Concorde - a very personal account

[metalux1971]

2:53 ohh my goodness!

ik wish i could feel the G-forces when takeoff

[dcccapfan]

Lucky!!!! You got a full afterburner takeoff!!!!! You could here the sound when u took off. They only did that every once and a while.

[apache1234657]

was jeremy clarkson on that flight?

[M1710]

I love this song you have chosen and one of my greatest dream is to fly with concorde.

That's a beautiful wife you have got btw :)

[5050pete]

Great video,I've always wanted to fly concord!! I was able a see and go inside the one in Seattle(at airplane museum)nit the same but I felt her beautiful presence!!!

[TheCozzie99]

Really enjoyed your video...thankyou. one question though where did you leave from and what was your destination. Also how long did it take? Thankyou :)

[edmonton67]

I live the ride.......I can only dream

[GunsOfThePhoenix]

The flight over the pacific the concord would be an perfect addition to current fleets. Hopefully, it is re-introduced some day, or some other supersonic airliner.

[fleiva30]

awesome video..!!

[phanoonki]

It makes me angry that we haven't advanced this technology for commercial flight!!! There's been thousands of crashes with prop and jet planes. So Concords had a few issues yes, but with advancing technology and research, this should be the way forward!! Flights in less than half time should be standard! We have gone backwards and it is such a shame.... Imagine London to Sydney in 11 hours, London to Newyork in 3! You could almost go for a weekend getaway at those speeds:)

[teemas10]

@phanoonk i agree. with todays tech the manufacturers of Concorde could make a supersonic airplane 100% better because of the advantages of tech we are living with now. imagine flying at mach 3 or 4. If mach 2 was possible in the 1960s mach 4 is definitely achievable today. Lets see if anyone does. Mach 4 would mean LHR to JFK in i dunoo 1 hour 40mins? If a new Concorde was made it would be amazing. an if an ordinary person could travel supersonically = £ no 1 wants to spend 8 hours in a plane

[jh71]

how did you get lucky enough to win those tickets and score a hot babe???

[nikia320]

nice nice nice nice

and lol for the fl600 :D

[misterman111222]

greatest plane ever... i didn't even know it, but i miss it

[funshipM174]

Nice video!

I'm curious, what kind of meals were served on your flight?

[warlord4290]

how much was return ticket on concorde?

[AndrewUK1987]

I'm guessing by the lady's reaction that it goes really fast lol!

[Angelhaven95]

Why does she have the ring on her middle finger?

[earlpressley]

the song was terrible

[ocboyz]

As a kid I flew Concorde in the late 80's. I remember it like it was yesterday, The amazing take off, entering the edge of space. I remember looking out my window and I was able to see the curvature of the earth. The pretty British flight attendants...what a memory. I miss you Concorde.

[Karen62906]

great video, great songs, love the entire video from beginning to end.

[Whild91]

Great video mate!!! Concorde is so amazing!!

[entershikariemo]

amazing, congrats x

[RJfan]

this was an amazing video. I'm sorry, but it would have been better without that "bird of prey" song in it.

[ncfo20]

where were you flying to and from?

[DJGazzar]

They deffinetly landed at Cardiff!

[KazGrafix]

bird of prey remix by fatboy slim

awesome tune fits very well with your video

thanks for sharing

[mltmaster]

Thank You!!!

[mltmaster]

What´s the song in this video?

[metalux1971]

Fat boy Slim

Bird of Prey

[apollo2506]

We love the concorde *--*

I wish It came back =/

[Whild91]

Me too!!

[lich087]

amazing video my friend also had the opportunity to travel on the Concorde is a fantastic and impossible to describe what it feels like inside the plane will congratulate you for your contribution always be remembered as the ship over to the shadowy concorde air transport.

Greetings from mexico

[pedro0996]

great

[apollo2506]

AMAZING ;D

Concorde wil be forever in my heart *___*

[chiqitita82]

couldn't see a thing because of all the shaking! What happened to everything during the flight like the service, the food etc? the land in the UK looks just like the land in the US, more on the actual plane other than just out the window would've been good.

[yYJORDEREYy]

Where did yo fly to from heathrow?

[qwertdr]

Well this is Concorde, surely you could pretty much tell from that.

[qspoa]

VERY VERY BEATUFUL!!!

