I hope one day i will fullfill my dream of becoming an aeronautic engineer, and i will RE-design this beauty! I still cannot believe it has been removed from the services
@shamwoo91 Hi Shamwoo91, he was doing the noise abatement procedure. After take off the crew would lower the nose of Concorde to gain speed, whilst also reducing power (pulling the 4 throttles back with his left hand & cutting the afterburners with his right) so as not to cause too much noise down on the ground.
This reminds of when I got stopped by a cop who asked me why I didn't stop at a red light. I told him "I was at V1 and was passed the point at which I could stop."
man! i miss concorde!! i saw it twice in my life once taking off from heathrow from the top of the multi storey car park on a september evening and the second flying over edinburgh to mark the close of commonwealth games both in 1985. i was 11 at the time and it was just breathtaking.sadly missed.
Concorde went out of service because after the crash, passengers lost faith in it and sales went down. BA tried to get passenger numbers back up but they couldnt so they had to retire her.
@Pvjinflight Put newer engines in.. But by now, it would be getting on a bit and would need to be replaced anyway. Give Russia 10 years, and something new would come about.
@1d2p3 2 pilots and a flight engineer, the same in most planes up until recently. The engineer monitors gauges and is in control of most of the flight systems though they've been replaced today with computers, hope this helped. (:
why on earth would u dislike this,,,u can dislike this without everyone's disagreement if u have a better plane and can operate it better than the people in the video,,,otherwise u're just jealous
It was a money pit. Expensive to run with high fare costs combined with a crappy economy and there ya go. It was also very limited to where it could go at the end. Living by JFK and having worked at JFK during its time there, you always new when she was leaving and coming in.
I saw a programme about great inventions in which Jeremy Clarkson was almost having an orgasm about the GWR which he then swiftly compared with Concorde, I thought the man was about to come in his pants at the thought of how British it all was. Fact is that Brunel was half French and Concorde was half French.
Its not the fact she was overdue to retire on which i agree. Its the fact that we havn't replaced it since and it was a prime example of britain at its finnest
@emnemz8 the crash that the concorde got in to was caused by a piece of metal in the runway in could happen to any other aircraft aswell the concorede was a very safe plane
@liciying Oh yeah, in all honesty I bet that had a big card in it too. Also considering the main airlines that ran concorde weren't doing so hot either.
I really hate the fact that this masterpiece of engineering had to be grounded.
for all the technological frontiers that amazing machine surpassed, it had a very old cockpit design with a lot of analogue dials and gauges.. hell my 30 year old cessna is more modern cockpit wise (albeit a little slower ) :P. Such a waste of a machine decades ahead of its time though
@JOSH15492 haha, but as analogue as the flight deck was, it was one of the first aircraft to have fly-by-wire controls and a throttle computer ;) An absolutely beautiful aircraft which is greatly missed by many.
Concorde was my Girl friend. But the stupid Aviation people had to divorce me and her because she kept getting drunk and crashing. But Everyone who gets a DUI test gets a second chance out of jail. So lets get Concorde off the ground and into the sky! Spread the word
@Poppinit905 It wasn't quite the crashing that was the problem. The airlines viewed Concorde as a financial loss. People were scared to fly in her after the design problems i.e. shredding tires causing ruptured fuel tanks To fix those design flaws, that would cost money that the airlines did not have. Basically the public were either too nervous, or too poor to fly in Concorde.
I completely agree however, that we should get Concorde back in the air. We just need the money.....
We all really miss the Concorde...here in southern Rhode Island..I used to hear the sonic booms way out over the Atlantic on a regular clockwork schedule....many htought it was real thunder..but I knew it was the Concorde...flying in from London and/or Paris..on over to NYC's JFK airposrt....I was right behind one, BTW..when I was at JFK heading down to Ixtapa, Mexico on 2/24/85..even took a 8mm movie of it!!!
Well, tried to comment, but was cut off. I took Concorde in Sept. '89 - a really stirring thing. We on this earth fight and invent weapons to outdo each other's countries. What an interesting thing it would be if we got together (as happened when Concorde was developed) and used our creative genius as a species to make our world better. If we can develop a lady as phenomenal as Concorde, why can't we develop a way to keep the peace?
We had the most beautiful and fastest commercial airplane known to mankind, and then some lazy mechanic had to ruin it for all of us by not checking the DC10 that took off before Flight 4590. I hope we'll see a supersonic airliner again in the future.
Until we get a more-efficient supersonic engine, there's no point in making another one. Airlines learned long ago that speed isn't as important as the amount of weight (passengers and/or cargo) you carry per flight.
The Boeing 787 (which FINALLY received FAA flight certification August 2011) originally started as the more-exotic-looking Sonic Cruiser, and even it was designed to be faster than other modern commercial aircraft and yet still did not break the sound barrier.
Not a chance that that's going to happen. There's none in Airworthy condition. They considered and rejected even getting F-BTSD to taxi, and she's the only one left with a working hydraulics system. She's not coming back, unfortunately, and certainly not for any Olympics spectacle.
