Concorde - 2/5 - History, Development, Last Flight (Full Version)

[venustus100]

We miss you Concorde:(

[SunsetSix]

Oh yeah... those freezing cold winters that the wacko-environmentalists warned against are here all right!!!

[AdurianJ]

I don't like government programes but Concorde is an exception.

[pietje32]

07:13 accidental D'deridex

[mohiahmed1]

hehe, the boom made her pregnant ;D

[AGrandt]

The Concorde were a marvel of an aircraft, marred by the rising fuel cost and environmental conciousness.

I wonder how long it'll be, if ever, before we see another supersonic airliner. I doubt there is a market to carry the development cost.

[Papsmeass]

Love the 70's music at the beginning.

[Pallafintius]

@Papsmeass would you happen to know the name of that song or composition by any chance?

[NickSayle]

unique and beautiful. I wonder if anything will ever be built in it's class again.

[f1raz]

I'm welling up.. i need a hug ...what a marvel!

[TheVievvTube]

do anyone know what the song in the beginning is named? it was great!

[Crazyboy123232]

great plane :D

[FOX11GUY]

2:44 Sonic booms can't brake windows. MythBusters proved it or should I say Myth Busted.

[Crazyboy123232]

@FOX11GUY

really?

[Pallafintius]

@FOX11GUY Yeah ofcourse they can break windows. But did you hear what they said? That the only problem was the noise. The boom was not powerful enough to break the windows. They were flying too high.

[Jussumstuf]

What a good looking aircraft, to bad it's gone

[3nasacova]

How petty must America have been to scuttle this fine machine purely because it was "noisy". Like America's SST was not going to be just as noisy? I'm pretty sure 'noisy' was written on both score cards.

This was purely sour grapes,

The Concorde would have turned a profit from day one if the Yanks hadn't deliberately fucked it up.

And where is their SST? I dunno, is it in a museum somewhere? Did they even build one?

I'm thinking not, but I still have no idea.

[chicago85bearz]

@3nasacova Hey, hows the 747 doing? Think i see one out my window right now, and another one.

[weili42]

american people do that on purpose. They don't want concorde to be successful.

[CaptenSmoochie]

Poor concorde...after billions of pounds of development, it was "sold" to British Airways at 1,659 pounds and 35 pence.One pilot's chair costed 80 million pounds!!!!France and Britain could not get a single customer and they ended up 'donating" their pride to their respective national airlines. At the time , travel demand was booming.Boeing went for size.Anglo-french thought speed was sexier.Americans won! Again with Boeing 707 versus VC10.707 won.Now it is a race of A380 vs B787..guess who wins

[MrTrueFinn]

@CaptenSmoochie Those ''races'' were in the 70's. Europe has developed a lot since that time. And btw, Airbus has won it already.

[CaptenSmoochie]

@MrTrueFinn No doubt Europe has. I was using the history to extrapolate with today's knowlege of the market. Boeing has already over taken Airbus in the order books (read industry current affairs). Time will tell !And as if the Euro isnt already embarassing Europe, the new carbon tax will only result in trade wars with China,Mid East and USA (the largest Aviation growth market put together) against it..its no brainer who stands to lose between the two Aircraft goliaths.

[kofinp]

Comcorde did have an accident, (well there could have been) in one flight there was a hole in one of the wings on concorde and a passenger spoted it, the plane would fallen down if it wasn't for the passenger

[STOPTHEEU]

@kofinp I doubt Concord would have taken off with a hole in its wing... It only had one accident when it hit a bit of scrap metal on the runway during take of. The scrap metal had fallen of a US airliner and burst Concords tire. Improvements were made to make Concord safer but it lost its customers.

1969 - 2003, 1 accident!

How many 747 accidents in that time?

[tiadaid]

We now have the technology to make Concorde better in every way that could have alleviated concerns about the environment & noise pollution. But there's no market, everyone wants to go to their destination as cheap as possible, rather than as fast as possible. So now future generations are deprived of supersonic travel!

[sketchyinc]

In just about a Decade; The 707 Production Aircraft Taking flight --- to The First Concorde Protype--WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Sad, To say, most "average" Passanger planes fly slower than even the 707 did !!!!!!!

