BA Concorde video
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BA Concorde video
This video was played at BA's party at LHR after the last scheduled flight by Concorde. It starts with footage of Concorde's maiden flight at Toulouse, complete with commentary by Raymond Baxter, and traces the history of the finest passenger aircraft ever built whilst in service with BA.
BA Concorde video
Files of this size take several minutes to download***, even on broadband, and are usually best saved to hard disk before playing - Right-click on the link and 'Save'.
I assume the copyright is owned by BA, so you should delete the file after you've played it.
Tudor Owen
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*** About 20 minutes, but that was before I posted the link on Pprune.
BA Concorde video
Files of this size take several minutes to download***, even on broadband, and are usually best saved to hard disk before playing - Right-click on the link and 'Save'.
I assume the copyright is owned by BA, so you should delete the file after you've played it.
Tudor Owen
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*** About 20 minutes, but that was before I posted the link on Pprune.
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Five hours. 
Doesn't seem as if your broadband is very broad.
I saved the file in under 20 minutes and I've got a basic home use service, not a supersonic business connection.
A friend who uses dial-up simply left it to download when he wasn't using his computer and now, for a few pounds, has a superb video he can play whenever he wants and keep as a souvenir of the finest passenger aircraft ever built. Good value for money.
Doesn't seem as if your broadband is very broad.
I saved the file in under 20 minutes and I've got a basic home use service, not a supersonic business connection.
A friend who uses dial-up simply left it to download when he wasn't using his computer and now, for a few pounds, has a superb video he can play whenever he wants and keep as a souvenir of the finest passenger aircraft ever built. Good value for money.
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Must have downloaded it at rush hour!
Flying Lawyers link now claims about 1 hour to download but Paulos fine link only takes 20mins (512kb, I.m too tight to pay for more). Good video though!
Flying Lawyers link now claims about 1 hour to download but Paulos fine link only takes 20mins (512kb, I.m too tight to pay for more). Good video though!
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I downloaded on broadband in 1 hour 21 minutes. But that is because one of the servers gave up a 1/3 of the way through. I was originally running at 47 kbps then it dropped to 13 kbps +/- 8.
The quality in the latter half is terrific. A good video.
The quality in the latter half is terrific. A good video.
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Took me about 15 mins late at night on a 512 connection.
Absolutely marvellous video. Really made me well up inside.
What have we lost? I suspect we'll know in ten years time when it'll really hit us.
Damn those accountants!
Absolutely marvellous video. Really made me well up inside.
What have we lost? I suspect we'll know in ten years time when it'll really hit us.
Damn those accountants!
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I think its damn airbus - and i quote BA here - who regrettably informed everyone that Airbus were no longer willing to support the aircraft in any future maintenance programme. 
Amazing plane-and perhaps we are only just realizing that in itself.
Amazing plane-and perhaps we are only just realizing that in itself.
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"Discussion about crimes against old people, and sentences on the ....who do them? If it was you, Kilroy described you as a Judge Recorder. What does that mean?"
Sorry but what has this got to do with the thread on Concorde?
Giving way to weakness.. was FL on Killroy?
"Good Grief"..whatever next!!
Sorry but what has this got to do with the thread on Concorde?
Giving way to weakness.. was FL on Killroy?
"Good Grief"..whatever next!!
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Well worth the wait (15mins at night broadband!)
So true, quality is amazing on recent air-air footage, you almost want to reach out & touch it, its so close
Made me feel choked (again) too, but immensely proud of this beautiful icon.
So true, quality is amazing on recent air-air footage, you almost want to reach out & touch it, its so close
Made me feel choked (again) too, but immensely proud of this beautiful icon.
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I've heard from the 'friend of a friend of a friend' who hosts my link, and been in contact with paulo about his link. The short answer to the download speed (or lack of speed) problem is: Volume of traffic.
There are links on two Pprune forums and each server is averaging 500 downloads per day!
High volume of traffic + large file = slower downloads.
Some periods are obviously busier than others but, apart from the frustration of having to wait a little longer to watch a superb video, it doesn't really matter. Let the computer get on with downloading while you do something else. Dial-up connections can be set to close when a download is complete.
