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[doog]

here is a picture  taken over my town on the last  flight of G-BOAF

[Timbuk]

Any one on here ever have the privilege of flying on one

[Mr Skrunts]

Any one on here ever have the privilege of flying on one

Was thinking about asking the same question, I wish I had the privelidge.  My only claim to fame is that I saw it 2 loops at the Finningly air show in the early 70's

[doog]

Any one on here ever have the privilege of flying on one

nope not here couldnt afford it   even tried to win a ticket for one of the last flights


Concorde could not fly all the way at supersonic speeds due to the sonic boom and had to fly at subsonic speeds  over populated areas  except on the last flight in which they gunned it flew  G-BOAD to Boston set a record for the fastest transatlantic flight from east to west, making the trip from London Heathrow in 3 hours, 5 minutes, 34 seconds.

[Timbuk]

Any one on here ever have the privilege of flying on one

nope not here couldnt afford it   even tried to win a ticket for one of the last flights


Concorde could not fly all the way at supersonic speeds due to the sonic boom and had to fly at subsonic speeds  over populated areas  except on the last flight in which they gunned it flew  G-BOAD to Boston set a record for the fastest transatlantic flight from east to west, making the trip from London Heathrow in 3 hours, 5 minutes, 34 seconds.

Me neither but my jammy git of a brother won a flight on one many moons ago

[Andy B]

Aircraft carrier is the USS Intrepid....

http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/

 .......

Just a bit bigger than our HMS Insipid was then!   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Intrepid_(L11)

[Marks DTM Calib]

Looks to be in a better state than the Uk one to !

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1126951/Farewell-warrior-Falklands-veteran-broken-claim-piece-eBay.html

[Kevin Wood]

If anyone's interested in the Concorde story I can recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Supersonic-Secrets-Unofficial-Biography-Concorde/dp/0954661702

Some very interesting insight, especially into the events leading up to them retiring from service and the reasons for it (including Air France very nearly losing a second Concorde to pilot error following their return to service after the Paris crash).

Kevin

[LaserLance]

If i remember right theres a french concorde in a little museum (parking lot) with some other planes just outside Orly airport Paris,thought it would be better up a  Le Bourgeut at the aerospace museum ,but there might be one in there as well

[Kevin Wood]

I suspect we won't see engineering like that again. Not in this country at least.

A mate of mine once confessed that he let out a "break me" under his breath at the start of the ground run when he flew on Concorde. This from a guy who spent the early part of his life flying Vampires and other jets of that era.

A couple of times I was tempted to squander my savings on a Concorde trip but dismissed the idea as a pointless extravagence. Something I'll probably always regret not indulging in.   Funny how things look different in hindsight.

I have great memories of staring up those afterburners at the Farnborough air show, though, and of "that noise" at 7:15pm every evening as she routed out over Camberley.

Kevin

[Lizzie_Zoom]

ok  since this is something close to my heart  i can tell you where the 7 BA concordes are they were registered G-BOAA through to G-BOAF

G-BOAA  is at east fortune airfield  in Edinburgh
G-BOAB On display Airside at Heathrow
G-BOAC (flagship plane) is at Manchester Airport
G-BOAD USS Intrepid in New York
G-BOAE Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
G-BOAF Filton Airfiled, Bristol  (they were made here )
G-BOAG Museum of Flight, Seattle

these are the BA planes  there were 3 more Concordes built in the uk
2 were prototypes and one was a pre-production planes

G-BSST   Preserved Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset, England, on behalf of Science Museum

G-AXDN  Imperial War Museum, Duxford

G-BBDG  Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey

so thats where they all are now (not counting the French ones)
theres loads of info on conc's over at concordesst.com

Doug

With the wings built at the then Weybridge, Brooklands, factory in Surrey, which I saw on a school trip in 1968.  We also met the famous Barnes Wallace who still 'hovered' around the plant. 8-) 8-) 8-)  He had actually come up with the original concept of a supersonic airliner, which he had a great model of, on which Concorde was based on 8-) 8-).

[Jay w]

we used to live alongside the runway at Filton in the 80's and 90's.

Concorde used to come in for servicing on a regular basis and then take off again for London on an evening.....

We would know it was her as the double glazed windows rattled like mad, she used to lift off and with the sun setting behind her it was a sight to behold, never to be repeated  

i would have loved to have travelled on her, but alas it was not meant to be

[cem_devecioglu]

Any one on here ever have the privilege of flying on one

nope not here couldnt afford it   even tried to win a ticket for one of the last flights


Concorde could not fly all the way at supersonic speeds due to the sonic boom and had to fly at subsonic speeds  over populated areas  except on the last flight in which they gunned it flew  G-BOAD to Boston set a record for the fastest transatlantic flight from east to west, making the trip from London Heathrow in 3 hours, 5 minutes, 34 seconds.

Great plane...

sad story..

never had any chance to fly with one of those..and no chance from now on

but airbus compared to concorde,  is slow as a turtle ..meaningless..

[doog]

ok  since this is something close to my heart  i can tell you where the 7 BA concordes are they were registered G-BOAA through to G-BOAF

G-BOAA  is at east fortune airfield  in Edinburgh
G-BOAB On display Airside at Heathrow
G-BOAC (flagship plane) is at Manchester Airport
G-BOAD USS Intrepid in New York
G-BOAE Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
G-BOAF Filton Airfiled, Bristol  (they were made here )
G-BOAG Museum of Flight, Seattle

these are the BA planes  there were 3 more Concordes built in the uk
2 were prototypes and one was a pre-production planes

G-BSST   Preserved Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset, England, on behalf of Science Museum

G-AXDN  Imperial War Museum, Duxford

G-BBDG  Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey

so thats where they all are now (not counting the French ones)
theres loads of info on conc's over at concordesst.com

Doug

With the wings built at the then Weybridge, Brooklands, factory in Surrey, which I saw on a school trip in 1968.  We also met the famous Barnes Wallace who still 'hovered' around the plant. 8-) 8-) 8-)  He had actually come up with the original concept of a supersonic airliner, which he had a great model of, on which Concorde was based on 8-) 8-).

yes Lizzie you are correct  the wings were built at brooklands  what i should have said  was assembly was at Filton

Doug