@H3A2T Sadly, I doubt we ever will. Boeing had the specs to make a competitor prior to 9/11, but thanks to the airline industry tanking up until recently all plans for that were scrapped. Now it's how much fuel can I save? How green can I make it on the environment? The airline industry just didn't have the money to buy into a new aircraft after 9/11. If the 9/11 attacks hadn't happened, I do believe we would now have a new Boeing super sonic jet AND Concorde sill flying high :(.
@t08jtr If they can make a super sonic plane as fuel efficient as a jet liner then it will happen. But as you said, cost and going green are the two biggest hurdles to get over. Planes will evolve over time but its just something we have all gotten used too. Planes are the safest mode of travel and much faster than driving so getting to that destination in half the time really doesnt matter to most people who are already in awe at the speed they are going.
So sad to see that beautiful plane get retired. It belongs in the sky and NOT in a museum! I did get the privilege to see it land first-hand at JFK some years ago.
Should not have shut the program down just improved the landing gear and people crying over sound barrier. Its not like they are gonna do it over populated areas. Money men have no respect for the beauty of flight.
@akula5151 they had to. they had to make the wheels tougher, making it that much more expensive to build, and not enough tickets were being sold to make up for it. Tickets on concorde were expensive, because the whole thing is first class. It's like a fancy restaurant on a plane, so it was expensive to even get on.
Should not have shut the program down just improved the landing gear and people crying over sound barrier. Its not like they are gonna do it over populated areas. Money men have no respect for the beauty of flight.
I love that moment around 1:03, when it starts to power up it's engines and for a split second it's like the whole world's going "shh, just listen to this."
Either that or my computer's malfunctioning again.
It's crazy how the technology was way ahead of the time... wish they still had them around today. Now we may have safer, newer planes, but nothing the compares to the beauty of the concorde, and the speed...
Those Concordes were good old birds. Fast, safe,strong built, reliable, and very comfortable for the lack of turbulence.....but also very THIRSTY. The avionics are a little outdated, though again very reliable, but these are essentially 1960s technology aircraft. Aircraft companies need to look into supersonic technology again, but without the excessive fuel consumption of the old Concordes.
When you think about it, Concorde was 1960's technology. If the need were there, we would be able to build another SST that's probably cheaper to run, quieter and much more fuel efficient. But despite all that it would still be less practical than the current mode of air transport. I'm still amazed Concorde went through, Boeing said Fuck it, this shit is expensive lol Who knows what the future may bring though.
All my hopes and dreams are pointed to rich weirdos like Travolta. When some multi-million rich dude will buy one? Maybe some oil-super-rich Sheikh could make one fly again? Thanks to Travolta we can see a beautiful plane from a great era still flying. It's not everyday that you see a Boeing 707 in mint condition flying around. Imagine seeing someone's collector's piece - a Concorde taking off with mighty roar of four afterburners, just for the beauty of it.
@lexichronicle2 Unfortunately, that's not the case...on youtube, a website dominated by young males, arguing is de riguer...a video titled...sleeping little lambs, with just that... would have a big argument below it...
@tjb234567 I agree that it was a step back to not keep developing super sonic air transports. But it was not really a mistake in retiring Concord. She was an old aircraft. It gets VERY expensive to maintain
@tjb234567 Not really, this plan was a beutiful and extraordinary piece of engineering, but it proved a commercial dead end, the physics of breaking the speed barrier, and the long run cost of fuel, redirected mass transit towards volume over speed. This is not a knock on Concorde, as it was an perfect specimen of human discovery in the long process of invention by our species.
I disagree. the plane was 35 years old when they stopped flying it. Its engines were incredibly uneconomical, heralding from an era when aviation fuel was as cheap as chips and nobody gave a hoot about carbon emission.
@pianoplayeruk - the wihte flag waving surrender monkey french cunts wanted to get rid of concorde for 2 reasons. 1. they wanted to get out of the parts contract and 2. they were too fucking stupid to work out how to make a profit on it, unlike BA. Remember, France killed off Princess Diana. I love France but hate the useless cunts who live there, namely the fucking useless french.
@pianoplayeruk - Yes and how long has the B52 flown or the Bear Tu95 or the Nimrod? Far longer so 35 years is young in comparison and cannot be used to say it was old and past it. France wanted out so it engineered a way out and that is a fact.
The third man is no longer needed. The Concorde engineer's main duties appeared to be shuffling fuel around to different tanks to trim the plane, helping with noise abatement takeoffs, and responding to caution lights.
@GRAFF310 that famous airfrance crash was caused by a stupid american plane.. nothing to do with concorde.. You can see it if you do some research.. Concordes were as safe as normal planes
@fuatskyline Nothing to do with the Concorde! You should do some research about the known design problem with the Concorde and its fuel tanks! The whole crash could have been avoided if 1 item was added to the pre flight checklist! Step #1: Sweep entire runway with broom, removing any foreign objects including but not limited to parts or pieces that have fallen off of other aircraft which previously used the same runway!
@motenak I agree 1000%. I used to work for my local Airport Authority on one of my duties was to perform runway inspections. I would drive up to the hold line of the threshold of the active runway then radio something like, "ground staff 58, when able would like to enter 34 for inspection" once cleared to go I would proceed down the center line looking for FOD(foreign object debris)-fancy aviation name for "garbage". But these inspection are only done twice in a shift.
