Concorde (merged)

[Genghis the Engineer]

I'm afraid that on the basis I had to get some work done today, I watched it on TV - quite a remarkable sight. I do hope that view of one on short finals and a second on long finals behind makes it into a poster - would look very nice on my office wall.

And well done to the BBC interviewer chappie for having the good sense to keep quiet and let Raymond Baxter do an impromtue commentary - he looks a lot older, but I don't think his voice has changed in 30 years.

So, apart from Concorde crews, did anybody in the British aircraft industry do any work this afternoon?

G

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Good ol' John Hutchinson having a dig at the French for wanting to clobber the magnificent beast, and a dig at BA and CAA for allowing them to do it.

I thought he was going to get controversial for a bit then

SSD

PS Anyone know the regs of the 3 concs ?

[Micky]

Concord Flight Manual?????

Hello ,
I am looking for a way to get hold of a Concord Flight manual Try'ed to get one over ebay, but did not work Has anybody got an idea or hint were to get one?????
Would be great full for any help!!!!!!!

Thanks

Micky

Sad to see here go

[tiger burn]

Thanks Peter- we stood atop the Wellington Arch, babies in tow & Laurent Perrier in hand & had what must have been one of the best views in London as the 3 Concordes came over. They were all out on the balcony at Buckingham Palace too.

A sad but very proud day. I sincerely hope that this is not the end & that supersonic skills will not be wasted.

tb

(grats to pprune admin 1 for getting me back on line in time!)

[Jordan D]

Some lovely pics. I hope to have some of my own from EDI today up within the next 24hrs,

Jordan

[PAXboy]

wub: Simply staggering. Well done! Some of the finest images of the bird that I have ever seen. I know Mulhouse quite well and was very pleased to see these pictures. Thanks very much for the trouble of posting them.

[NineLima]

Concorde's Last Day

4 Photos from LHR today

[Grob Driver]

Hi,

I’m fortunate enough to be over in Seattle at the moment… Just wondered if anyone is able to confirm if a Concorde is coming to the museum here, and if so, does anyone know the arrival date? I assume she’ll be flying in if she does make it over… Back in England in 2nd November… Will I be lucky enough to see her fly one last time?

Many thanks

Grob Driver

[Flying Lawyer]

I've posted a video of the last Concorde leaving JFK here.

[BEagle]

Thanks, FL!

Interesting to compare the real avaition people on TV yesterday, such as John Hutchinson and Raymond Baxter - even, dare I say it, Tony Benn - with the drab BA suits and lords. Not a flicker of emotion from Skippy.....

[wub]

Did anyone see Nick Witchell interviewing Duke of Edinburgh about Concorde? The poor bloke tried to get HRH to enthuse and the best he could muster was "It was nothing special, it just got you there faster that's all" and of his memory of watching it at the Golden Jubilee flypast; "Well, what can one say...it flew past"

Pr!ck

[HZ123]

Nothing is ever special when you get it all for free and do not know how to run a bath. Imagine the problems trying to decide what uniform to wear.

[Man-on-the-fence]

Pr!ck

I totally agree, Nick Witchell is a Pr!ck

[Saab Dastard]

SSD

The 3 Concordes were AE, AF and AG, and I think they actually landed E, F, G, tho' I could be wrong.

I was watching from my house, where I get a good view of aircraft on final for 27 (closer to L than R, but never mind) and listening to director and tower - AF was "told off" for being on the wrong tower frequency (.7 rather than .5).

Amazing sight, very poignant. Really unbelievable that that's it. Over.

SD

[JDK]

Hi all,
I think most of it has been said. However, I'm glad I went to Birmingham rather than Heathrow. The crowds, cops and security were relaxed, professional and friendly, and didn't threaten a flat spin like the incompetents at BAA and BA Heathrow.

I've posted muy Birmingham pics at http://community.webshots.com/user/buchonalia
Please enjoy!

I think I've captured the mix of the crowd as well as the plane - what other machine could get so many different people to come and see?

In memoriam,

JamesK

[Jordan D]

Could someone suggest the best method of me getting my EDI pics online?

Jordan

[JDK]

There's lots of routes.
One is you can go to www.webshots.com and follow the instructions for free albums. Works for me.
Cheers
James

[Genghis the Engineer]

Link to a picture on the Daily Telegraph's website

[treadigraph]

Ahhhh, the incomparible Matt!

Now a question....

Discussing the prematurely - to put it charitably - Concorde with my Mother yesterday, I talked about the first time we saw it, motoring down the approach into Heathrow, must have been August 1975, on a proving flight...

"Oh no", she said, "we saw it with your father over Richmond in September 1969". She's quite adamant that is fact, though I don't recall it at all, though I do recollect that stay in Richmond - we were staying at the Exiles Club prior to moving out to Kenya.

The old man is not a round to ask any more - so does any one know if 002 did visit Heathrow that soon into its test programme?

Cheers

Treadders

[newswatcher]

Sitting in the sunshine by the Thames, outside "The London Apprentice", with a pint of good beer in my hand. Was there a better way to see them go!