[Stangelycoloured]

@sketchyinc and almost all modern airliners are still based on the 707 layout. The 737NGs are in fact just a 727 fuselage but with grandfather rights. Progress.......

[kofinp]

Concorde was AMAZING, but I wouldn't want to fly in it because it went so high, and was quite dangerous 

[TheMightyHartley]

@kofinp What? Dangerous? Apart from the Air France crash (due to debris on the runway, not a failure of the aircraft), Concorde never had an accident!

[nikosk87]

Concorde Vs B-747,it is like try to compare a F1 car with a two deck bus...

[STOPTHEEU]

@nikosk87 Or a Maybach to a roller skate... A broken roller skate!

[titanicicaproduction]

@soverato3. not really. just because it's Nose was longer dosent mean it could carry more passengers. i still wish the tree huggers of the world had'nt ruined teh dream. they make me sick!

[Funnyboy2987]

i no rite

[OrtonSucks1100]

now in 2011 we have tecnology to make a plane like concorde that uses less fuel! why not try to make one and test it???

[aimellia626]

8.5 miles in 23 seconds?? God have mercy!!

[PersianvBTheme]

4:32 Again <3

[PersianvBTheme]

1:44 Shah of Iran <3

[braddyboy82]

If I heard a badass sonic "boom boom" sound because the Concorde was flying overhead, I'd think that's really cool. People are whiners.

[loveEncsi]

fu*king environmentalists. zero knowledge. just trying to screw engineering master peaces and slow down our technical development.

[kad85]

Jealous Yanks tried to stop Concorde operating.

[tauseefshahify]

@kad85 It is really pity that it is retired, no doubt it was a majestic beautiful bird in the sky, and this step was not because of Americans jealousy but high maintenance cost and few more technical reasons.

[zizi1k]

WTC at 6:34

[cyprusboy56]

the boom made her pregnant? I know one thing, If you can't afford it,you hate it

[Auxilla86]

That thing would so fit in now man. Its sad I wish I could fly on one.

[nathanfishing3000]

people where crazy in the old days who doesent like concordes sonic boom

[dhilukf430]

is that the most beautiful plane in the world or what

[rafaeru82]

Try play golf into a 777 or a 747!

[gaykid80]

Just WOW!

[fyldths]

thats like not allowing the saturn 5 rocket not lauch cause it roared

[soverato3]

Tu-144 was bigger, faster and first but the concorde was safer...

[WingsOTWorld]

@szybkilopez566 Lol...what a wuss...

[WingsOTWorld]

That Lord Heseltine that appears at 1:21...if he's scared of flying....wtf was he doing as Minister for Aerospace?

[Triglavus]

@WingsOTWorld He was nervous flier not scared of flying. I can imagine that many architects are scared of heights and they are designing skyscrapers.

[szybkilopez566]

@WingsOTWorld Listen to him carefully. He wasn't scared of flying, he was scared of flying at MACH 2 at the edge of the atmosphere in an unfinished, uncertified flying prototype. He was on a promo tour in a flying proof-of-concept, that's why Concorde was stuffed with technicians.

[MadeInLat1]

Concorde may fly on 2012 olimpics

[jakeylaird]

hmmmi hope they are kept in reasonable condition...who knows, somebody may resserrect the company one day...

[jakeylaird]

cheeers tommy

[MrNSheikh]

So happy that this is on Youtube seeing as Channel 4 refuse to release it on DVD.

[dharma6662000]

@MrNSheikh They always do that. I wanted The Last Aztec but they wouldn't send me a copy. Even though I agreed to pay all cost.

[jakeylaird]

where did the concorde planes go when they were retired? were they stripped and sold or have they been stored?

[tommyboomboom]

@jakeylaird - they all went to muesums. There are three or four in the UK, a similar number in France, one in Germany. I think there are also 2 in the USA. I don't think any of them will be scrapped

[fs10inator]

@tommyboomboom Unfortunately, AF Concorde F-BVFD was scrapped.

[veolia215]

@jakeylaird 1 concorde is at Filton airfield just outside Bristol and can be seen from the train as you come into Bristol Temple Meads

[Solidboat123]

How can you complain about noise when you live in one of the busiest cities in the world?

[Br3tagn3]

what a pity that they have banned the concorde....

[MrEiriku]

@Br3tagn3 its not banned. it was retired