I would not like to pilot a massive aerodynamic shaped fuel tank with wheels, with some space left over for passengers. The whole thing is a fuel tank. 1 spark and.....flames.
@0m1nous I know that, I was trying to say about Fragility. Other aircraft could take more punishment than concorde. When it crashed something shoot up straight into its tanks under it. My comment was about Fragility.
Technically it was the Russians that created the concorde body first when they released the TU-144. The concorde followed later. Wing design and nose cone was copied from the Russians.
@123ATOM321 arguably designs for Concorde were 'stolen' by russian spies, which may have contributed to the similarities in the airframes. However, like everyone else I cannot know for sure and the one fact we can be sure of is the TU-144 flew first and was not as successful
@OliverWilby If you spend just a little time looking, you can find reliable sources on when/where the Russians were caught with stolen Concorde blueprints. It appears you couldn't be bothered to even look for your "facts". Work harder next time...
@beeroosterm I'm not sure why you're responding negatively when we agree that the TU144 program benefited from Concorde blueprints, maybe you're looking to have an argument? I only say no one can know because not all the details can possibly be released, though I am aware that many have. I'm sure anyone who wants to know more about the incident would be motivated enough to find the details themselves rather than relying blindly on a youtube commenter who's knowledge they cannot verify
@OliverWilby Excuse me, but that's not what you stated in your prior post. You stated that "arguably designs for Concorde were 'stolen' by russian spies" and "like everyone else I cannot know for sure". There is nothing to "argue" about; plans were absolutely stolen by Aeroflot's chief in Paris, Sergei Pavlov, who was eventually captured with blueprints for Concorde's landing gear. And Soviet spy Sergei Fabiew was eventually revealed to have stolen an entire set of blueprints. It's certain...
@beeroosterm Were they stolen or did someone inside hand them over? Unfortunately history is open to interpretation, so you cannot say its certain. Regardless of how it happened I never meant to dispute that blueprints of Concorde ended up in the hands of the Russians. If you want to debate further you're just being pedantic, I believe the issue has been exhausted. My comment regarding youtuber's knowledge was aimed at myself, I am not a expert on Concorde's history
@OliverWilby There is nothing to "interpret", you stubborn jerk! And you most certainly DID dispute everything! I'm uncertain as to your motivation but one thing is for certain: you are unable to admit you were wrong.
Why does every internet comment section have to degenerate into this bs. The Concorde was and is a beautiful airplane. A technological marvel. Yes, in the end, part of its weakness was its economic feasibility. But, who cares?? It was awesome. Just as the Apollo Program was awesome. Just as the space shuttle was awesome. Space Shuttle was supposed to cost 100's per pound lifted, ended up at 10 thousand. But still awesome. Stop the fighting children
Amazing view.
CountVis 1 day ago
Anyone in the know what sort of V1/VR split would that have been? What was the bell sounding 3x just after airborne? Cheers
bigrednz69 2 days ago
@bigrednz69 The bell was the micowave indicating the pilots pie was cooked.
eezy1972 23 hours ago
Cool channel
jonfromqueens 2 days ago
It's raining that's wierd
bigmaxy07 3 days ago
AFTERBURNERS!
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I hope one day i will fullfill my dream of becoming an aeronautic engineer, and i will RE-design this beauty! I still cannot believe it has been removed from the services
AeTheCrash 1 month ago
wish it was back in service
kingpieman99 1 month ago
how did you fly that in 2008 if it blew up in 2000
12344ronny 2 months ago
Let's hope this plane flies again one day.
tbsla13 2 months ago
AVION DE MALADE...
MrANTICAC 2 months ago
Взлётка как после войны, тряска ужасная.
DJPatiphone 2 months ago
lol the top comment joke is so corny
57world57 2 months ago
Nice
CmteSlash 3 months ago
sorry for asking but...what was the flight engineer doing arround 2:15
shamwoo91 3 months ago
@shamwoo91 Hi Shamwoo91, he was doing the noise abatement procedure. After take off the crew would lower the nose of Concorde to gain speed, whilst also reducing power (pulling the 4 throttles back with his left hand & cutting the afterburners with his right) so as not to cause too much noise down on the ground.
smf333 3 months ago
You had to fly the concorde like a fighter jet
alnilam66 3 months ago
This reminds of when I got stopped by a cop who asked me why I didn't stop at a red light. I told him "I was at V1 and was passed the point at which I could stop."
diapermanful 3 months ago 36
@diapermanful *V2
shandytrailers 3 weeks ago
@shandytrailers nope v2 is the speed at which you will climb
bigred312 2 days ago
man! i miss concorde!! i saw it twice in my life once taking off from heathrow from the top of the multi storey car park on a september evening and the second flying over edinburgh to mark the close of commonwealth games both in 1985. i was 11 at the time and it was just breathtaking.sadly missed.
scottm977 3 months ago
What a machine.
oMeGaSoLjaX 3 months ago
Concorde went out of service because after the crash, passengers lost faith in it and sales went down. BA tried to get passenger numbers back up but they couldnt so they had to retire her.
