Concorde supersonic aeroplane, 1976-2003

[Bahnhof Strasse]

If I had been you I’d have probably told her ‘Ah, that’ll be BA’s 747 from Tokyo’ every morning as we lay in bed and the first flight of the day woke us up.

Tokyo to Europe was always day flights, except Air France who had an overnighter, also one from Osaka.

This is why she dumped me...

 

[2hats]

Hoped for a wet lease jumbo but ended up with a dry lease narrow-body.

 

[Elpenor]

Tokyo to Europe was always day flights, except Air France who had an overnighter, also one from Osaka.

This is why she dumped me...

Still is I think, my former colleague who spent a lot of weeks in Japan used to fly via Frankfurt as that was a midnight departure from Tokyo and got him back to the UK by 9am

 

[T & P]

Tokyo to Europe was always day flights, except Air France who had an overnighter, also one from Osaka.

This is why she dumped me...

Ah, I guess I got it mixed up withHong Kong. Before the A380 arrived they would fly two 747s/ 777s within half hour of each other into London, which IIRC were about the first flights allowed in- at least when I did it.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Still is I think, my former colleague who spent a lot of weeks in Japan used to fly via Frankfurt as that was a midnight departure from Tokyo and got him back to the UK by 9am

JAL now does an 0100 flight from Tokyo to London. It’s quite a new thing though.

 

[A380]

 

[izz]

I've been in the cockpit of the Concorde at Yeovilton, it's tiny.

 

[1927]

I've been in the cockpit of the Concorde at Yeovilton, it's tiny.

To be fair the pilots were never in there for long tho.

 

[T & P]

Also, the cockpit expanded by a few inches during flight

 

[skyscraper101]

Also, the cockpit expanded by a few inches during flight

 

[IC3D]

I was in the cockpit of concord last week. Star Warsy.

 

[Epona]

I can't believe I missed this thread, I think my dad worked as a riveter on some of them when he was at BAC.

Also I think they tested a prototype using a military runway near where I lived when I was little, which I got to see.

Details are fuzzy however.

 

[StoneRoad]

I can't believe I missed this thread, I think my dad worked as a riveter on some of them when he was at BAC.

Also I think they tested a prototype using a military runway near where I lived when I was little, which I got to see.

Details are fuzzy however.

Sounds like Filton, near Bristol ?

 

[Epona]

Sounds like Filton, near Bristol ?

I know they did much of the UK Concorde stuff in Filton but it wouldn't have been that my dad was involved in, he worked for BAC (previously Vickers) in Weybridge I think? And we lived in Farnborough/Aldershot area.

 

[IC3D]

They have loads of nice planes at Duxford IWM Inc a Concord. Nice day out if anyone's passing by

 

[Elpenor]

I've been in the cockpit of the Concorde at Yeovilton, it's tiny.

I am pretty certain you can’t go in the Concorde currently due to you know what. I plan to go when you can../

 

[Elpenor]

They have loads of nice planes at Duxford IWM Inc a Concord. Nice day out if anyone's passing by

Top tip, if you also plan to do HMS Belfast and the War Rooms in the same year, it’s cheaper to buy a membership as it gets you into all 3 and saves a bit of money.

 

[hash tag]

For Concorde, there is always Brooklands, which is only down in Surrey. Great Museum Concorde Experience | Brooklands Museum

 

[StoneRoad]

For Concorde, there is always Brooklands, which is only down in Surrey. Great Museum Concorde Experience | Brooklands Museum

and loads of other stuff for before & after your "flight".

The extra fiver or whatever it is for the "Concorde" trip is a good investment, it is a very enjoyable & interesting time [I do hate that "experience" tag that is so often mis-used by the marketing depts]

 

[Elpenor]

Must say I really love the idea of the “flight” experience and I’m excited to do it when I get to Brooklands

 

[hash tag]

I like Brooklands enough to have become a member as we regularly attend events there; American day, AutoItalia, classics, buses, Etc.
The way the areas are laid out and utilizing garages and workshops from back in the day, it's a delight.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

I was working at Heathrow when they retired from service. 7 Concordes landing one after the other. Pretty good day at work. I had some photos somewhere.

