The Concorde thread (Don't start a separate one!)
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Landing: Two for the price of one. Why not I say especially when it will be their last landing. We all do it fellas, were all humans, well done chaps.
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One suspects the pilot of AE might have had a tear or two stuff up his aiming point!!
And as for never hearing the end of it, he'll be able to stop any jibes dead with 'Well, mate, at least I was on it, at the sharp end. Where were you??!!'
(or is the front actually the 'blunt end' when a Conc is landing??!!)
One suspects the pilot of AE might have had a tear or two stuff up his aiming point!!
And as for never hearing the end of it, he'll be able to stop any jibes dead with 'Well, mate, at least I was on it, at the sharp end. Where were you??!!'
(or is the front actually the 'blunt end' when a Conc is landing??!!)
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Fantastic to watch, but so sad. Today the romance left commercial flying forever, at least for me. A salute to all the personnel who flew and supported the finest aeroplane that ever flew. We'll all miss her.
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Probably everyone's seen these already, but I liked the photos at:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...rde_18&cid=518
(click on slideshows)
I've seen and heard the Concorde fly overhead, and always thought it was great.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...rde_18&cid=518
(click on slideshows)
I've seen and heard the Concorde fly overhead, and always thought it was great.
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Amen to that Scroggs! I watched from the first instant TV started it's coverage. BBC was perhaps best but I liked Sky too.
Congrats to ATC who did a great job. The landings were entirely normal to my mind. Not ALL mine were good. Can anyone say any different!
Bloody sad day. And I earnestly believe an unnecessary decision for more reasons than one.
Congrats to ATC who did a great job. The landings were entirely normal to my mind. Not ALL mine were good. Can anyone say any different!
Bloody sad day. And I earnestly believe an unnecessary decision for more reasons than one.
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I live in Belgium and while channel hopping a few days ago I found a program that appeared to show a group of people taking apart a Conc. and putting it on a large flatbed truck for road transport.
I just couldn't bear to watch more than a few seconds.... but I got the distinct impression that after unbolting a section cutters were being used to sever any cables that kepts the bits together. Anyone know more about this and where it was going?
I just couldn't bear to watch more than a few seconds.... but I got the distinct impression that after unbolting a section cutters were being used to sever any cables that kepts the bits together. Anyone know more about this and where it was going?
yachtpilot - Sir Richard Branson!
Certainly not Marshall, King or Skippy. Or 'Stavros', for that matter.
And the 'bounce' was only her way of saying that she wasn't ready to finish just yet - and wanted another take-off at least!
It wasn't Porky, by the way.
Certainly not Marshall, King or Skippy. Or 'Stavros', for that matter.
And the 'bounce' was only her way of saying that she wasn't ready to finish just yet - and wanted another take-off at least!
It wasn't Porky, by the way.
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Well, that's it then. BA is now just another ordinary airline. The halo effect of Concorde faded and died this afternoon. I saw all 3 of them land at LHR ... fantistic, but so sad.
There were the BA bosses, poncing around with their glasses of champagne, smiling, and really believing they were doing us all a great favour. From the VIP areas they didn't see the faces of the ordinary people, some of whom had travelled hundreds of miles out of their love for the machine, and who'd paid for it with their taxes all those years ago.
How do they sleep at night? Rod and the boys managed today to destroy the country's hope in itself and will go down in history as having, with a single blow, alienated and turned the country against BA and at the same time enabled all of its competitors to celebrate.
If they were losing so much money, why didn't they GIVE them to Virgin? At the rate of loss BA claimed, Virgin would have been bust in no time at all! Unless, of course, the losses were all just "spin"?
BA - run by an Australian. How would the Aussies feel if a Brit turned up and destroyed the Sydney Opera House ... Ayres Rock ... the Great Barrier Reef ... and Koala Bears?
Well, I feel better now .... but not much.
"The world is now a bigger place".
There were the BA bosses, poncing around with their glasses of champagne, smiling, and really believing they were doing us all a great favour. From the VIP areas they didn't see the faces of the ordinary people, some of whom had travelled hundreds of miles out of their love for the machine, and who'd paid for it with their taxes all those years ago.
How do they sleep at night? Rod and the boys managed today to destroy the country's hope in itself and will go down in history as having, with a single blow, alienated and turned the country against BA and at the same time enabled all of its competitors to celebrate.