Danieagles 4 months ago
@Danieagles Concorde would be dead anyway now coz of fuel prices.
Pvjinflight 3 months ago 2
@Pvjinflight Put newer engines in.. But by now, it would be getting on a bit and would need to be replaced anyway. Give Russia 10 years, and something new would come about.
serifovicrules 3 months ago
ehhh hpta conducir una maquina de esas se debe sentir lo maximo del mundo..!!!!
txandrews 4 months ago
did concorde need 3 pilots?
1d2p3 4 months ago
@1d2p3 2 pilots and a flight engineer, the same in most planes up until recently. The engineer monitors gauges and is in control of most of the flight systems though they've been replaced today with computers, hope this helped. (:
AnkhorDraven 4 months ago
@1d2p3
The third guy is the flight engineer. He was there to monitor systems and performances. Most aircraft built in Concorde's era had them.
ImmortalSynn 4 months ago
@1d2p3 It didn't have 3 pilots. Pilot, first officer and flight engineer.
eezy1972 23 hours ago
Ah those pilots looks so calm & relaxed. Makes me feel better about flying in a few hours, lol.
Lynsey38025Part2 4 months ago
why on earth would u dislike this,,,u can dislike this without everyone's disagreement if u have a better plane and can operate it better than the people in the video,,,otherwise u're just jealous
shengsri 4 months ago
still the one and only, coolest passenger plan ever built
NickSayle 4 months ago
It was a money pit. Expensive to run with high fare costs combined with a crappy economy and there ya go. It was also very limited to where it could go at the end. Living by JFK and having worked at JFK during its time there, you always new when she was leaving and coming in.
contrails15 5 months ago
@contrails15 Concorde earned a fortune for British Airways. It may have been expensive but it was highly profitable for the airline.
roasthunter 4 months ago
Just like riding a bike...
KusadasiDuo 5 months ago
The more I know about this aircraft, the more it looks to me like an oversized jet fighter. It sounds like one in this video, anyway.
rolfen 5 months ago
Probably the most elegant piece of engineering in history.
TubularMonkey 5 months ago 65
@TubularMonkey What about the Saturn V?
StratosMatt 4 months ago
@StratosMatt Well lets say aviation history. Saturn V was a masterpiece.
TubularMonkey 4 months ago
@TubularMonkey no
throxnet 4 months ago
Oh there's a surprise, its raining :P
BeanMachine234 5 months ago
3 pilots amazing
MrEnzomoto 5 months ago
@MrEnzomoto Nope, just two pilots one engineer. I think :) (Pretty sure)
sharpers123 5 months ago
Way ahead of it's time. The finest plane that ever took to the skies and some dumb ass made a decision to scrap it. And they call it 'progress'.
jazzdrum100 5 months ago
The concorde didnt even last long enough for them to put in glass cockpits
kai1994 5 months ago
its a very nice but a very dangerous aircraft, it must take off at a very high speed and at an angle which is higher than most aircraft's.
djomercohen 5 months ago
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@djomercohen
DANGEROUS???
You are talking out your arse!!!
hearts76100 5 months ago
Lawyers and lawsuits kill all great innovation in this world! This great masterpiece should still be in the air!
pettyofficer30 5 months ago
I saw a programme about great inventions in which Jeremy Clarkson was almost having an orgasm about the GWR which he then swiftly compared with Concorde, I thought the man was about to come in his pants at the thought of how British it all was. Fact is that Brunel was half French and Concorde was half French.
dutchgoing 5 months ago
Its not the fact she was overdue to retire on which i agree. Its the fact that we havn't replaced it since and it was a prime example of britain at its finnest
Gooshi39 6 months ago
I miss London I was there in July
51Destroyer 6 months ago
Yay, Qantas at 0:15!
RZ3296 6 months ago
i wouldnt have like to go in this plane i would rather travel bit safer lol
emnemz8 6 months ago
@emnemz8 the crash that the concorde got in to was caused by a piece of metal in the runway in could happen to any other aircraft aswell the concorede was a very safe plane
jamiel66 6 months ago
636roadrunner - I heard that the main problem was a rising price for fuel.
Concord always was unprofitable flight, because it requires really a lot of fuel.
So the price rising did a "headshot" for the entire concord project - it became absolutely unaffordable flight.
liciying 6 months ago
@liciying Oh yeah, in all honesty I bet that had a big card in it too. Also considering the main airlines that ran concorde weren't doing so hot either.
I really hate the fact that this masterpiece of engineering had to be grounded.
636roadrunner 6 months ago
for all the technological frontiers that amazing machine surpassed, it had a very old cockpit design with a lot of analogue dials and gauges.. hell my 30 year old cessna is more modern cockpit wise (albeit a little slower ) :P. Such a waste of a machine decades ahead of its time though
JOSH15492 6 months ago
@JOSH15492 haha, but as analogue as the flight deck was, it was one of the first aircraft to have fly-by-wire controls and a throttle computer ;) An absolutely beautiful aircraft which is greatly missed by many.
