Concorde

[beesonthewhatnow]

Is anyone else watching the documentary on C4 at the moment?

It's such a shame it's not flying any more, it really was utterly magnificent...

 

[cliche guevara]

Weren't there rumours of it flying again recently, or did I make that up entirely?

Edit: Ah, a potential flyover at the Olympics apparently: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-06/4/concorde-may-fly-again-for-2012-olympics?page=all

 

[hipipol]

The first proper job I ever had was making sure Concordes leading edge de-icing units were built to spec and on time
Loved that thing

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not quite sure what to make of the info that 40 of Concorde's frequent flyers died on 9 September

Sad, but fucking hell, they flew on Concorde, probably loads of times

 

[Badgers]

I will watch this on 4OD or at my dads who recorded it for me. I am another Concorde fan.

 

[London_Calling]

I remember the really fine view of it we had as it came over central London a little after 5.00pm every day. It was a sight that made you stop, that's for sure.

Not quite sure what to make of the info that 40 of Concorde's frequent flyers died on 9 September

With a pinch of salt, maybe?

None of those flights on 9/11 were coming across the Atlantic so unless the 40 were also domestic US frequent flyers . . .

 

[kabbes]

Who said they died in a plane? I took it that they died in the WTC -- financiers with the kind of jobs that would see them go back and forth over the Atlantic and the wealth to do so in style.

 

[London_Calling]

Maybe they were in buildings, I'm sure Minnie will return to enlighten us.

 

[miss minnie]

Not quite sure what to make of the info that 40 of Concorde's frequent flyers died on 9 September

Sad, but fucking hell, they flew on Concorde, probably loads of times

2 days before 9/11?

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

The 40 died in the WTC attacks on 9/11. It did stick out a bit as being a stupid part of the script in what was otherwise a good docu that didn't re-hash previous concorde docus. The fine detail over the Paris crash was interesting, as well as the alternate theories.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Who said they died in a plane? I took it that they died in the WTC -- financiers with the kind of jobs that would see them go back and forth over the Atlantic and the wealth to do so in style.

That's what I took it to mean.

Didn't mean they died on any plane. Just thought it was irrelevant, although I suppose they were stating at the same time that sometimes Concorde was flying with as few as 6 passengers and that losing 40 frequent flyers seriously hit their business

 

[Badgers]

I will watch this on 4OD or at my dads who recorded it for me. I am another Concorde fan.

Only got round to watching this on Friday night and really enjoyed it.
Have seen a lot of Concorde programmes and read a fair bit but interesting to see the new content here.
Nice touch having Pink Floyd, The Great Gig in the Sky as the music too.