Concorde landing and taking off at Liverpool Airport (Part 1)

'Original' video of Concorde's last day taken at Liverpool Airport on Saturaday 10th April 1999. This is the first of two visits made on that day.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Liverpool
• Airport
• Concorde
• Landing
• Take
• Off

[fooksake69]

A stunning aircraft, for Concorde not to be flying is a crime, when you consider the fact that sir richard branson was willing to take on concorde and had a plan to make it profitable you just have to ask yourself is the british goverment a bunch of fannys? It is a massive step backwards for concorde not to be flying the sky's.

[Whild91]

Amazing, unbelievable, great, fabulous...And of course very beautiful aircraft!!!

[lonewolfkay1990]

@superskullmaster it caused a shock wave as it hit the wing, dislodging one of the wires which sparked and ingnited the fuel. it was a large piece when you think of the size of the wheel and how thick the tires have to be to take the friction on the runway upon approach. it was shown on one the episodes of "Seconds From Disaster"

[HerrVladimir]

Breaking the sound barrier 6:50-54. Now that's fast.

[superskullmaster]

@lonewolfkay1990 So yea, i'm not saying the DC-10 was/is the greatest design ever but im pretty sure a small piece of rubber would not cause it to burst into flames. That was reserved for the Concorde.

[TEMPUSFUGIT1970]

I miss seeing Concorde landing at Liverpool airport, it was an incredible sight to see it coming in from the direction of Hale village.

Crowds would gather on Dungeon lane right under the landing path, to see it coming over the trees so slowly it just looked it was hanging there, the noise as it flew so low over your head was just incredible.

Amazing sight and badly missed , nothing compares to it.

[SaveConcorde]

@MovieMad007 correction it was FOD from a Continental Jet.

[DattheY]

A nice piece of video dude. I first saw her at Liverpool when I was about 13 back in 1986. I've since gone on to spend my life in the air due to the inspiration she gave me. A beautiful machine, years ahead of her time and sadly missed. A fighter jet with passengers!

[lonewolfkay1990]

@MovieMad007 Yea It was some bodge job from the engine of a DC-10, they tend to fall to pieces as they're poorly designed, and to reduce the casualties they're mainly just just for cargo and mailing companies these days. And they are poorly maintained. there was around 300 of them, only 100 remain.

[24hire]

Well there is one thing I can say about this video on her departure from LPL (EGGP)

I was on the plane and O.M.G what a baby

[MovieMad007]

@mactheweld ...and France (Concorde means joint effort)...Concorde Agreement!!!

[MovieMad007]

But because of Government admin cuts and airlines unable to foot the operational bills of this magnificent creation and one tragic accident at Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle (which was not Concordes' fault I may add...it was FOD left on the runway by a previous American Airlines plane about 55 mins before) which caused the fatal fire which engulfed Her, when Concorde's wheels kicked up the debris on take off. This is what eventually lead to the entire Concorde fleet being grounded permanently!