Chrisrex83 6 months ago
Was the person filming doing the im a litttle teapot dance or something
bikeandscooterbasics 6 months ago
Woooww amazing 1 more time
StAndrewsDude 6 months ago
@alexparise1 They were able to fix them........It was just an expensive fix.
636roadrunner 7 months ago
my driving instructor said never to take your hands off the steering wheel!!!
razu2444 7 months ago
@razu2444 i think the captain was handling the t/o
TheSaadAhmed125 5 months ago
Concorde was my Girl friend. But the stupid Aviation people had to divorce me and her because she kept getting drunk and crashing. But Everyone who gets a DUI test gets a second chance out of jail. So lets get Concorde off the ground and into the sky! Spread the word
Poppinit905 7 months ago
@Poppinit905 It wasn't quite the crashing that was the problem. The airlines viewed Concorde as a financial loss. People were scared to fly in her after the design problems i.e. shredding tires causing ruptured fuel tanks To fix those design flaws, that would cost money that the airlines did not have. Basically the public were either too nervous, or too poor to fly in Concorde.
I completely agree however, that we should get Concorde back in the air. We just need the money.....
636roadrunner 7 months ago
@636roadrunner A great comment. Agreed 100% !!!
cc1sportingtorver 6 months ago
We all really miss the Concorde...here in southern Rhode Island..I used to hear the sonic booms way out over the Atlantic on a regular clockwork schedule....many htought it was real thunder..but I knew it was the Concorde...flying in from London and/or Paris..on over to NYC's JFK airposrt....I was right behind one, BTW..when I was at JFK heading down to Ixtapa, Mexico on 2/24/85..even took a 8mm movie of it!!!
tstormmoulton1 7 months ago
Probably best to scrap it when they did - the instrumentation looks like something out of a WW2 bomber
kcirdrab 7 months ago
@kcirdrab All the planes of this era had instrumentation like that
aspiringdrummer17 7 months ago
awesome but the cockpit looks so ancient
mh295zerbernak 7 months ago
cool :)
FifaGamerable 7 months ago
Well, tried to comment, but was cut off. I took Concorde in Sept. '89 - a really stirring thing. We on this earth fight and invent weapons to outdo each other's countries. What an interesting thing it would be if we got together (as happened when Concorde was developed) and used our creative genius as a species to make our world better. If we can develop a lady as phenomenal as Concorde, why can't we develop a way to keep the peace?
hillyhill8645 7 months ago
@hillyhill8645
Men with this kind of thought are very dangerous for very kinda of government. For instance Ngo Dinh Diem and JFK, if you know what I mean.
kwings714 7 months ago
We had the most beautiful and fastest commercial airplane known to mankind, and then some lazy mechanic had to ruin it for all of us by not checking the DC10 that took off before Flight 4590. I hope we'll see a supersonic airliner again in the future.
H3A2T 8 months ago 71
@H3A2T And a pilot that allowed the aircraft to leave 1ton overweight
globalste 5 months ago
@H3A2T Im hearing Their bringing the concorde back some time soon
64MojoMan 5 months ago
@64MojoMan You sound like PMDG...
arjennovic 5 months ago
@H3A2T
Until we get a more-efficient supersonic engine, there's no point in making another one. Airlines learned long ago that speed isn't as important as the amount of weight (passengers and/or cargo) you carry per flight.
The Boeing 787 (which FINALLY received FAA flight certification August 2011) originally started as the more-exotic-looking Sonic Cruiser, and even it was designed to be faster than other modern commercial aircraft and yet still did not break the sound barrier.
EVAUnit4A 5 months ago
@H3A2T There were many other reasons why Concorde retired. And it looks like they're going to try and get one Concorde to fly for the 2012 Olympics.
NCONiall 5 months ago
@NCONiall
Not a chance that that's going to happen. There's none in Airworthy condition. They considered and rejected even getting F-BTSD to taxi, and she's the only one left with a working hydraulics system. She's not coming back, unfortunately, and certainly not for any Olympics spectacle.
ImmortalSynn 4 months ago
@H3A2T it would have gone out of service witout the accident
MattWebb1000 4 months ago
@H3A2T the hi costs per fly that are the reason concordes arent flying anymore and not the accident itself
blaze909 4 months ago
@H3A2T The Boeing 797 ;)
TheBoeing737Pilot 4 months ago
@H3A2T
Your assessment is woefully simplistic.... if it were that simple, there never would've been a grounding following the crash.
ImmortalSynn 4 months ago
@H3A2T Sadly, I doubt we ever will. Boeing had the specs to make a competitor prior to 9/11, but thanks to the airline industry tanking up until recently all plans for that were scrapped. Now it's how much fuel can I save? How green can I make it on the environment? The airline industry just didn't have the money to buy into a new aircraft after 9/11. If the 9/11 attacks hadn't happened, I do believe we would now have a new Boeing super sonic jet AND Concorde sill flying high :(.
t08jtr 4 months ago
@t08jtr If they can make a super sonic plane as fuel efficient as a jet liner then it will happen. But as you said, cost and going green are the two biggest hurdles to get over. Planes will evolve over time but its just something we have all gotten used too. Planes are the safest mode of travel and much faster than driving so getting to that destination in half the time really doesnt matter to most people who are already in awe at the speed they are going.
