Such a shame to hear those engines on AG wind down for the last time. Retiring Concorde was such a gigantic leap backwards for man kind. I'm just glad I got to see Concorde in action at Edinburgh on the last day of passenger operations. I actually got to see the very last passenger take off. That's something at least. :(
@cjdrange47: Glad you like the video, and we do love her. We tour her every time we visit the Museum of Flight here in Seattle, which is several times a year.
I grew up hearing stories of Concorde from my British grandparents, but living on the west coast of Canada offered almost 0 chance of seeing her. She visited the Abbotsford Airshow in the 80s but I was unable to go, but I did HEAR her roar over. When I found out she was coming to Seattle, I booked a couple days off work and headed down the night before. This was one of the best days of me life! I am sad that I didn't get to hear her engines in full power take off.
I was at the Abbotsford Airshow the year a Concorde came to visit. I also was at BFI when it took the Flight to Nowhere (G-BOAB) - and they started one of the engines and I thought that was the loudest thing I ever heard. Then they moved the cart to the second engine and I realized that was just ONE engine. On takeoff it was thunder. I wept it was so beautiful. I wish I had parted with the $1000 that flight cost.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, we are taking care of her. I've toured G-BOAG a number of times since it's landed here, and take all of our out-of-town guests to see her.
@d00t : I'm the guy who posted this video. It's still clear as day in my memory, 6+ years later, the sound of those engines... and the silence when they shut down for the last time. I feel lucky to have captured that in this video.
@@MrDaiseymay Thanks very much! It was a fun project. Backstory: due to traffic, I didn't arrive in time to see the actual landing. Big bummer. But the jet sound you hear at the start of the video is that of the Concorde making a turn into its final approach. I had just parked the car and managed to get the camera going... The video itself wasn't usable, but the audio was ;).
Two years agor I was lucky enough to re- visit my former home for 10 years, Seattle and visit this wonderful bird there. She is so becoming to a great town like Seattle. Now that I have missed the chance to fly with Concorde, I always say: If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going! from a Husky, class of '83G in Istanbul, Turkey
The aviation-minded folks in Seattle will appreciate and look after this Concorde better than the BA one (G-BOAB) which is languishing in a quiet corner of Heathrow which has weeds growing out of its crevices and vermin nesting.
Most elegant and stunning aircraft ever built - walked through her in New York. She's a beauty. When they shut the engines it feels like something big has come to an end - in fact it has.
@phoenixrisen1970: When I visit G-BOAG at the Museum of Flight here in Seattle, I always wonder what it would take to get it moving again. And I have to believe that the maintenance folks have run it through their own heads, too :)
I believe that the sole reason for a movable nose is to ensure that the pilots have adequate visibility during take-off and landing. Perhaps someone else can chime in if the above is incorrect or incomplete. I've always wondered: if we were to design a supersonic airliner today... economic issues aside... would we end up with something similar to Concorde, complete with movable nose... or would the knowledge/lessons accumulated in the past 40 years motivate a (really) different design?
Message to British Airways - Get her fired up again and get it back in the air! Its utter stupidity that BA wont keep one flying for ceremonial duties, airshows and fly pasts. Madness. Perfectly serviceable aircraft.
@@yoyoyoyoshua No keeping it airworthy isn't a problem. Only problem is Airbus won't make replacement parts for this jet. If they did, it won't be that expensive to operate just for special occasions.
That will NEVER happen ! WHY ?, because , the Airworthy certificates have ALL been destroyed. ALL the engines are now just scrap metal, BECAUSE, they had to be run regularly, for technical reasons. AND, both Countries ,Britain & France, not only signed a legally binding contract, to end the research and building of Concorde, should one partner pull out; BUT ALSO, if one or the other, ceased providing a SERVIVCE, which is what Air France did. ( they couldn't afford all the updates required ) after the crash. SORREEE !
@Snakypaintbrush Glad you like the video. And I feel lucky that I was able to capture that last moment on tape. When I visit G-BOAG here in Seattle, I often wonder what it would take to fire up those engines just one more time :)...
A nice video of this beautiful aircraft, In my opinion the beautiful lady should be still gracing the skies above us.... Airbus, should hold their heads in Shame, Concorde had many years of life and service to give us, RIP Concorde, the Queen of the sky...
The American flag is flown because your dearly beloved is being looked after on US soil. It is a formality. No disrespect taken. It's an honor and a prililege to have her here btw.
me siento muy triste de ver por ultima vez al CONCORDE ,.--.,muchas lagrimas caen de mis ojos al ver al CONCORDE saludar por ultima vez como el gran caballero ingles que era,.--.,,,,.y mas llorar al apagar sus poderosos motores el CONCORDE ,--.,---que era como mi hermano menor
This Concorde, arriving from New York, was the first ,and last Concorde, to have permission to fly supersonic over the 'North American' continent, which on this occasion means Northern Canada , with it's low density population. Not many people know that.
da40flyer: I hear you. I've been working on a new edit of this video, and that moment - when the engines shut down - gets me every time. It's (was?) quite a machine. Thanks for commenting.
