little sensitive to fuel prices.
Travelling through centuries in a blip should be even more fun. And while it's technically possible, I don't why we don't do it more often.
Amazing
Just wish they could solve the current problem of liquidising people during teleportation
tl;dr turns out people don’t realise like having sonic booms over their houses
Only if it was thrown by Guile in steeet fighter 2
1970- Concorde 2022-smartphone likes
0:22 he just walked off the set of movie Time Bandits.
Dave Dogge.
I wonder if he told his wife before leaving for work what he was going to do today?
Prince Charles, in the sky, with Diamonds.
Answer to question one: no (which severely limited the number of routes Concorde served to two… and only flew supersonic when not on land). Answer to question two: (eventually) yes. The answer to question one informed answer two…
I think that they should make the aircraft. Perhaps call it Fastplane or concord? We all should smoke a pipe and be in black and white.
How far we've all fallen. Titans of industry with a vision to improve the lot of everyone not just enriching themselves
if we can make diesel engines rev to 100,000rpm then perhaps supersonic travel will become viably affordable one day!