DreamsMemories 4 months ago
@H3A2T More Supersonic Airplanes in the future? Theres Probably gna be flying human technology by 2100 :D
Kirzeh 3 months ago
So sad to see that beautiful plane get retired. It belongs in the sky and NOT in a museum! I did get the privilege to see it land first-hand at JFK some years ago.
nenblom 8 months ago
God bless the old bird. Just think - supersonic commercial flight is now considered 'a thing of the past'. Who'd have thought eh? :o(
NightSlacker1 8 months ago
Cockpit has old fashion instruments only. Didn't they digitalized?
pilgrimgoestonaos 8 months ago
@pilgrimgoestonaos The Concorde never had a glass cockpit retrofitted.
VIR092 7 months ago
Cock damage
hearts76100 8 months ago
Buy back the old model with extra cup holders!
webb99lynx 8 months ago
i could be the first officer here!
sgaerials 8 months ago
Talk about gauges for days holy! What a plane!
SHAMIRMCLEISH 8 months ago
Haha, the handle is just like my bike's ;)
afgrocks123 8 months ago
Should not have shut the program down just improved the landing gear and people crying over sound barrier. Its not like they are gonna do it over populated areas. Money men have no respect for the beauty of flight.
akula5151 9 months ago
@akula5151 they had to. they had to make the wheels tougher, making it that much more expensive to build, and not enough tickets were being sold to make up for it. Tickets on concorde were expensive, because the whole thing is first class. It's like a fancy restaurant on a plane, so it was expensive to even get on.
cvbcbcmv 8 months ago
@cvbcbcmv have you seen the tribute video set to Time to Say Goodbye pretty awsome. cracked me up when it ended up in a step brothers lol......
akula5151 8 months ago
Should not have shut the program down just improved the landing gear and people crying over sound barrier. Its not like they are gonna do it over populated areas. Money men have no respect for the beauty of flight.
akula5151 9 months ago
I love that moment around 1:03, when it starts to power up it's engines and for a split second it's like the whole world's going "shh, just listen to this."
Either that or my computer's malfunctioning again.
CattanWolf19 9 months ago 2
It's crazy how the technology was way ahead of the time... wish they still had them around today. Now we may have safer, newer planes, but nothing the compares to the beauty of the concorde, and the speed...
danman132x 9 months ago
What a beautiful bird that was..
MegaNorwegianViking 9 months ago
what every pilot dreams about!
baconsplace 9 months ago
Look hom many instruments their are compared to a b737 . anyway this is an old plane so no glass panels. What a nice plane.
Mr1997Flight 9 months ago
Those Concordes were good old birds. Fast, safe,strong built, reliable, and very comfortable for the lack of turbulence.....but also very THIRSTY. The avionics are a little outdated, though again very reliable, but these are essentially 1960s technology aircraft. Aircraft companies need to look into supersonic technology again, but without the excessive fuel consumption of the old Concordes.
Lex5576 9 months ago
how can people dislike this video????
topgun767 9 months ago
Cool love it. I have classic DVD Concord. I hope 1 one day it will come back in to serivce
Virginatlantic28 9 months ago
i love how the camera man is shaking the camera to make it look rumbly lol
ianmansfieldtv 9 months ago
@ianmansfieldtv
not really, how about you go on a super-sonic plane and try to hold up a camera?
KIEBagged 9 months ago
@KIEBagged well when you put it that way =P
ianmansfieldtv 9 months ago
why not just give that thing a stick? it's basically a fighter with a passenger compartment
guahcap 9 months ago 2
@guahcap Yeah, and also install RWR, add AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles to it, add MK-82 guided bombs to it SURE WHY NOT !! ^,^ more weps the merrier.
oh wait i forgot - add a GAU-8 gatling gun to it too. adds perfection. xD
Juppie902 5 months ago
the best plane ever built
MrForestpotato 9 months ago
Simplesmente fantásticooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
csb535858 10 months ago
is fantastic
TheAvigdor 10 months ago
what a steep takeoff angle. SWEET MACHINE!!
dustyflair 10 months ago
When you think about it, Concorde was 1960's technology. If the need were there, we would be able to build another SST that's probably cheaper to run, quieter and much more fuel efficient. But despite all that it would still be less practical than the current mode of air transport. I'm still amazed Concorde went through, Boeing said Fuck it, this shit is expensive lol Who knows what the future may bring though.
phillyslasher 10 months ago
European made planes. Damn Europe you scary!
houshidar558 10 months ago
I love the "rams horns" control columns. Seems most British aircraft had them at this time
NZtegmen 10 months ago
check the runway for debris
paulhunter123 10 months ago
A step backwards? Only the wealthy could fly in it. One less toy for the rich.