Boeing has a couple of installations in the greater Seattle area. They have facilities in and around King County International Airport ("Boeing Field" to the locals) at which the Museum of Flight is located. The "main" Boeing plant is in Everett, on Paine Field (30 miles to the North). There's a nice visitor's center there, with tours of the plant (you can see 777s and perhaps 747s in production there, and soon (?) 787s). There's another one to the East, in Renton. Hope this helps.
your right :) the nose was lowered during none supersonic flight and landing. to give the pilots increased view. the nose was raised before supersonic flight to increase the aerodynamics of the aircraft and stability and to allow a smooth pass through the sound barrier. having flown on concorde myself i can say it was an awsome aircraft :)
@randomthinking In 2003 I saw the last one land at Filton airport in Bristol for the last time, we had a spitfire flying ahead of it as it came in too. When it came in, it was so sad, I was crying my eyes out. It looked so graceful and beautiful slowly descending to land. I took pictures but my shutter speed was wrong, so they came out unsharp. Still, worth it for the experience, there were like 10,000 people all along the airport road all cheering on this beautiful bird.
I flew on Alpha Golf many years ago on a supersonic luxury flight. Capt Riley was the man in charge all one hundred of us took a trip to the flight deck what an experience. Also an experience to fly at 1350mph at 60,000ft and look at the conventional aircraft 20,000ft below. Wondering where Alpha Golf had ended up now I know.
@randomthinking the nose lowers BECAUSE when they land the nose lowers when they "flare"*means pointing up before touch down* so that way the see the runway and they have to make a big flare cause this aircraft is landing at high speeds.
MPC674 - you're right. This video would have featured scenes from her landing, too, but she arrived so early - about 30 minutes earlier than expected - that a lot of people were caught unprepared. I was bummed, for sure, that I didn't see her land. Thanks for your comments.
Got to see a Concorde went it landed at Ontario Intl Airport here in Cali. Should of taken a picture of her on the runway. What a beautiful jet she was.
That was one heck of a plane. Now it's all gone. :( I like the aerodynamics. The way it tapers to a point at both ends and those delta wings which, now that Concorde and the space shuttle are no longer in operation, are only ever seen on fighter jets. If ordinary planes were designed like that then airlines would save a lot of money on kerosene aviation fuel every year.
...course, without the USA, Concorde service would've also likely ended in the late seventies; seeing as only a single other city besides New York was able to maintain scheduled Concorde service to the last year-- and only seasonally at that. So how about giving credit where due, and telling the whole story?
Such a shame she doesn't fly anymore, but glad she's gone to a new home. Apparently there is a place here in England (I think) where they are going to put one back in the air, just for airdisplays, fly pasts etc.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Never flew on a Concorde, but can understand your retisence given that you saw G-BOAG in action. Sometimes I wonder if the Museum caretakers fire her up when no one is around?? :-)
I find it VERY interesting that the Concorde is parked beside the #1 747 prototype when displayed there at the Museum.....Kinda ironic since it was the 747 that put the Concorde in the museums.......and 747 are still flying in large numbers.....
Smiley Dog Actually the roots of the 747 go back to the C5A contract...Boeing lost out to "The cheaper"Lockheed on that, but Lockheed went bankrupt trying to "Fix the problems" on the "Cheaper" design, and of course the US Govt had to bail Lockheed out to fix the C5A. Thats why the 747 has the "hump" on the front second deck, to leave the main deck clear for loading cargo, the nose lifts up to give access. Boeing did put the wing on the bottom when the 747 was built. It was Pan Am that went to Boeing and asked Boeing to build something bigger than the 707. the Preliminary design work Boeing put in toward the Cargo plane contract was not wasted. That was Boeing start at bringing in the airlines asking them what THEY want in a plane. It was very easy to incorporate a freighter version into the 747. Remember Boeing had a history of building cargo planes the C97, the 707 727 and the 767 777 all have cargo versions.
Smiley Dog...it just showed up this morning in my in box. Living in the Seattle area during the designing and building of the 747 gives you the inside story, especially when family members and friends worked at BOEING Been to the museum of flight several times and was on the Concord when first went on display BEFORE the seat barriers were installed, those seats are cramped and small, as is the inside of that plane, have to turn sideways to get down the aisle, am 6 ft 225 lbs, not huge.
Speedbird There stil are many many 747's flying and new ones are still being built and delivered !! Check flightradar24 over the Pacific and the polar route from Europe and see how many are in the air !!! Remember they are long range heavy haulers, they do not fly short commuter routes !!! DUUHH !!!
