2003 10 Concorde at YYZ

[@Shankovich]

Man, just found this. I was 11 then and standing near you probably. That takeoff set me into my career. I'm an aerospace engineer in flight sciences at Gulfstream Aerospace now. I'll never forget that day. Greatest aircraft ever.

[@rsb_4628]

Shankovich Heyy, I am kinda in the same boat as you however for me it was the F22 raptors during the CNE which made me pursuer Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson! On a separate note, do you have LinkedIn where I can connect with you 😊

[@joeishere500]

Wow, small world...

[@matheusfiorellibellomo7618]

Fico feliz por ter contribuído na sua carreira.👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@johnathansafford188]

I was on this flight, BA097, the last Concorde flight out of Canada! Sat in seat 26A! We briefly went supersonic over Lake Ontario on our way to JFK! Thanks for posting this great video!!!!

[@ricklugg]

Thanks for posting. Glad that you too were able to experience a flight firsthand! Excellent aircraft and great service from BA

[@carolfreitag6847]

What a beautiful bird! Such power! And only about a 20 second roll out down the runway! And then a vertical climb! Stunning!!!

[@kbahrami346]

I was watching from the parking lot of my work north of YYZ (Airport Rd/Williams Parkway). Thanks for this vid; brings back good memories!

[@ricketyca]

Reminds me again how difficult it is to hold a small camera still - emphasised so much when zooming and darting around other spectators. Still I thought it was worth posting and glad you enjoyed it. I was lucky enough to fly Concorde twice. Once I personally paid the upgrade on a business trip. It was my vacation that year. A 2h38m long vacation for the $500 upgrade fee - more than a typical transatlantic price at the time. The second time combined a QE2 crossing eastbound with a Cunard chartering of a Concorde on return. Both well worth it - and by a strange coincidence the same Captain (Colin Morris).

[@johndrummond5246]

Great vid! I also managed to get some video...only 16 seconds worth though, from my bedroom Williams Parkway and McLaughlin area!

[@AVCTripReports]

Always makes you feel patriotic as a Brit to see “British Airways” and the union flag on the Concorde fuselage.

[@ricketyca]

Indeed. Thanks for the comment

[@virtualairshows5126]

Love this video - I was there that day (probably pretty close to you - I might even be in there somewhere). I wondered if it would be practical to use a clip (probably about a minute) from this video (suitably credited). I'm planning to do a presentation on the history of supersonic aircraft to the Toronto chapter of the CAHS, and I would like to include some material on the last Concorde flight from Toronto.

[@allanritz5323]

The good old days at Terminal 1 when you could go up to the roof to watch the planes take off before catching your flight.

[@trulyproductive1]

Was always so exciting as a boy to hear the distinct roar of those olympuses as concorde was making her way overhead to nearby CYYZ and run outside to see her...every Thursday afternoon.

[@ricketyca]

Thanks for commenting C J, I am glad it brought back fond memories. I was lucky enough to fly twice, but not into YYZ. Once London to Washington and once to Kennedy.

[@m-foh]

I wish I was alive for this

[@ricketyca]

Concorde was an excellent technical achievement and a superb experience flying in it. The cabin and cockpit personnel were clearly proud to be flying the aircraft and took delight in ensuring that passengers got a special experience when I flew. Whilst the cabin is quite small (2 x 2 with a centre aisle) and the seats were not what we might consider "typical first class width' it was very comfortable and only a bit more than three hours. Generally, there was not a long "loading time" nor much delay between pushback and takeoff at Heathrow. I was fortunate enough to fly twice (Heathrow to Washington where I paid the upgrade on a business flight - I was single at the time (!) and the other Heathrow to New York on a Cunard charter, returning after a transatlantic QE2 crossing. Captain Phillip Morris was the pilot both times!

[@rockybudgeboa]

Who else misses the Old Terminal 1 at Pearson?

[@mmoo1954]

I was there on the roof, was a wonderful experience

[@martacondorimamani174]

BEAUTIFUL..

[@ricketyca]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Marta. It was fun to be there

[@smileyshottpicz.1770]

Awesome vid man thanks So many memories it brings back of it here for me Thanks salot homie.

[@hemrajx5865]

Very very excited concord plan

[@batman1169]

Where are you standing? On top of airport garage? What terminal? What a gorgeous bird! Hear those Olympus engines burn!

[@ricketyca]

I seem to recall it was Terminal 1 (at the time). It was built as a circular building with a centre core of multistorey parking. The garage extended to the roof. If you have Google Earth its history mode lets you go back to 2002 for the airport and you can see the terminal as a square with the ring of gates around it. Cars entered via a tunnel which opens out just before the building

[@Shankovich]

Ok yup I'm crying. I think I might actually be in this video with my mom. Can I contact you please?