 

[BassJunkie]

and loads of other stuff for before & after your "flight".

The extra fiver or whatever it is for the "Concorde" trip is a good investment, it is a very enjoyable & interesting time [I do hate that "experience" tag that is so often mis-used by the marketing depts]

Mrs Bassjunkie suggested to me at the weekend that we take the children to the Robin Hood Experience in Nottingham. I was suspicious "What does that consist of?".

She knows me well, she grinned and said "Enforced fun!".

 

[pogofish]

I know they did much of the UK Concorde stuff in Filton but it wouldn't have been that my dad was involved in, he worked for BAC (previously Vickers) in Weybridge I think? And we lived in Farnborough/Aldershot area.

IIRC, Concorde fuselages were built at Weybridge, then delivered to Filton for final assembly and a significant amount of work on the engines was done at the Pyestock turbine research establishment, nr Farnborough a few miles away.

Several RAF bases were used in testing the prototypes, Odiham and Yeovilton come to mind but there were more.

 

[Epona]

IIRC, Concorde fuselages were built at Weybridge, then delivered to Filton for final assembly and a significant amount of work on the engines was done at the Pyestock turbine research establishment, nr Farnborough a few miles away.

Several RAF bases were used in testing the prototypes, Odiham and Yeovilton come to mind but there were more.

Right that would have been what he worked on at Weybridge then! Thank you for providing the details, the information I had retained was a bit fuzzy. I'll have to ask him about it next time I see him in person

He was employed as an aircraft fitter there for quite a while, specifically doing riveting, he had previously been a jockey and was very small so his usual specialty was crawling into the wings to do the rivets inside them or something like that? He's been a bit deaf most of his life due to the noise from doing that.

 

[Sprocket.]

My mate did his apprenticeship in the early sixties at BAC Weybridge, he was a machine tool fitter there.
He talks lovingly of his time there, especially as the area he worked in backed onto Brooklands.
He says it was great to work in such a historical environment. This was topped when he finished his apprenticeship and was presented with his certificates by Barnes Wallis.

 

[editor]

Concorde in NY

According to the official Concorde site, the plane measured 204ft in length but – and this is the amazing bit – the plane stretched between six and ten inches further in-flight due to the heating of the airframe.

To stop all the paint peeling off , the clever clogs techie folks created a special white paint that was super flexible.

Concorde at the Intrepid Museum, NYC -

Standing rather forlornly on a barge at the end of a Manhattan jetty on New York's west side is retired British Airways Concorde aircraft, number G-BOAD. Although it's unlikely to ever fly again, this is the plane that set a world speed record for passenger airliners on February 7, 1996, when it...

www.urban75.org

 

[A380]

Concorde in NY

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Concorde at the Intrepid Museum, NYC -

Standing rather forlornly on a barge at the end of a Manhattan jetty on New York's west side is retired British Airways Concorde aircraft, number G-BOAD. Although it's unlikely to ever fly again, this is the plane that set a world speed record for passenger airliners on February 7, 1996, when it...

www.urban75.org

I love the Intrepid museum. A concord, a space shuttle- though not one that flew in space - and loads of cool aeroplanes on an actual aircraft carrier.

I miss New York…

 

[1927]

I love the Intrepid museum. A concord, a space shuttle- though not one that flew in space - and loads of cool aeroplanes on an actual aircraft carrier.

I miss New York…

Not just any aircraft carrier, the carrier used for plucking returning astronauts from the ocean after space missions!

 

[Steel Icarus]

I went on a trip with Business Studies students in 2009 and got up close and personal with a retired Concorde at Manchester Airport. What astounded me was how small the thing is.