I know that. I never said they fly commercial routes. And that "DUHHH" makes you look stupid. VERY few new ones are being made, Boeing has less then 200 orders and most are freighters. there are currently only 603 in active service. Qantas's fleet will go soon, and so will half of BA's, all of EVAs, and Deltas. Compare that number to the one of 777's, currently 1305 flying. And the A330: 1165 flying. The 747 is a dying breed. By 2020 most will be gone. Some may stay till the 2050s...
I think we would still come up with something very similar. After all, you'd be designing something for a very specific task. For example, look at The TU144 or the Buran space shuttle. Very similar vehicles to Concorde and our Space Shuttle, but not blatant copies. The only way you'd have something without a delta wing would be to up the complexity stakes and go with a V.G. wing. (Just as I wrote that I thought "Well, you've now got something similar to a B-1B or TU-160")
@phoenixrisen1970 Great comment, mate! I bet those pilots were fighting back a few tears as they had to shut those engines down for the last time! What a waste of such a stunningly beautiful engineering masterpiece!
@YogaNate79 I know your comment is old, but...... The first powered flight in history took place in Chard, Somerset, England, in 1848, supervised by John Stringfellow. Admittedly it was unmanned, but a powered flight by an aircraft nontheless, so the Americans weren't responsible for the "first flight in aviation history" as you claimed. I'm not surprised that Americans aren't taught this however, because as we all know they have the answers to life, the universe and everything else.
Correct me if I’m wrong but originally AG was one of the first of the Pan Am order which was cancelled in the end BA took it I flew on her superb ,so ironic it’s gone to Seattle home of Boeing and PanAms aircraft builder ,hope they are looking after her and not kicking her for being 🇬🇧🇫🇷
i can see your point there but Concorde did only between Britain, or France and America, and there was a huge effort to get it to fly there because there were protests etc etc, so its a pretty iconic thing on both sides of the pond, oh and not forgetting the fact that the Americans love our engineering lol.
Thanks for your great question ;) Got busy with "life", I guess... but looking back at this video: it was a lot of fun to make. So maybe I'll look around for a good topic, soon...
Boeing did build a machine like the Concorde that actually went Mach 3, however Wall Street quickly noticed that the business model would not be profitable and opted to invest in the 747 instead.
BA studied the feasibility of keeping one running and concluded that it was not feasibly by any stretch of the imagination. Concorde was not like some vintage WWII aircraft, where one or two skilled mechanics with the proper tools can keep it in operable condition. Heck, it required the constant attention of both Airbus and BACE just to keep the schedule operations in working order
to answer some of the points raised here, Concordes engines became scrap mettle, only a few days after they stopped. BECAUSE, they had to be run for quite some time, every few days after, for technical reasons. The Droop nose idea, WAS, simply so that the pilot/ crew could see the ground markings clearly, when landing, and parking. Concordes can never fly again, because their ''Air worthyness Certificates'', were destroyed.
...um, just so ya know, British Airways didn't "create" Concorde, they just operated it. USA companies had the chance, but canceled their outstanding orders. Though, one little known fact is that of the THREE airlines to ever have a Concorde operated under their own registration, one of them was a USA carrier--- Braniff, who used registration stickers and foreign pilots, to take the bird domestically from IAD. Even Singapore Air, whose colors G-BOAD wore on one side, can't claim that :)
bmemodels....This museum is at the south end of Boeing Field, and the Concorde is parked across the street in a large lot just south of the "Old Boeing Plant 2 where B17's and B29's were built ln WWII. If you Google "Museum of Flight, Seattle Wash and use the sattelite icon you can scroll around and actually see the Concorde and the other plane in the "Air Park" part of the museum. the Airpark is across the street from the main Museum building. It is really kinda neat enjoy.....ps been there several times, it's a first class museum.....
Regarding the US flag being waved--I read that it was a courtesy borrowed from the shipping world. Whenever a 'foreign' ship arrives in Port, it fly's the flag of the host nation, alongside it's own country's. I think that is a nice friendly tradition, and given our long-standing tradition of friendship with the USA---completely correct. Stop whining and acting like kids.
@randomthinking A lady indeed...we should hereby give official title to Concorde....Lady Concorde. She may not be the daughter of a duke, but she is damn regal!..lol
Actually, JFK saw more total Concorde operations than either LHR or CDG. Also, don't forget that DFW and MIA were also American cities with scheduled Concorde service in the past.
My sincere apologies!! Please tell me what the difference is between the 'Union Jack' & the 'Union Flag' as i thought they were the same thing..? My point still stands however, the damn thing is upside down?? Regards...
