.....and the excitement it gave me has stayed with me always. Last year i was at the Duxford looking at Concorde. Not far from me there was a father with a couple of kids about the age i was back then looking with interest and it made me feel a little sad for them. They were just looking at a lifeless exhibit and I thought...your never going to see it alive, hear the noise, feel the vibration or experience what it was that blew the mind of that little boy all those years ago.
I remember 1978 being a small boy at a air show. We were standing as close to the runway as permitted. At that age Concorde was stuff every little boy dreamed of. Sitting on my dads shoulders i remember seeing her start the take off run, getting faster and closer to us with every second. Overwhelmed with excitement, fixated in wonder as it rotated right level of us. The noise was defining, the air shook and the vibration went right through my body. Memories of that childhood moment....
there is currently a couple of french guys working on putting the concorde back on its feet again but with these fuel prices most likely this wont happen
...sure I WISH it was, but I also have enough of a grip on reality to understand that there's no chance that it would return to service, by any conceivably rational standard of probability.
I think I know what you mean. Between about 4:14 and 4:21 it looks like the engines are lit up. But I think this is just the sunlight reflecting off the reverser buckets.
you put the music over the best bit...
dimitriskrin 4 months ago
The Verve and the Concorde is a marriage made in heaven.
lawker777 8 months ago
When was this flight??
bobsurgranny 1 year ago
@bobsurgranny
May 30, 2001
ImmortalSynn 1 year ago
Speak the language of the air!!!!!!!
scally197 1 year ago
@scally197
...as translated by RollsRoyce Olympus! ;-)
ImmortalSynn 1 year ago 3
great song, but sad that you put it on when all we wanna hear are those rolls royce engines roar
dod4luce 2 years ago
...then turn the volume up-- they aren't exactly hard to hear!
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
c'est la une big bitch
Paulchac2 2 years ago
CONCORDE je t'emmenerais toujours dans mon coeur!!! SUPERBE CONCORDE!!! merci a vous pour cette magnifique video.
arturoperuano777 2 years ago
De rien, merci pour l'observation
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
2/2
.....and the excitement it gave me has stayed with me always. Last year i was at the Duxford looking at Concorde. Not far from me there was a father with a couple of kids about the age i was back then looking with interest and it made me feel a little sad for them. They were just looking at a lifeless exhibit and I thought...your never going to see it alive, hear the noise, feel the vibration or experience what it was that blew the mind of that little boy all those years ago.
bommmmmmmm 3 years ago 5
Appreciate the reminiscence! What wonderful imagery!
ImmortalSynn 3 years ago
1/2
I remember 1978 being a small boy at a air show. We were standing as close to the runway as permitted. At that age Concorde was stuff every little boy dreamed of. Sitting on my dads shoulders i remember seeing her start the take off run, getting faster and closer to us with every second. Overwhelmed with excitement, fixated in wonder as it rotated right level of us. The noise was defining, the air shook and the vibration went right through my body. Memories of that childhood moment....
bommmmmmmm 3 years ago 5
whats the music playing in the background
MrHollywood0319 3 years ago
....check the video's MORE INFO box, that's what it's there for.
ImmortalSynn 3 years ago
its the verve bittersweet symphony lol
amzad89 3 years ago
does this mean they will re-introduce concorde in airport?
charlieperrault 4 years ago
No. All of my videos are from 2000 and 2001.
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Non. Toutes mes videos ont lieu de 2000 et 2001.
ImmortalSynn 4 years ago
there is currently a couple of french guys working on putting the concorde back on its feet again but with these fuel prices most likely this wont happen
fsxcrazy15 3 years ago
They can work all they want... it's not happening, for a plethora of reasons-- not the least of which being that Concorde no longer has a CoA!
ImmortalSynn 3 years ago
Well fuel prices are low again so he should try again, no one should give up.
Chris52879 3 years ago
Not a chance, particularly seeing as fuel prices aren't what prompted the aircraft's retirement.
ImmortalSynn 3 years ago
Come on, you guys are giving up, don't you at least wish that it was still in service?
Chris52879 3 years ago 2
...sure I WISH it was, but I also have enough of a grip on reality to understand that there's no chance that it would return to service, by any conceivably rational standard of probability.
ImmortalSynn 3 years ago
Am I wrong? I see that afterburners are lit! Is this done for the reverse thrust?
gokaydince 4 years ago
Reheat is not used during reverse... you must be seeing something else.
ImmortalSynn 4 years ago
I think I know what you mean. Between about 4:14 and 4:21 it looks like the engines are lit up. But I think this is just the sunlight reflecting off the reverser buckets.
thepracticaljoker 3 years ago
Bittersweet Symphony - the best song of the 90s by far. Love the video too!
93SS 4 years ago 4