Handiman544 10 months ago
@Handiman544 it wasn't only for the wealthy, it wasn't to expensive to fly on, anyway, even if your not flying on it, it's still fantastic
boltjet135 10 months ago
All my hopes and dreams are pointed to rich weirdos like Travolta. When some multi-million rich dude will buy one? Maybe some oil-super-rich Sheikh could make one fly again? Thanks to Travolta we can see a beautiful plane from a great era still flying. It's not everyday that you see a Boeing 707 in mint condition flying around. Imagine seeing someone's collector's piece - a Concorde taking off with mighty roar of four afterburners, just for the beauty of it.
soberek 10 months ago
bring her back! bring her back! bring her back! bring her back! bring her back!
MrVeeeg 10 months ago
sounds like TTC streetcar
GordonFreemanD40 10 months ago
I bet if I went to a video actually about guns, racism, sexism or politics, I'd see less arguing over it than I do clicking 'Concorde take's off'
lexichronicle2 10 months ago 53
@lexichronicle2 I bet if I shot you in the ass you'd stop posting stupid messages on YouTube.
SuperApparition 9 months ago
@lexichronicle2 Unfortunately, that's not the case...on youtube, a website dominated by young males, arguing is de riguer...a video titled...sleeping little lambs, with just that... would have a big argument below it...
Juaakili 7 months ago
@lexichronicle2 Probably very, very true, lexi! XD
Writeowl 6 months ago
Such a step backwards in getting rid of this plane
tjb234567 10 months ago 191
@tjb234567 if they didnt get rid of these, I think the oil in this world would be gone lol
SWAairlinePilot 9 months ago
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@tjb234567 I agree, very true!
strafrag1 9 months ago
@tjb234567 I agree that it was a step back to not keep developing super sonic air transports. But it was not really a mistake in retiring Concord. She was an old aircraft. It gets VERY expensive to maintain
kjdavey 8 months ago
@kjdavey AMEN
Shazzamnwithoutus 8 months ago
@tjb234567 Not really, this plan was a beutiful and extraordinary piece of engineering, but it proved a commercial dead end, the physics of breaking the speed barrier, and the long run cost of fuel, redirected mass transit towards volume over speed. This is not a knock on Concorde, as it was an perfect specimen of human discovery in the long process of invention by our species.
Juaakili 7 months ago
@tjb234567 Absolutely!
zo219 7 months ago
@tjb234567 grandfather flew on this. i didnt have a chance. they killed programme. :( ahh well. perhaps one day somethign like it will exist
yamahonkawazuki 6 months ago
@tjb234567
I disagree. the plane was 35 years old when they stopped flying it. Its engines were incredibly uneconomical, heralding from an era when aviation fuel was as cheap as chips and nobody gave a hoot about carbon emission.
Concorde was overdue to be scrapped.
Could we use another super sonic passenger jet?
sure - if there is demand..
But not Concorde.
pianoplayeruk 6 months ago
@pianoplayeruk - the wihte flag waving surrender monkey french cunts wanted to get rid of concorde for 2 reasons. 1. they wanted to get out of the parts contract and 2. they were too fucking stupid to work out how to make a profit on it, unlike BA. Remember, France killed off Princess Diana. I love France but hate the useless cunts who live there, namely the fucking useless french.
Cyberwwwizard 6 months ago
@Cyberwwwizard
Oh for God's sake you bitter soul get a life!
Concorde was was 35 years old - end of story.
pianoplayeruk 6 months ago
@pianoplayeruk - Yes and how long has the B52 flown or the Bear Tu95 or the Nimrod? Far longer so 35 years is young in comparison and cannot be used to say it was old and past it. France wanted out so it engineered a way out and that is a fact.
Cyberwwwizard 6 months ago
@Cyberwwwizard
You and that other guy don't seem to be getting my message. I'm not the slightest bit interested in who wanted out in or any other fucking way.
Concorde was overdue to retire regardless. Any aircraft including those you mention were also very long overdue to retire.
Fin!
Concorde had long long ago reached the end of the road.
pianoplayeruk 6 months ago
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@pianoplayeruk -- who gives a fuck what you think?
Cyberwwwizard 6 months ago
Charles De Gualle (LFPG) was a nightmare for this airplane although it is a very good airport.
TheHedgehogPilot 10 months ago
dose any one know the G's you get wen a concorde accelerates ??
lego1991 10 months ago
It was slower than what I was excpected....
fawii 10 months ago
@fawii i thought the same...
venigil 10 months ago
lol imagine if american airlines had a concorde they would probably trash it in a day
229wazup 10 months ago 2
@229wazup AND I IMAGINE THAT IF YOU HAD IT YOU WOULD PROBABLY GET IT UP YOUR ASS
Joansito1985 10 months ago
3...2...1...Go.
Magic.
turricaned 11 months ago
cool
joke8510 11 months ago
The third man is no longer needed. The Concorde engineer's main duties appeared to be shuffling fuel around to different tanks to trim the plane, helping with noise abatement takeoffs, and responding to caution lights.
beeroosterm 11 months ago
Bloody computers... I'd rather have a third man in the cockpit. just they way it should be for big planes like 747/A380.
nicodavid26 11 months ago
Stupid arguments LMFAO
AsianPerson3 11 months ago
@AsianPerson3 thats why youre asian
fuatskyline 11 months ago
@fuatskyline And your a Redneck. No the world isn't flat dumbass!