"November 5th 2003: Final flight is from JFK across northern Canada to Seattle. Having been given special permission to fly supersonic over land, G-BOAG sets a new record for the East to West crossing of North America." (www.heritageconcorde.com/g-boag-214)
CONCORDE FLEW TO NEW YORK, THEN NORTH INTO CANADA, AND WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION, FLEW SUPERSONIC ACCROSS NORTHERN CANADA, USING A CARFULLY CHOSEN, LOW POPULATED ROUTE, AND THEN DECENDED INTO SEATTLE, AT SUB-SONIC SPEED.
Like I said on another vid. I strongly believe we HAVEN'T seen the end of Concorde London 2012 I believe British airways will be flying the Concorde either just for athletes or limited service from heathrow to JFK
Am I the only one who has the fantasy where the pilots drop the passengers off, turn that beautiful swan around yelling 'it can't end like this' & let her race for the skies again, flying until the last drop of fuel was gone, "Thelma & Louise" style
The Concorde is a wonderful machine no doubt, and people rightfully didn't want sonic booms over mainland USA shattering windows. Perfectly reasonable.
it was a joint anglo french process between the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Aerospatiale which is now EADS i think and airbus is an off shoot of it also. the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines were also a joint venture between Rolls Royce and Snecma, the aircraft were owned by the governments until the British government sold theres to British Airways. it was a joint venture, sadly, bloody french. European countries are small so joint ventures make sense economically .
A real shame that this very Concorde is now getting dustier and dirtier by the day. When I went here a couple of weeks ago this very plane was pretty dirty and the exterior white was getting rusty and dirty as hell.
...least you're happy, because a "rookie" you remain. Even ignoring the myriad factors which led to the tire-burst, you seem to be forgetting (or let's just be real about it: you DIDN'T KNOW) that the DGAC attributed the actual crash to not the tireburst itself, citing it (among other factors) which caused the fire that starved #1, FOD shutdown of #2, a sudden shift in the aircraft's CoG due to rapid fuel loss in the trim tank, and fire burning through the empennage. FARR from a single factor.
@artherjob I am an American and I agree with you. I believe that the American flag does not belong on Concorde. I can easily understand where the British would be offended by this.
They were only allowed to go supersonic above water and the sonic boom bans didn't allow them over land dumbass. Our pussy ass people wanted to ban them
hearing those beautiful 593 engines powering down will always remind me how stupid airbus were in not re- lifeing the sst fleet, ps also hearing thom shut down breaks my heart go d bless capt bannister hutchinson walpole etc etc .
In looking at several British Airways publicity shots, it would appear that BA aircrews cannot fly the Union Flag the correct way. This one is upside down....again. Anyway they should fly the Civil Aviation Ensign.
Such a shame to hear those engines on AG wind down for the last time.
Retiring Concorde was such a gigantic leap backwards for man kind.
I'm just glad I got to see Concorde in action at Edinburgh on the last day of passenger operations. I actually got to see the very last passenger take off. That's something at least. :(
So sad to see the final nose droop and those 593s were crying as they wind down.
Spooling down was gut-wrenching
@cjdrange47: Glad you like the video, and we do love her. We tour her every time we visit the Museum of Flight here in Seattle, which is several times a year.
I grew up hearing stories of Concorde from my British grandparents, but living on the west coast of Canada offered almost 0 chance of seeing her. She visited the Abbotsford Airshow in the 80s but I was unable to go, but I did HEAR her roar over. When I found out she was coming to Seattle, I booked a couple days off work and headed down the night before. This was one of the best days of me life! I am sad that I didn't get to hear her engines in full power take off.
I was at the Abbotsford Airshow the year a Concorde came to visit. I also was at BFI when it took the Flight to Nowhere (G-BOAB) - and they started one of the engines and I thought that was the loudest thing I ever heard. Then they moved the cart to the second engine and I realized that was just ONE engine. On takeoff it was thunder. I wept it was so beautiful. I wish I had parted with the $1000 that flight cost.
my condolenses.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Yes, we are taking care of her. I've toured G-BOAG a number of times since it's landed here, and take all of our out-of-town guests to see her.
An absolutely PERFECT aircraft. So graceful!
I volunteer at the museum of flight and get to spend my day hanging around this aircraft. About 400-500 tour this piece of history a day! :)
Thanks, glad you like it. It was very sad indeed when those engines shut down.
@d00t : I'm the guy who posted this video. It's still clear as day in my memory, 6+ years later, the sound of those engines... and the silence when they shut down for the last time. I feel lucky to have captured that in this video.
My wife and I flew this very aircraft may 11 2003. JFK to Heathrow. Was a great day and experience
WE ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR FORESIGHT, AND SHARING IT WITH ALL THOSE WHO ENJOY CONCORDE VIDS.
@@MrDaiseymay Thanks very much! It was a fun project. Backstory: due to traffic, I didn't arrive in time to see the actual landing. Big bummer. But the jet sound you hear at the start of the video is that of the Concorde making a turn into its final approach. I had just parked the car and managed to get the camera going... The video itself wasn't usable, but the audio was ;).