If they were losing so much money, why didn't they GIVE them to Virgin? At the rate of loss BA claimed, Virgin would have been bust in no time at all! Unless, of course, the losses were all just "spin"?
BA - run by an Australian. How would the Aussies feel if a Brit turned up and destroyed the Sydney Opera House ... Ayres Rock ... the Great Barrier Reef ... and Koala Bears?
Well, I feel better now .... but not much.
"The world is now a bigger place".
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Most apt name of the day
From BBC News
"At long last, we'll be rid of this headache," said the congressman who represents the JFK airport area, Anthony Weiner.
Heh heh heh... He said Weiner!!! Well, we all know what that's slang for, don't we. Very apt. Mr Weiner is a right weiner!!!
"At long last, we'll be rid of this headache," said the congressman who represents the JFK airport area, Anthony Weiner.
Heh heh heh... He said Weiner!!! Well, we all know what that's slang for, don't we. Very apt. Mr Weiner is a right weiner!!!
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I was a passenger on the !st flight to land at LHR today. What a magical experience it was. It was quite a rough landing though and one or two people screamed!! Didnt realise it bounced until I saw the TV later. A big thanks to Captain Les Brodie and all the crew who made the flight so enjoyable. I miss you already
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In 50 years time, if there's no successor, I will be able to say to my grandchildren.......
"I was there."
So what if the view was better from BBC2? I will never forget standing in that bush by the threshold of 27R for as long as there's air in my lungs. People from all walks of life, some not even interested in aviation. But they came to pay their last respects.
"I was there."
So what if the view was better from BBC2? I will never forget standing in that bush by the threshold of 27R for as long as there's air in my lungs. People from all walks of life, some not even interested in aviation. But they came to pay their last respects.
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I was there on the northern perimeter today to witness the end of our great aviation heritage.....quite a spectacle as they followed the Lightning,Comet and many other famous British aircraft into history.
Someone asked what we can be proud of now that Concorde is gone.Well, about all that's left is Brunel's wonderful bridges and tunnels!
Someone asked what we can be proud of now that Concorde is gone.Well, about all that's left is Brunel's wonderful bridges and tunnels!
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A Lament For Concorde
Lament written by Aerospce(Jamie) TAS website
Concorde's last lament
I had no trial or jury,
They grounded me in haste,
I could have kept on flying,
On the ground I'm just a waste,
So when you see me standing,
Imprisoned and not free,
Try to get me back on high,
Or shed a tear for me
Truer words have never been written
Concorde's last lament
I had no trial or jury,
They grounded me in haste,
I could have kept on flying,
On the ground I'm just a waste,
So when you see me standing,
Imprisoned and not free,
Try to get me back on high,
Or shed a tear for me
Truer words have never been written
I remember going to Heathrow with my dad years ago and being shown around by a friend of my dads who was in the airport fire brigade.
We turned up at the Concorde hangar and after a brief talk with someone was invited to go into the cockpit and have my picture taken and a talk on what all of the knobs and levers and dials did!
The aircraft was painted on one side with British Airways or BOAC ( cant remember ) and the other side was painted Air India! It was to do with a sales drive to try and get them to buy a few. Great day out for me as a young lad and one that I`ll never forget.
Only have one photo that survived the years with me in the cockpit in my school parka and way more hair!
We turned up at the Concorde hangar and after a brief talk with someone was invited to go into the cockpit and have my picture taken and a talk on what all of the knobs and levers and dials did!
The aircraft was painted on one side with British Airways or BOAC ( cant remember ) and the other side was painted Air India! It was to do with a sales drive to try and get them to buy a few. Great day out for me as a young lad and one that I`ll never forget.
Only have one photo that survived the years with me in the cockpit in my school parka and way more hair!
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Up Yours
Hello chaps, to all those who lambasted me for a Concorde post last week UP YOURS. I hope you're choking on your porridge, the real people are speaking today, some great posts and heart felt comments from people who not only care about Concorde, but great engineering success's. If pprune was around when the Spitfire was retiring I bet the same doubters would be on here saying the same thing. Try them all for Treason with Galloway.
Tally Ho
Chocks Away
Tally Ho
Chocks Away