[renescx]

wife! :)

[dulenc7]

Great vid of great plane!

[gspam79]

Wow, geiles Video. Ich wäre gern mal mit der Concorde geflogen....!

[BoraJK1903]

2.00 mach... fantastic !!!

[Byron10301]

@BoraJK1903 The convention is "Mach 2.0" ... not "2.0 Mach" ... minor thing, but I still thought you might enjoy knowing.

[niginda]

wow, that must of been simply epic my friend..... you jammy jammy bastard! i would give both nuts and a leg to have done that!!

but as you quite rightly say "never to be repeated".

the sky is a few stars short now!

hope this reaches you and your good lady in a well state!

cheers!!

[claudja777]

oh boy

[coozno1977]

Great vid, excellent choice in music. I'm sure those 3 hours will be remembered for a life time.

Cheers!

[mach2jet]

Your flight was the 10am Concorde.

I'm very happy for you winning the tickets and living the dream, great video.

On 21 Oct 2003 i flew to New York on Concorde and loved every second of it. I flew home from New York at 6.40am on 23 Oct.

Before i went to my house i waited (with a BBC London tv crew) to see your take off.

While i took photos of your take off BBC London filmed me.

Your take off looked very fast and very steep, wow you must have really felt the G-forces.

Kind Regards

Jetinder

[mach2jet]

Your flight was the 10am Concorde.

I'm very happy for you winning the tickets and living the dream, great video.

On 21 Oct 2003 i flew to New York on Concorde and loved every second of it. I flew home from New York at 6.40am on 23 Oct.

Before i went to my house i waited (with a BBC London tv crew) to see your take off.

While i took photos of your take off BBC London filmed me.

Your take off looked very fast and very steep, wow you must have really felt the G-forces.

Kind Regards

Jetinder

[yellofury]

fantastic video mate

[metalux1971]

does any one know the name of the song from 6.54 until the end?

thanks

[StephanMoyes]

Sinead O'connor: Last Day Of Our Acquaintance

xSteph

[supersonicbird11]

you asked for a comment,very well done totally enjoyable video, music the lot

I was able to fly BA in R class a few times,it really is a time machine

My dream is that someone maybe even the Concorde club would reinstate it.but again only a dream i hate to say..good luck to you and your lady...cheers

[limachen]

haha did i hear a "slow down" at 6:12?

[bowen559]

LOVED THE VIDEO!!!!!!!! Thank you for stopping the music for the take-off! Excellent.

[Taff1967SC]

Great stuff. I got to fly on it in 82' from Wash DC to Heathrow...just fantastic! Even got a visit to the cockpit as we were coming in over the south coast of England. I'll never forget it. Cheers!

[5platinum5]

excelent video. Thanx for sharing.

[losperiodistas]

the boy and girl in the video, are married, are friend, are brothers? excuse my inglish, that´s no my lenguage.

[sesse72]

Thanks to you, you'r video is really excellent !

[jer79berlin]

Fantastic video and good music!!!!!

[Voyagerwarp9]

brilliant video.

Same as deaniture! i dream they'll fly again someday. Maybe Richard branson will get one in a couple of few years.

[metalux1971]

i hope he will because then my dream will at least come closer

[deaniture]

The most beautifully engineered, graceful and amazing airliner of all time and they just had to ruin it for me. I was hoping to fly in one. I swear if i win the lottery or 5 million i will have one flying again.

[qwertdr]

I'd love for that to happen. But it won't.

[addblive]

Is Cardiff mentioned at 5.50? :S

[billytucker100]

:-) yes, we landed there, Cardiff was a highlight!

[addblive]

I know, I was there that day, well, I live literally on the end of the runway! Not then, I do now though. You like Cardiff then? Cute little airport! Lol!

[StephanMoyes]

Hey Dude,

I see you found another tune thats ok on that CD then :-)

Love n' Peace ..

xStef

[robert0joe]

Hey! i rated this video because october 23 is my birthday

[Surfercrush87]

Man amazingly inspiring

[dipper64]

where was the flight between?

[blackpool567]

why wont it fly again??

[planecrashmaster]

Because on Jul 25 2000, An Air France concorde crashed and because of 9/11. It Stopped on the day of this flight.

[CLEMOtheGREAT]

It simply wasnt cost effective anymore (esp after 9/11 and the Paris accident). I understand Airbus stopped making "spare parts" for it as well. Why one can't remain flying, for historical purposes if nothing else, is beyond me.

[mmox727]

fucking awesome dude!!!

[zane401]

great video - it sent me back to the 12th september 1989 - when i boarded concorde - heathrow to jfk - one of the higlights of my life to date :) thanks for the footage - and yeah it was everything and more

[lovetree43]

was it stil wen he was faster than the sound

[maax125]

Great video of a great flight in a great airplane! What a shame it'll never fly again :(

[mestizo23]

I give it to this dude, just looking outside the taxi-way and u see all them Jumbo jets while ur ass is in the badess, fastest, and sexiest of them all, even today. Just looking at the counter hit mach 2.0 is just ganzta.

[mickfs2004]

billytucker100, i loved your video mate, it's great to see inside the British Airways Concorde its sad to see it retired but Concorde will be remembered as a Truly a Best Supersonic Aircraft. And I Loved this music too.

[UAL602]

good video but u neede crew and cockpit visits

[myndenway]

It's a good thing the Concorde was faster than other jets, because something had to offset the tight, sardine seating.

[jettboyflyhi]

love the bird,love the video and love the music!

[ilcsdnerd]

Me too. Two crashes and they retired it. What were there? 12 or 13 of them? It could have been a great airplane for years to come.

[ultimateskinsfan]

just one of them crashed

[ilcsdnerd]

Nope 2 did.

[planecrashmaster]

What do you mean two?

[ianf417]

thats a cool plane, i got in one last year, it was in boeing in seattle, dint fly though

[chelisito41]

Terrible music for such a good video. However, I like to thank you for the good images before take off and after the landing.

[ROBERTNESBITT]

if he wasn't showing faces it would be great

[billytucker100]

how rude :-)

[ROBERTNESBITT]

sorry about that I thought that was it but I was wrong

By the way Congratulations to the lady who showed the Ring

[tengoindiamike]

Dont listen to the comments about removing the Fatboy Slim rendition of the Doors Bird of Prey... it fits well!

[niscomok]

great vid, do cut the music though.

was the flight bumpy whilst getting to mach 1?

[henki29]

Nice video, especially as you include all parts of the flight, and not just takeoff and landing. But please cut the music!

[lovefun2]

Loved the sound of the thrust reverstors on landing.

[roadie50]

beautiful!

[wallenz]

LOL, nice to see the Concorde pass that bus there ;)

[rennes6]

Nice movie, I really liked it. Good directing.

[speedbird007]

The music is awfull please take it off

[OriginalAtomicSheep]

Well I guess this is as close to flying one as Ill ever get.

[TattooMartien]

The concorde used

Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610

Engines.

[Fariz79i]

What a shame! This modern age of aircraft should still be flown nowadays! I've been dreamed of flyin with it. Anyway can I know what engine that this aircraft use?

[fujitsu1522]

Beautiful Aircraft, I photographed The aircraft at Manchester on its retirement, I have a private collection over 400 images, will be placeing them on Ebay again soon, when i get the time, will be selling 8x10 photographs. any comercial interests out there, I have sold lots, would like to sell them worldwide.

[sofipop]

Schönes Video! Hätte auch gern die Möglichkeit gehabt, mit ihr zu fliegen. Wäre bestimmt ein überwältgendes Erlebnis gewesen. Müssen wir wohl alle auf die nächste Genaration eines Überschallflugzeuges warten.

[billytucker100]

Danke. Ich hoffe, daß ich mit dieser Geschwindigkeit in meiner Lebenszeit wieder fliegen kann

[mccloskeyd]

very nice

[gerardms]

excelent vid!

[lordilujah]

i still sort of wished that i could have flown on concorde one day to be on the edge of space !!

[blackgta]

... and nice too. Beautiful story.

[tenzin02]

1st you would have to be able to afford to fly in the Concorde-2nd they pulled the Concorde after the tragic crash due to fod on the run way, 3rd last I heard the couple out there are not in flight anymore due to the crash. Am I in error that the Plane is not active anylonger?