Two years agor I was lucky enough to re- visit my former home for 10 years, Seattle and visit this wonderful bird there. She is so becoming to a great town like Seattle. Now that I have missed the chance to fly with Concorde, I always say: If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going!
from a Husky, class of '83G in Istanbul, Turkey
The aviation-minded folks in Seattle will appreciate and look after this Concorde better than the BA one (G-BOAB) which is languishing in a quiet corner of Heathrow which has weeds growing out of its crevices and vermin nesting.
Well that's disrespectful if it's true.
Most elegant and stunning aircraft ever built - walked through her in New York. She's a beauty. When they shut the engines it feels like something big has come to an end - in fact it has.
Having lived in NY state for 6 years, I can tell you that most people were jealous of the beautiful machine.
Yes, many denighed it, but most people were. I think envy was a better choice of word, and who could blame them.
@phoenixrisen1970: When I visit G-BOAG at the Museum of Flight here in Seattle, I always wonder what it would take to get it moving again. And I have to believe that the maintenance folks have run it through their own heads, too :)
I believe that the sole reason for a movable nose is to ensure that the pilots have adequate visibility during take-off and landing.
Perhaps someone else can chime in if the above is incorrect or incomplete.
I've always wondered: if we were to design a supersonic airliner today... economic issues aside... would we end up with something similar to Concorde, complete with movable nose... or would the knowledge/lessons accumulated in the past 40 years motivate a (really) different design?
Good memories of my dad pulling me out of school to see this when i was a kid. At the time i never knew the significance, but i sure do now.
Message to British Airways - Get her fired up again and get it back in the air! Its utter stupidity that BA wont keep one flying for ceremonial duties, airshows and fly pasts. Madness. Perfectly serviceable aircraft.
You must be a special kind of stupid. You're basically saying BA should waste money to keep a plane flying just for airshows....
@@yoyoyoyoshua No keeping it airworthy isn't a problem. Only problem is Airbus won't make replacement parts for this jet. If they did, it won't be that expensive to operate just for special occasions.
@@yoyoyoyoshua I say you are a fuckhead.
@@liisfamilyvlogs2666 too bad, but this plane will be remembered forever in our hearts
That will NEVER happen ! WHY ?, because , the Airworthy certificates have ALL been destroyed. ALL the engines are now just scrap metal, BECAUSE, they had to be run regularly, for technical reasons. AND, both Countries ,Britain & France, not only signed a legally binding contract, to end the research and building of Concorde, should one partner pull out; BUT ALSO, if one or the other, ceased providing a SERVIVCE, which is what Air France did. ( they couldn't afford all the updates required ) after the crash. SORREEE !
@Snakypaintbrush Glad you like the video. And I feel lucky that I was able to capture that last moment on tape.
When I visit G-BOAG here in Seattle, I often wonder what it would take to fire up those engines just one more time :)...
A nice video of this beautiful aircraft, In my opinion the beautiful lady should be still gracing the skies above us....
Airbus, should hold their heads in Shame, Concorde had many years of life and service to give us, RIP Concorde, the Queen of the sky...
The American flag is flown because your dearly beloved is being looked after on US soil. It is a formality. No disrespect taken. It's an honor and a prililege to have her here btw.
me siento muy triste de ver por ultima vez al CONCORDE ,.--.,muchas lagrimas caen de mis ojos al ver al CONCORDE saludar por ultima vez como el gran caballero ingles que era,.--.,,,,.y mas llorar al apagar sus poderosos motores el CONCORDE ,--.,---que era como mi hermano menor
This Concorde, arriving from New York, was the first ,and last Concorde, to have permission to fly supersonic over the 'North American' continent, which on this occasion means Northern Canada , with it's low density population. Not many people know that.
da40flyer: I hear you. I've been working on a new edit of this video, and that moment - when the engines shut down - gets me every time. It's (was?) quite a machine.
Thanks for commenting.
Super!!, 4 Rolls Royce Olympus Engines, tears in my eyes, the sound it's really amazing!!!!
that sound is orgasmic
BOAG - I flew her twice. Want to see her in Seattle but cant bear to see her grounded. Nice video, never seen it before.
Boeing has a couple of installations in the greater Seattle area. They have facilities in and around King County International Airport ("Boeing Field" to the locals) at which the Museum of Flight is located.
The "main" Boeing plant is in Everett, on Paine Field (30 miles to the North). There's a nice visitor's center there, with tours of the plant (you can see 777s and perhaps 747s in production there, and soon (?) 787s).
There's another one to the East, in Renton.
Hope this helps.
The sound of the engines shutting down for the last time, bitter sweet
your right :) the nose was lowered during none supersonic flight and landing. to give the pilots increased view.
the nose was raised before supersonic flight to increase the aerodynamics of the aircraft and stability and to allow a smooth pass through the sound barrier.
having flown on concorde myself i can say it was an awsome aircraft :)
Super!!!!! That sound!!!