Engine overtemp
I'm afraid no-one can explain your 5 hours.
Atrixo
I thought I'd escaped Ppruners finding out until I saw your post when I logged on today! Yes, I have to confess, it was me.
It's a small world. Jock Lowe (who'll be well-known to many BA Ppruners) rang within minutes of the programme being broadcast, and he was the first of many. In contrast to Jock's charm, most of my other friends pulled my leg mercilessly.
'Judge Recorder'
Kilroy got it slightly wrong. Recorders have the same powers as a permanent judge, but are part-time. Cases may be heard before 'His Honour Judge Bloggs' or a 'Mr. Recorder Bloggs'. I used to know the origin of the historic title 'Recorder', but I've forgotten.
NB Having explained, I'd really appreciate it if there are no questions or responses by anyone. I don't mind answering questions on Pprune about my role as a barrister, but I can't become involved in discussions about the Recorder aspect.
Hope everyone understands.
Tudor Owen
There are links on two Pprune forums and each server is averaging 500 downloads per day!
High volume of traffic + large file = slower downloads.
Some periods are obviously busier than others but, apart from the frustration of having to wait a little longer to watch a superb video, it doesn't really matter. Let the computer get on with downloading while you do something else. Dial-up connections can be set to close when a download is complete.
Engine overtemp
I'm afraid no-one can explain your 5 hours.
Atrixo
I thought I'd escaped Ppruners finding out until I saw your post when I logged on today! Yes, I have to confess, it was me.
It's a small world. Jock Lowe (who'll be well-known to many BA Ppruners) rang within minutes of the programme being broadcast, and he was the first of many. In contrast to Jock's charm, most of my other friends pulled my leg mercilessly.
'Judge Recorder'
Kilroy got it slightly wrong. Recorders have the same powers as a permanent judge, but are part-time. Cases may be heard before 'His Honour Judge Bloggs' or a 'Mr. Recorder Bloggs'. I used to know the origin of the historic title 'Recorder', but I've forgotten.
NB Having explained, I'd really appreciate it if there are no questions or responses by anyone. I don't mind answering questions on Pprune about my role as a barrister, but I can't become involved in discussions about the Recorder aspect.
Hope everyone understands.
Tudor Owen
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What you want to do is get Stateside and get your Comcast High Speed internet, with 3mbps and then you dont have to wait at all, instant streaming video. I cant wait to get back home to Ireland...........
Thanks for the link, Tudor old chum. Or should that be m'lud?
Watching it really makes me want to put a bat up Skippy's nightie....
Why didn't ba just inhibit and store the ac instead of sending them to sit rotting in places like NooYark and Barbados? Smacks of burning the boats - so that if anyone with pride, drive and charisma should ever float to the top and run ba (unlikely, I agree), the fleet cannot now be re-activated.
Watching it really makes me want to put a bat up Skippy's nightie....
Why didn't ba just inhibit and store the ac instead of sending them to sit rotting in places like NooYark and Barbados? Smacks of burning the boats - so that if anyone with pride, drive and charisma should ever float to the top and run ba (unlikely, I agree), the fleet cannot now be re-activated.
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Thanks very much for the link.. even though it has brought wet eyes (again) and anger, disgust and a great sigh over the shortsighted manner in which things have gone.
I was privileged to have flown on her twice.
I hope BA has plans to use its massive archive of video to make a real tribute video including full takeoff, landing and inflight views from the cockpit, actual crew audio and the other stuff not usually seen on the number of tribute videos.
Trouble is, I don't know whether holding my breath is the key. I have all the Concorde stuff on play.com.. tips on anything missing welcome.
I was privileged to have flown on her twice.
I hope BA has plans to use its massive archive of video to make a real tribute video including full takeoff, landing and inflight views from the cockpit, actual crew audio and the other stuff not usually seen on the number of tribute videos.
Trouble is, I don't know whether holding my breath is the key. I have all the Concorde stuff on play.com.. tips on anything missing welcome.
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I agree with AN2 Driver - both links are dead due to bandwidth limits. If some kind soul could post this video to the Usenet newsgroup alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation it would be greatly appreciated. As a two-time passenger on Concorde, I would really like to have this video.