AsianPerson3 11 months ago
@AsianPerson3 I'm a british redneck.. idiot
fuatskyline 11 months ago
@fuatskyline K British Redneck... You're still a retard dude.
AsianPerson3 11 months ago
@AsianPerson3 yeah like yo mum.. we are in the same retard school. shes not doing well
fuatskyline 11 months ago
@fuatskyline Gah common! I really think you can do better than that! Just don't hurt yourself trying too hard ok?
AsianPerson3 11 months ago
@GRAFF310 that famous airfrance crash was caused by a stupid american plane.. nothing to do with concorde.. You can see it if you do some research.. Concordes were as safe as normal planes
fuatskyline 11 months ago
@fuatskyline Nothing to do with the Concorde! You should do some research about the known design problem with the Concorde and its fuel tanks! The whole crash could have been avoided if 1 item was added to the pre flight checklist! Step #1: Sweep entire runway with broom, removing any foreign objects including but not limited to parts or pieces that have fallen off of other aircraft which previously used the same runway!
motenak 9 months ago
@motenak I agree 1000%. I used to work for my local Airport Authority on one of my duties was to perform runway inspections. I would drive up to the hold line of the threshold of the active runway then radio something like, "ground staff 58, when able would like to enter 34 for inspection" once cleared to go I would proceed down the center line looking for FOD(foreign object debris)-fancy aviation name for "garbage". But these inspection are only done twice in a shift.
robertkurt2 9 months ago
I would not like to pilot a massive aerodynamic shaped fuel tank with wheels, with some space left over for passengers. The whole thing is a fuel tank. 1 spark and.....flames.
tku28 11 months ago
@tku28 Then I guess you do not want to be a pilot...
because guess what is in the wings and belly of every plane you fly on... FUEL!!
That's right!! The internals of EVERY wing that you fly on today in the airlines is a BIG FUEL TANK! The entire wing is filled with FUEL!
Hate to be the bearer of bad news! :)
0m1nous 11 months ago
@0m1nous I know that, I was trying to say about Fragility. Other aircraft could take more punishment than concorde. When it crashed something shoot up straight into its tanks under it. My comment was about Fragility.
tku28 11 months ago
Technically it was the Russians that created the concorde body first when they released the TU-144. The concorde followed later. Wing design and nose cone was copied from the Russians.
123ATOM321 11 months ago
@123ATOM321 arguably designs for Concorde were 'stolen' by russian spies, which may have contributed to the similarities in the airframes. However, like everyone else I cannot know for sure and the one fact we can be sure of is the TU-144 flew first and was not as successful
OliverWilby 11 months ago
@OliverWilby If you spend just a little time looking, you can find reliable sources on when/where the Russians were caught with stolen Concorde blueprints. It appears you couldn't be bothered to even look for your "facts". Work harder next time...
beeroosterm 11 months ago
@beeroosterm I'm not sure why you're responding negatively when we agree that the TU144 program benefited from Concorde blueprints, maybe you're looking to have an argument? I only say no one can know because not all the details can possibly be released, though I am aware that many have. I'm sure anyone who wants to know more about the incident would be motivated enough to find the details themselves rather than relying blindly on a youtube commenter who's knowledge they cannot verify
OliverWilby 11 months ago
@OliverWilby Excuse me, but that's not what you stated in your prior post. You stated that "arguably designs for Concorde were 'stolen' by russian spies" and "like everyone else I cannot know for sure". There is nothing to "argue" about; plans were absolutely stolen by Aeroflot's chief in Paris, Sergei Pavlov, who was eventually captured with blueprints for Concorde's landing gear. And Soviet spy Sergei Fabiew was eventually revealed to have stolen an entire set of blueprints. It's certain...
beeroosterm 11 months ago
@beeroosterm Were they stolen or did someone inside hand them over? Unfortunately history is open to interpretation, so you cannot say its certain. Regardless of how it happened I never meant to dispute that blueprints of Concorde ended up in the hands of the Russians. If you want to debate further you're just being pedantic, I believe the issue has been exhausted. My comment regarding youtuber's knowledge was aimed at myself, I am not a expert on Concorde's history
OliverWilby 11 months ago
@OliverWilby There is nothing to "interpret", you stubborn jerk! And you most certainly DID dispute everything! I'm uncertain as to your motivation but one thing is for certain: you are unable to admit you were wrong.
beeroosterm 11 months ago
Why does every internet comment section have to degenerate into this bs. The Concorde was and is a beautiful airplane. A technological marvel. Yes, in the end, part of its weakness was its economic feasibility. But, who cares?? It was awesome. Just as the Apollo Program was awesome. Just as the space shuttle was awesome. Space Shuttle was supposed to cost 100's per pound lifted, ended up at 10 thousand. But still awesome. Stop the fighting children
NitinDatt 11 months ago
@1967nj Not surprising; nihilists are the ultimate trolls...
beeroosterm 11 months ago
Has been said before and shall be said again, you are an idiot.
justalilrandom 11 months ago