@randomthinking In 2003 I saw the last one land at Filton airport in Bristol for the last time, we had a spitfire flying ahead of it as it came in too.
When it came in, it was so sad, I was crying my eyes out. It looked so graceful and beautiful slowly descending to land. I took pictures but my shutter speed was wrong, so they came out unsharp. Still, worth it for the experience, there were like 10,000 people all along the airport road all cheering on this beautiful bird.
I flew on Alpha Golf many years ago on a supersonic luxury flight. Capt Riley was the man in charge all one hundred of us took a trip to the flight deck what an experience. Also an experience to fly at 1350mph at 60,000ft and look at the conventional aircraft 20,000ft below. Wondering where Alpha Golf had ended up now I know.
when i got to visit seatle for the first time,this was my first time also getting to finally touch a concorde,i was in tears
@randomthinking the nose lowers BECAUSE when they land the nose lowers when they "flare"*means pointing up before touch down* so that way the see the runway and they have to make a big flare cause this aircraft is landing at high speeds.
ogni volta che vedo questi video del concorde mi scende una lacrima
MPC674 - you're right. This video would have featured scenes from her landing, too, but she arrived so early - about 30 minutes earlier than expected - that a lot of people were caught unprepared. I was bummed, for sure, that I didn't see her land. Thanks for your comments.
Somewhat fitting that the Union flag is in the upside-down "distress" configuration! (because it's the final flight and a sad moment).
Good spotting!!!!!
could be a secret signal
Got to see a Concorde went it landed at Ontario Intl Airport here in Cali. Should of taken a picture of her on the runway. What a beautiful jet she was.
That was one heck of a plane. Now it's all gone. :( I like the aerodynamics. The way it tapers to a point at both ends and those delta wings which, now that Concorde and the space shuttle are no longer in operation, are only ever seen on fighter jets. If ordinary planes were designed like that then airlines would save a lot of money on kerosene aviation fuel every year.
I was there when this happened. What a sad moment to hear those Olympus engines shut down.
So sad to hear them 593’s winding down for the last time!
Hearing those engines power down for the last time is moving.
...course, without the USA, Concorde service would've also likely ended in the late seventies; seeing as only a single other city besides New York was able to maintain scheduled Concorde service to the last year-- and only seasonally at that.
So how about giving credit where due, and telling the whole story?
Such a shame she doesn't fly anymore, but glad she's gone to a new home. Apparently there is a place here in England (I think) where they are going to put one back in the air, just for airdisplays, fly pasts etc.
Dont think that ever happened.
@Jorwill64 yep you and me both dude. Concorde was englo french. Not just british if you don't mind me saying!
Glad you enjoyed the video. Never flew on a Concorde, but can understand your retisence given that you saw G-BOAG in action. Sometimes I wonder if the Museum caretakers fire her up when no one is around?? :-)
@SamSnuffle
lol its pretty simple, the thing was designed for atlantic travel, do you think we designed it to fly to france in 20 seconds? :D
You said it!!
I find it VERY interesting that the Concorde is parked beside the #1 747 prototype when displayed there at the Museum.....Kinda ironic since it was the 747 that put the Concorde in the museums.......and 747 are still flying in large numbers.....
Smiley Dog Actually the roots of the 747 go back to the C5A contract...Boeing lost out to "The cheaper"Lockheed on that, but Lockheed went bankrupt trying to "Fix the problems" on the "Cheaper" design, and of course the US Govt had to bail Lockheed out to fix the C5A. Thats why the 747 has the "hump" on the front second deck, to leave the main deck clear for loading cargo, the nose lifts up to give access. Boeing did put the wing on the bottom when the 747 was built. It was Pan Am that went to Boeing and asked Boeing to build something bigger than the 707. the Preliminary design work Boeing put in toward the Cargo plane contract was not wasted. That was Boeing start at bringing in the airlines asking them what THEY want in a plane. It was very easy to incorporate a freighter version into the 747. Remember Boeing had a history of building cargo planes the C97, the 707 727 and the 767 777 all have cargo versions.
Smiley Dog...it just showed up this morning in my in box. Living in the Seattle area during the designing and building of the 747 gives you the inside story, especially when family members and friends worked at BOEING Been to the museum of flight several times and was on the Concord when first went on display BEFORE the seat barriers were installed, those seats are cramped and small, as is the inside of that plane, have to turn sideways to get down the aisle, am 6 ft 225 lbs, not huge.
+Wilbur Finnigan Not true, the 747 is becoming very rare
Speedbird There stil are many many 747's flying and new ones are still being built and delivered !! Check flightradar24 over the Pacific and the polar route from Europe and see how many are in the air !!! Remember they are long range heavy haulers, they do not fly short commuter routes !!! DUUHH !!!
