Concorde Flies Again (merged)
A Sad Sight
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Thanks for the info on Garston Farm. Looking at the forecast, I would not be happy relying on a VFR arrival and since I cannot get into Filton, the car seems the sensible option.
R23
Thanks for the info on Garston Farm. Looking at the forecast, I would not be happy relying on a VFR arrival and since I cannot get into Filton, the car seems the sensible option.
R23
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Here is the old girl's final flight plan for today :
(FPL-GBOAF-IS
-CONC/H-SXY/C
-EGLL1055
-N0560F280 N0560F280 DCT NORRY G1 5135N00204W C/UPGAS/M200F450F460 SL2 MERLY DCT 5110N00645W DCT BARIX 4915N00600W/N0560F330 DCT LAGUL DCT 4924N00230W DCT JSY UN868 BARLU UN861 FAWBO UB11 SAM UR41 PEPIS B321 CPT DCT 5131N00221W/N0460F020 DCT 5131N00234W DCT 5131N00236W DCT 5131N00244W DCT 5125N00259W DCT 5121N00259W DCT 5123N00243W DCT 5127N00237W DCT 5129N00236W DCT
-EGTG0126 EGCC
-SEL/AGEJ
RMK/BA9020C FINAL FLT EVER ALAN/MIKE/BARBARA
REG/GBOAF)
(FPL-GBOAF-IS
-CONC/H-SXY/C
-EGLL1055
-N0560F280 N0560F280 DCT NORRY G1 5135N00204W C/UPGAS/M200F450F460 SL2 MERLY DCT 5110N00645W DCT BARIX 4915N00600W/N0560F330 DCT LAGUL DCT 4924N00230W DCT JSY UN868 BARLU UN861 FAWBO UB11 SAM UR41 PEPIS B321 CPT DCT 5131N00221W/N0460F020 DCT 5131N00234W DCT 5131N00236W DCT 5131N00244W DCT 5125N00259W DCT 5121N00259W DCT 5123N00243W DCT 5127N00237W DCT 5129N00236W DCT
-EGTG0126 EGCC
-SEL/AGEJ
RMK/BA9020C FINAL FLT EVER ALAN/MIKE/BARBARA
REG/GBOAF)
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Saw a very sad sight today,Concorde on the back of a barge going up the Hudson river and being pulled up next to aircraft carrier Intrepid.Another fine piece if european engineering excellence ending up in the good old US of A.
Should have sold it to R.B.
Should have sold it to R.B.
Passing north of BHD (112.05) at about 11:45.
Recognised the sound instantly! Cloud BKN 1000' , but it opened up beautifully just as Concorde speared overhead.
Perfect timing. Coincidence, or divine intervention?
Recognised the sound instantly! Cloud BKN 1000' , but it opened up beautifully just as Concorde speared overhead.
Perfect timing. Coincidence, or divine intervention?
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I was there today near the threshold of 27R, i watched as AF taxied through the Fire Dept water cannon salute and lined up un the runway, as her afterburners lit up I will be honest I had a tear in my eye, she gracefully lifted into her natural home for the last time and my tear turned to a smile.
Farewell Concorde, you inspired me and many others and thanks for those unforgetable memories.
Farewell Concorde, you inspired me and many others and thanks for those unforgetable memories.
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Just got back from LHR. The weather was indeed amazing. From our view point, she rotated right infront of us and climbed into the only patch of blue sky. A very moving moment, and one that I will never forget.
I hope everyone at Filton and nearby get the same magical break in the weather.
I very much doubt that anything of such beauty will ever take to the skies again, and I am very proud to say that I was lucky to have been able to see her. As the AA pilot said as she taxied past for take-off; "You're beautiful"
I hope everyone at Filton and nearby get the same magical break in the weather.
I very much doubt that anything of such beauty will ever take to the skies again, and I am very proud to say that I was lucky to have been able to see her. As the AA pilot said as she taxied past for take-off; "You're beautiful"
Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Yes, a miraculous clearance in the skies to the west of LHR, so a rapid beetle up to the vantage point in Windsor Great Park. Radio tuned to 121.9 and videocam DOUBLE CONFIRMED on standby (stuffed this up on Alpha Golf's departure!). The little knot of other people gathered round as I relayed progress as Alpha Foxtrot began to taxy.
Suddenly a pompous old git (P.O.G.) turned up in some species of Rover (not well up on those) and advised that we're wasting our time: Concorde departed twenty minutes ago! Two little old ladies expressed their disappointment until I assured them that I was listening to the aircraft, still on the ground. Blow me, P.O.G. began to argue the toss until eventually it dawned that he might be talking to somebody who knew something. P.O.G. wandered off muttering and then, just as Alpha Foxtrot and Heathrow Tower were exchanging their final, emotional, pleasantries on 118.5, his b---dy Rover's alarm started beeping!!
Fortunately, P.O.G. hastened back to silence the wretched thing in time. I've got something semi-reasonable as she came straight over the top, but of course she was going up like a lift ... much, much higher than Alpha Golf's departure.
Suddenly a pompous old git (P.O.G.) turned up in some species of Rover (not well up on those) and advised that we're wasting our time: Concorde departed twenty minutes ago! Two little old ladies expressed their disappointment until I assured them that I was listening to the aircraft, still on the ground. Blow me, P.O.G. began to argue the toss until eventually it dawned that he might be talking to somebody who knew something. P.O.G. wandered off muttering and then, just as Alpha Foxtrot and Heathrow Tower were exchanging their final, emotional, pleasantries on 118.5, his b---dy Rover's alarm started beeping!!
Fortunately, P.O.G. hastened back to silence the wretched thing in time. I've got something semi-reasonable as she came straight over the top, but of course she was going up like a lift ... much, much higher than Alpha Golf's departure.
I saw the first take-off from Toulouse on flickering 405 line black-and-white TV all those years ago. Then I saw the first simultaneous commercial service in 1976 on 625 line mono sound colour TV - and today the last landing at Filton on widescreen satellite TV in hi-fi stereo.
We might have made massive progress in the world of TV over the last 34 years or so - but none at all in the field of high speed transport.
Concorde - so far ahead of her time that she made the world go backwards.
Damn you, Skippy.
We might have made massive progress in the world of TV over the last 34 years or so - but none at all in the field of high speed transport.
Concorde - so far ahead of her time that she made the world go backwards.
Damn you, Skippy.
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What can I say there was a tear in my eye as I stood at Filton and watched her fly over and then come back and touch down and hear thoses engines shut done for the last time. That beautiful Delta wing nothing else like it
Just another number
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Got to Filton at 12:15. Traffic not too bad. Parked outside Filton Police Station (figured that they they would think that it was one of their own so wouldn't book it). Walked the ten minutes up the closed A38 to the end of the runway. Lovely display by the Spitfire prior to the AF flypast. As she cane in to land the crowd fell silent. When I tried to speak to my son I realised why. Les brought her in for a perfect last touchdown.
So sad that future generations will never experience this.
Airclues
So sad that future generations will never experience this.
Airclues