[3bnav]

no... unfortunatly you're right,it's no longer active,but I hope that one day it will fly again cause it was(and still is) a very nice bird

[agentsmith462]

CONCORDE = CADALAC IN THE SKY

[pot4000]

I'm sorry, but comparing the concorde to a cadillac says to me that you're the sort of person that would like the Mona Lisa more if it had a comedy moustache drawn on it.

[agentsmith462]

thats cuz u drive a 10 thousand dollar car.

[jpmckeeee]

i always would of loved to fly on her, this video was simply amazing!!

thank you for sharing.

[Maxycrownvic]

that u so much for that moving vid u had only been in one at duxford and wll that was the best vid i have eva seen on u tube including my own.

thank u .Max uk

[jrusso7660]

Absolutely beautiful!!! Such a shame.

[overmind2]

ya such a shame a $1.5 billion aircraft had to go too waste, I know they will bring it back some day, but hopefully by Airbus because Boeing has the worst safety record.

[jrusso7660]

overmind2,

I hope they do before I get too old. I want to ride in one. To be so close to space. Damn!!! What a rush.

[Moleman524]

If my memory serves me well, it should be about £15million to get one concorde flying again, one of the reasons why one needs alot of money to fly is because British Airways Engineers Severed all fuel lines to prevent concorde running again. CONCORDE for 2012!!!

[gre812u]

Look at all the happy faces experiencing something truly special! You don't get that response from an East Jet flight do you? Also Two and a half hours to get to NY is ASTONISHING! It once took me 3 hours to get from bloody Heathrow to Putney!

[pazza1981]

I'm British And I say A concorde belongs in New York because America loved it as much as we did + New York was A major Concorde route for BA & Air France

[kissanova]

faboo

[antszabo]

awesome!BUT IT HAD TO GO BECAUSE BOEING DIDNT LIKE IT!!! it was such a slap in the face for them that we had a supersonic airliner.look at the billions they threw into developing the russian clone "concordski"which failed in spectacular fashion! after the crash they said to ba and air france they would cease to supply new aircraft and parts for Boeing fleet unless Concorde was retired!Look at Boeings safety record the worst of any aircraft manufacturer on the planet,bar none W rs!!!

[adx1rulez]

I know. ridiculous. Even though I would never have had a hope in my wildest dream of getting a ride in it, it is such a step back to take it away just because of one crash.

[JlMmorrison]

that made no fucking sense at all. the reason it was retired was because of the immense cost of operation. i dont think many regular people had the 10000$ for a round trip to the US. boeing had nothing to do with the concordes retirement.

[Mamba205]

duke3dan: im from america but i believe that the concorde should be displayed in england cuz thats where it was built!

[billytucker100]

there are enough Concorde to go around (10 including the early prototypes I think?) they are listed on wikipedia.

[Mamba205]

billytucker 100: You wrote in the description "The edge of space". Concorde flew at about 10.42-11.37 miles (55000-60000 feet). Space "officially" begins at 62 miles (327,360 feet, although it can go up to 400000 feet-depending on several factors). 11 miles is only about 1/6 of the way to space so therefore the concorde cannot be on "The edge of space".

[billytucker100]

Very clever, I am a victim of hyperbole! oh, and I'm guessing that I've at least been closer to space than you have :-), please excuse my inaccuracies.

[Mamba205]

your right. the highest ive been is 41000 feet (boeing 737). you have been closer to space (60000 feet). but what if i become an astronaut!?

[billytucker100]

Then I'd say congratulations, and wish you well, and welcome you to use all the hyperbole in the world! 'cause you'd be a lucky bugger! Maybe take one of the Virgin flights in a year or two, they promise the true edge of space.

[overmind2]

the closet you cant ge to space in an aircraft is either with the Blackbird plane which cost about $2 Billion to build, or use a ramjet but that is not very conventional.

[SweetieGord]

cute couple!!!...gg

[Trulli75]

Beautiful vid! THX - *****

[djinstructor]

Nice bird!

[wifwat]

which one concorde or the girl

[duke3dan]

now that is one aircraft that i think every one is going to missing

[pazza1981]

This flight looks like it was From London Heathrow to Cradiff Wales.

[billytucker100]

well spotted, this flight was part of the Tour of Britain, on the second to last day that BA's Concorde fleet were in service.

[sam19ny1]

Wow what a very personal video. That was a cool flight. From where was this flight from and to where?