I know that. I never said they fly commercial routes. And that "DUHHH" makes you look stupid. VERY few new ones are being made, Boeing has less then 200 orders and most are freighters. there are currently only 603 in active service. Qantas's fleet will go soon, and so will half of BA's, all of EVAs, and Deltas. Compare that number to the one of 777's, currently 1305 flying. And the A330: 1165 flying. The 747 is a dying breed. By 2020 most will be gone. Some may stay till the 2050s...
I think we would still come up with something very similar. After all, you'd be designing something for a very specific task. For example, look at The TU144 or the Buran space shuttle. Very similar vehicles to Concorde and our Space Shuttle, but not blatant copies. The only way you'd have something without a delta wing would be to up the complexity stakes and go with a V.G. wing. (Just as I wrote that I thought "Well, you've now got something similar to a B-1B or TU-160")
2:30 wait...did the nose just lower a bit?
AWSOME!!!!
This video was uploaded here just 3 years later damn
Actually, there are three of them in American museums.
Hearing those engines shut down is so sad.
@phoenixrisen1970 Great comment, mate! I bet those pilots were fighting back a few tears as they had to shut those engines down for the last time! What a waste of such a stunningly beautiful engineering masterpiece!
@YogaNate79
I know your comment is old, but......
The first powered flight in history took place in Chard, Somerset, England, in 1848, supervised by John Stringfellow.
Admittedly it was unmanned, but a powered flight by an aircraft nontheless, so the Americans weren't responsible for the "first flight in aviation history" as you claimed.
I'm not surprised that Americans aren't taught this however, because as we all know they have the answers to life, the universe and everything else.
Correct me if I’m wrong but originally AG was one of the first of the Pan Am order which was cancelled in the end BA took it I flew on her superb ,so ironic it’s gone to Seattle home of Boeing and PanAms aircraft builder ,hope they are looking after her and not kicking her for being 🇬🇧🇫🇷
i can see your point there but Concorde did only between Britain, or France and America, and there was a huge effort to get it to fly there because there were protests etc etc, so its a pretty iconic thing on both sides of the pond, oh and not forgetting the fact that the Americans love our engineering lol.
@Behappynow2009 : thanks for the great comment. Although I think of her as a lady :)
The British pilot is flying the Stars and Stripes as a goodwill gesture to his hosts which is a very old tradition.
How come you’re not making videos anymore
Thanks for your great question ;) Got busy with "life", I guess... but looking back at this video: it was a lot of fun to make. So maybe I'll look around for a good topic, soon...
@Supervictor1211 Oh yes. They were having a good time with the nose.
Boeing did build a machine like the Concorde that actually went Mach 3, however Wall Street quickly noticed that the business model would not be profitable and opted to invest in the 747 instead.
BA studied the feasibility of keeping one running and concluded that it was not feasibly by any stretch of the imagination.
Concorde was not like some vintage WWII aircraft, where one or two skilled mechanics with the proper tools can keep it in operable condition. Heck, it required the constant attention of both Airbus and BACE just to keep the schedule operations in working order
@dealerovski82 Concorde = englo french. So it is englo french engennering.
YES, OF COURSE IT IS.
So the future is put into a museum?
lol. good vid! av been on concorde (grounded at manchester) and i reved the throttles and stuff!
to answer some of the points raised here, Concordes engines became scrap mettle, only a few days after they stopped. BECAUSE, they had to be run for quite some time, every few days after, for technical reasons.
The Droop nose idea, WAS, simply so that the pilot/ crew could see the ground markings clearly, when landing, and parking.
Concordes can never fly again, because their ''Air worthyness Certificates'', were destroyed.
...um, just so ya know, British Airways didn't "create" Concorde, they just operated it.
USA companies had the chance, but canceled their outstanding orders.
Though, one little known fact is that of the THREE airlines to ever have a Concorde operated under their own registration, one of them was a USA carrier--- Braniff, who used registration stickers and foreign pilots, to take the bird domestically from IAD.
Even Singapore Air, whose colors G-BOAD wore on one side, can't claim that :)
Mi súper faborito
bmemodels....This museum is at the south end of Boeing Field, and the Concorde is parked across the street in a large lot just south of the "Old Boeing Plant 2 where B17's and B29's were built ln WWII. If you Google "Museum of Flight, Seattle Wash and use the sattelite icon you can scroll around and actually see the Concorde and the other plane in the "Air Park" part of the museum. the Airpark is across the street from the main Museum building. It is really kinda neat enjoy.....ps been there several times, it's a first class museum.....
Regarding the US flag being waved--I read that it was a courtesy borrowed from the shipping world. Whenever a 'foreign' ship arrives in Port, it fly's the flag of the host nation, alongside it's own country's. I think that is a nice friendly tradition, and given our long-standing tradition of friendship with the USA---completely correct. Stop whining and acting like kids.