[@ricketyca]

I am not too keen to publish an email address on here! You can download a copy fairly easily. I certainly remember there were several youngsters around!

[@Shankovich]

ricketyca I’ll send you a direct message, of course not! Never post personal info on YT comments hahaha

[@Shankovich]

orry to bother you, you have no idea what this event means to me. You can PM me by going to the "about" tab in my channel.

[@danny7954]

I think this was the final Toronto visit. I had a friend at globe ground take me over around old Millard hanger where she was inside for a bit after the presser Got to stand on the top of the stairs and lean in for a look. Like a tooth pick I remember great plane

[@ricklugg4046]

Yes. Last departure of Concorde from Toronto. Certainly narrow. There were two seats each side and they were very comfortable but nowhere near as wide as current First Class. However, it wasn't a long flight timewise!

[@sid77777]

1oct 2003: im pretty sure ive got this flight on cam taking off from heathrow.. its on dv tape though. it was runway 09r at london, with a right turn soon after take off..

[@ricklugg4046]

I suspect you are right that you have the outbound departure from Heathrow for this aircraft. This too was on digital video tape (actually a Sony IP5 which had a MicroMV tape format). I used to edit on my laptop then produce Video CDs then DVDs from our trips and events.

[@sid77777]

thanks for the reply Rick; interesting. ill post my vid asap

[@endokrin7897]

@@sid77777 I haven't found your video yet; can you post the link?

[@calsouth03]

I was less then a year old xD around 20km from where you are

[@ricketyca]

Maybe it woke you up :)

[@celovity_747]

October 2010?????

[@ricklugg]

Thanks for pointing that out - I got the immediate title correct (and thought you had misread it) then I saw the line with the error - which is now fixed. Odd no-one spotted it in last 5 years! Thanks again

[@markwestwood9730]

Great videography, did the person have Parkinsons ? Sorry I shouldn't joke but it's very annoying that these videos are few and far between and if such poor quality.

[@ricketyca]

I am not sure how old you are Mark, but this was taken on a hand-held personal video camera and as you can see it is 16 years ago. I can admit that it is difficult to hold a zoomed camera well and I have not been totally successful :) Fortunately, although people do develop Parkinsons, I have not yet been diagnosed with it, so remain hopeful. I too use the term with disdain when watching cinema movies where the camera shakes or CGI has been introduced to make it look shaky to "enhance the dynamic effect". In this video, it was being able to detect that it was a Concorde rather than a C152 (by zooming) or get some shakiness. It's interesting that you bothered to watch it and use valuable time in posting, even though you mistyped "if" when you meant "of" - but I am not complaining about your keyboarding skills. This was taken so I would have a memento, but thought some others might be genuinely interested so I posted it. I see other comparable recordings that look as though they were taken by some of the people I was trying to avoid in the shot as the aircraft climbed out. I can assure you though that the video is nothing like the ride one gets on board.

[@markwestwood9730]

@@ricketyca I know, I'm sorry. Thank you for posting the video. Any videos of Concorde are appreciated.

[@ricketyca]

@@markwestwood9730 OK Mark, I am glad you enjoyed it - really :)

[@quazar912]

damn that gopro...why they fifn`t invent such cameras 20 yeras earlier?

[@DanTutorial]

Jawed must comment here if he's the real jawed karim

[@MrDaiseymay]

SAW THE LAST CONCORDE (THAT FLEW, AND LANDED), AT BRISTOL, 26/11/2003, IN HER NEW MUSEUM HOME YESTERDAY. A GREAT, IF LATE, SETTING FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL QUEEN OF THE SKIES.

[@ricketyca]

Thanks for the comment Philip. Concorde is (in my view) an excellent technical design that also looks beautiful and stunning!

[@twoah927]

This was on my actual day of birth what a conicedence

[@calsouth03]

This was around 3 months after my birth

[@iroczo6627]

Concorde is to fast for you camera men, jajajajaja

[@ricklugg]

Yes, way too fast for me. I had only practiced filming Camaros and Corvettes :)

[@quazar912]

@@ricklugg well now you can keep up with slow Airbus or Boeing

[@giulianochellini9163]

Il concord un sogno volare con un aereo simile su di esso ci hanno volato in tanti personaggi vip kkk

[@ricklugg]

Non riesco a capire il tuo commento. I traduttori online non hanno aiutato. Se riesci a convincere qualcuno a tradurre il tuo commento, proverò a rispondere. Ho provato a tradurre questo in italiano con Google. Spero che per te abbia senso :)

[@delboy01]

BA so it is Concord

[@ricketyca]

Belatedly Steve. The agreed aircraft name was eventually Concorde with the "e". The wiki article explains the throes that led to the "e" being added back into the name for the UK. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde