I wish I'd been in the LHR tower to see the parallel arrival this evening. Good work to all involved :ok:

WHAT LENGTHS HAVE YOU GONE TO?
 

I thought I was the ultimate Concorde anorak paying £220 for LBA - LHR return on Friday and (thanks to an earlier post) £120 for a nice lunch and roof-top view at the Marriott. But it strikes me I might be a nobody compared with some. So where are you coming from to shed a tear or two?

What is the schedule for it tomorrow(thurs23)? I am going to be in London from about 1400. I am wondering if it will be worth it going over to Heathrow to see it coming in but don't have times etc.

Demise of Concorde
 

Why do Concorde operations really have to be terminated anway?. After 25 plus years, surely she is still the only aircraft that can literally stop the world. Everbody stops to watch Concorde anywhere in the world, as appeared to happen to-day at EGCC.
Mind you if Sir Richard had been able to get his hands on a couple of aircraft, we would be able to gaze at Concorde for some time yet!!!

Latest info I've heard regarding where all Concs are destined as follows:

Manchester
Bristol
Barbados (to be used as training rig!!)
New York (to be placed onto an aircraft carrier!! - don't know how true this is?)
One left in service

1 fuselage to Scotland in museum - will take it 3 months to be transported by boat.

I'm sure the official announcement will clear all this up in due course.

Cheers!

Ah.. also heard that Oxfam may have claimed the last a/c!

Last time I looked on Ebay- there were 1401 items up for bid including, seats, instruments (EGT & N1) a couple of test rigs, lots of stuff signed by Brian Trubshaw, tons of what seem to be the inflight giveaways and the domain name - Concordeforever.com for GBP 15,000.

Congratulations to all involved in the show tonight that will never be repeated (Unless it was a rehearsal for Friday :O :O :O )

I have been feeing downhearted all week at never seeing Concorde fly again after this Friday, but tonight's spectacle of a parallel approach to Heathrow has cheered me up!

It was truly a sight to behold as I was close to the entrance plaza to the T5 site as those magnificent flying machines approached.

The sound of 8 Olympus (Olympi?) engines in reverse after touchdown left no doubt as to what had arrived. I am only sorry I didn't have the camera with me :{ :{ :{

Is there going to be a repeat on Friday (And was this the only way to practise a parallel approach ???)

Regards,

Shuttlebus

After seeing Concorde gracefully land at EGCC today I was lucky enough to get a sneaky peek around her on Bravo before she roared off (a very very impressive departure indeed - as always) at 1615ish.

Such a sad yet glorious sight and sound - I still can't believe we won't be seeing it every so often up at Manch.

Let's hope though that the rumours are true and that 'AC will so be in residence in a shiny new, purpose built hangar (as is the current plan).

We were wondering today - are BA to keep one of the beasts in airworthy condition for displays, Royal Flypasts etc etc? I dearly hope so.

This eveing was no practice. It was the real thing. Fridays will be another spectacular but beleived to be line astern.

Right everyone.

Here is the official timings etc for Friday.

Three successive Concorde approaches will be made;
1st aircraft ex Edinburgh, supersonic over North Sea, inbound via LAM, touchdown 1450Z.
2nd aircraft ex Heathrow, supersonic over Bay of Biscay, inbound via OCK, touchdown 1452Z.
3rd aircraft BAW002, ex Kennedy, via OCK, touchdown 1454Z.

Aircraft 1 & 2 are scheduled to arrive at the stacks about 15minutes early (with 40 minutes holding fuel). They will await arrival of No3.

The timings are important for the BBC to carry the event live.

All arrivals will be on the northerly runway - best camera positions for the BBC.

The BBC and press will also have helicopters for pictures/filming.

After arrival two of the aircraft will conduct a 'tour' of the manoeuvring area.

If BAW002 is delayed in excess of one hour - then the two 'domestic' flights will operate using the times above. BAW002 will be a 'normal' arrival.

If either of the 'domestic' flights is late it will be rescheduled to arrive at least one hour after the others.


Hope this helps all you photographers, and Concorde freaks.

Cheers

OCK
 

So 2 of the birds via OCK, does that mean that us south londoners will get two in 2 minutes if they're on 27R?

Hi NC

It all depends upon those nice chaps in approach, they might (as this evening), decide to take one from the south and put it through the overhead and then make an approach from the 'northside'.
You will have to listen to an airband radio and see what ****** Watch decide to do.

TTFN RSD

RSD, can you confirm that the ex-Heathrow bird is departing at 1325Z?

Why ?
 

It's a bit OTT that the anorak brigade are going to clog up the roads for one last 'enthusiastic' look at something the majority have nothing to do with. It's just an airplane and it'll be on the telly, better to stay away and leave access open to LHR for those who need it. Pretend you were there even though you weren't and it'll be as though you were.

XL5 - you say WHY I say WHY NOT

People like doing the unusual, televisions are on everynight and it is not everynight the last concorde service lands at LHR, so people want to be part of it, nothing wrong with that

aside from the extra congestion that will be in the area, it will have an econmic benefit too. thousands of extra people mean, more car parking payments, more public transport fayres, shops and restaurants and pubs in the vacinity will be alot busy than usual.

Chill out, watch it on tv if you want, do not attack people for doing what they like doing, even if YOU think it is sad or not

:ok:

XL5 have you never HEARD Concorde?

There is no other sound like it. If you had read the rest of this and other threads you would have noticed that the sound of the engines is something that is mentioned again and again.

Yes, I could just watch it on tv (I will be recording it) but this is my last chance to actually FEEL the sound of Concorde. :{ :{

I'll be there Friday, I'll try not to clog up the roads.

dd

Interesting to see how many will turn up tomorrow afternoon. I went down to the Solar Eclipse)in Cornwall 4 years ago. In spite of the press working everyone up into a frenzy about gridlocked roads/ full hotels and campsites/ no water or food etc etc. The crowds were conspicuous by their absence.

THURSDAY LAST BA001
 

Last EVER scheduled BA001 LHR-JFK due out tonight 1846LT.
Last chance to watch those afterburners light up the night sky.

Your never ever going to experience the exhileration of Concorde over a TV screen, arriving or departing - there is nothing quite like it when you are there for real. It is not "just an aeroplane" it hacks me off when people adopt this attitude and "whats all the fuss, its only..." This is the last chance folks before its gone for good.

Last nights' show of 2x parallel arrivals was great, the one coming out of the stack and flying high over the west of LHR in northerly direction with approach lights ablaze was wonderful.
That sound cannot be matched elsewhere...
I orchestrate an earlier comment on hear about the sound of 8x lots of reverse thrust at once on 09L then 09R respectively was magical. GOOD SHOW!

I remember being grateful to have seen a DH Mosquito displaying. The once heard, never forgotten sound of twin Merlins will live with me for a long time and I pity those who have never heard it.
Friday will be a similar scenario.

Olympus

That's why! I don't understand your attitude, XL5

NC

Departures on Friday.

BAW9020C dep EGLL 0905Z, arr Edinburgh 1045Z.
BAW9021C dep Edinburg 1320Z.

BAW9022C dep EGLL 1320Z.

Cheers RSD

XL5

Concorde is an aeroplane, please keep to the Queen's English.

Thank you.