Agreed it is an old good-will tradition from ships
When will you make more videos on UA-cam
Not to mention the fact that there's an aircraft tug attached to the nose gear.
@randomthinking A lady indeed...we should hereby give official title to Concorde....Lady Concorde. She may not be the daughter of a duke, but she is damn regal!..lol
It was like switching the heart monitor of when her engines fell silent 😔 they should still be flying.
Actually, JFK saw more total Concorde operations than either LHR or CDG.
Also, don't forget that DFW and MIA were also American cities with scheduled Concorde service in the past.
My sincere apologies!! Please tell me what the difference is between the 'Union Jack' & the 'Union Flag' as i thought they were the same thing..? My point still stands however, the damn thing is upside down?? Regards...
GREAT video!!!! :)
whats the moveable nose do for the plane?
How did the pilots apply the brakes while standing like that?
The tug
I work at the museum of flight I’m a volunteer there so every first Thursday of every month we are upon until 9pm so you are invited to see me there
Can you send me pictures of this plane in Seattle
Was this concorde flown from London to Seattle or did it get flown from somewhere closer in the states when it came?
"November 5th 2003: Final flight is from JFK across northern Canada to Seattle. Having been given special permission to fly supersonic over land, G-BOAG sets a new record for the East to West crossing of North America." (www.heritageconcorde.com/g-boag-214)
CONCORDE FLEW TO NEW YORK, THEN NORTH INTO CANADA, AND WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION, FLEW SUPERSONIC ACCROSS NORTHERN CANADA, USING A CARFULLY CHOSEN, LOW POPULATED ROUTE, AND THEN DECENDED INTO SEATTLE, AT SUB-SONIC SPEED.
As an mechanical engineer myself, grounding this bird was a step backwards. Sadly most people do not care about it.
Like I said on another vid. I strongly believe we HAVEN'T seen the end of Concorde London 2012 I believe British airways will be flying the Concorde either just for athletes or limited service from heathrow to JFK
AND ????????
Am I the only one who has the fantasy where the pilots drop the passengers off, turn that beautiful swan around yelling 'it can't end like this' & let her race for the skies again, flying until the last drop of fuel was gone, "Thelma & Louise" style
"...not JUST the tireburst itself."
Was this video filmed at BFI? I note 2 BNSF locomotives in the background.
Yes! BFI = King County International Airport, also known as by the locals as "Boeing Field".
The Concorde is a wonderful machine no doubt, and people rightfully didn't want sonic booms over mainland USA shattering windows. Perfectly reasonable.
it was a joint anglo french process between the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Aerospatiale which is now EADS i think and airbus is an off shoot of it also.
the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines were also a joint venture between Rolls Royce and Snecma, the aircraft were owned by the governments until the British government sold theres to British Airways.
it was a joint venture, sadly, bloody french.
European countries are small so joint ventures make sense economically .
Concorde goes to its maunfacturing garage then goes to Seattle.
STORY OVER
R.I.P. Concorde 1976-2003
A real shame that this very Concorde is now getting dustier and dirtier by the day. When I went here a couple of weeks ago this very plane was pretty dirty and the exterior white was getting rusty and dirty as hell.
Now covered, thankfully, along with the original 747 prototype and other large aircraft.
Mike Banister & Les brodie as captains on this flight!
what a SAD day. Now im an adult and I have the means to fly this amazing plane and I CANT
The concored is the bes aircraft ever built .. wish it could be flying now a days!!
...least you're happy, because a "rookie" you remain.
Even ignoring the myriad factors which led to the tire-burst, you seem to be forgetting (or let's just be real about it: you DIDN'T KNOW) that the DGAC attributed the actual crash to not the tireburst itself, citing it (among other factors) which caused the fire that starved #1, FOD shutdown of #2, a sudden shift in the aircraft's CoG due to rapid fuel loss in the trim tank, and fire burning through the empennage. FARR from a single factor.
@artherjob I am an American and I agree with you. I believe that the American flag does not belong on Concorde. I can easily understand where the British would be offended by this.
It is a long-standing tradition of goodwill to the hosts.
Where do you think the Blue Ribbon routes from London and Paris were for the Concorde? That's right, America.
They were only allowed to go supersonic above water and the sonic boom bans didn't allow them over land dumbass. Our pussy ass people wanted to ban them
I'm pretty sure the guy with the flag aint the pilot or else he has some great foot control.
hearing those beautiful 593 engines powering down will always remind me how stupid airbus were in not re- lifeing the sst fleet, ps also hearing thom shut down breaks my heart go d bless capt bannister hutchinson walpole etc etc .
In looking at several British Airways publicity shots, it would appear that BA aircrews cannot fly the Union Flag the correct way. This one is upside down....again.
Anyway they should fly the Civil Aviation Ensign.