[iqbal172]

lovely vid mate. As for concorde in cruise, they turn off afterburner at approx Mach 1.6 and then climb until they reach Mach 2.0 Then if the speed drops they decend and if the speed increases above M2.0 they climb - flying literally in a wave fashion - maintining M2.0!

Again - TOP VID! 5 Stars !

[fattymat07]

Ive never been so jelous of a total stanger. Well done taking advantage of that.

[hilltoppersruleNY]

i live in upstate NY. My dad used to hear the sonic boom once...lol

[pazza1981]

You can almost see the curvuture of the Earth at 60.000 FT. Must have been A very emmotional trip this.

[8666263]

Just toured the 2nd Concorde Ive been on tpday, (Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA-Intrepid Museum, NY,NY) Damn amazing plane! They dont build em like they use to.

Haha Richard Branson wanted to buy them for $1.

[duke3dan]

yea it shouldn't be in america it should be wher she was built and thats here in england

[LoKoCraizy2007]

That Aircraft belongs to the sky and never in a uggly museum, but nasa and boeing trying to change that, the concorde was the most beautyfull aircraft in the world.

[dukekid19204]

didnt the concord fly at like 60 thousand ft?

[billytucker100]

did you watch the video? there's a shot of the altometer at 60,000 ft... Also,t he captain mentions that we traded altitude to hit mach 2 dropping back down to 50,000ft.

[nycswl2006]

Great video!

[britishgoose01]

Wow, That looked fantastic, what an honour that must have been, Ive only ever seen the concorde once in my life when it flew over my house in England and i was gobsmacked by that

[wildhunter666]

the most purprizing thing is that stabilisation of flight, gyroscopes, steering system, automatization computers are analog only

[GirlRacer333]

hey very nice video... was tht the last concorde ever flown.. or ws it jus random?? xxxxxxxxxxx

[magusisgee]

man that was really cool, when you guys cheered them on at take off, i mean how cool! i wish i was ther, man it must be cool to be thrusted to the speed of sound in like 2 seconds.. mann!

[micdude5736]

the engine of concorde look like the engine on the avrow arow

[KazGrafix]

i saw the Concorde ramped at Heathrow - a beautiful aircraft i was surprised how 'small' it is.

[rasmusfuglsig]

Billytucker 100 - what a great video. You truly captured that special feeling you get while onboard. Everyone acts like children in a giant toy-store!

I have had the experience myself and I also did make a short video about it. The two movies are somewhat similar but again different. You can see my version by clicking on my profile. The movie is named "Inside the Concorde"

Again, great job!

[Dibbeld]

Ok, thank you for the title of that song. I would wish I've ever been Flying with the concorde

[pflueeb]

WTF is a "comp?"

[billytucker100]

"what the fuck" seems a little strong given the question don't you think? a Comp is a competition.

[Dibbeld]

very nice video. It's so bad that the concorde would never be flying. Thats the greatest and gracilest plane I'ver ever seen. Is there anybody who knows the name of the last song after the landing?

[billytucker100]

Sinead O'Conner, The Last Day of Our Acquaintance

[simomufc]

ur a lucky man i wud give any fing 2 go on a concorde i wud give any fing 2 c it fly again so i cud go on 1t lol

[Barbieeg]

This is a fantastic video - great music too - tears came to my eyes at the end. It was a very sad day when the Concord was retired. So happy you posted this I will be showing this video to everyone who comes to visit my home !!!!!

[Jguy88]

I agree totally! My eyes welled up too!

[kissanova]

u lucky guy....i had wanted a chance to ride on one of those..

[lcfc92]

amazing vid!!! i just love the engineering of the concorde - such a shame it is no more

[BennyBoiTheKIWI]

wo someones a bit stressed! calm dwn.

Kwl VIdeo :D:D

[billytucker100]

I know, some people just stun me with their ignorance - like spelling has ever been that important online..... Ass.

[CalacticEmpire]

you luck luck man were did you egt the money from i was only 14 wheb they toke it out of services btw were did you land?

[billytucker100]

The money? I won the tickets in a comp... Landed in Wales, close to the factory where they built many parts of the plane...

[CalacticEmpire]

cool you are very luckly and sory for my spelling but i am not englise so i try my best ^^

[billytucker100]

Great job, glad you commented...