CONCORDE LAST FLIGHT 10/23/03 ~ G-BOAG ~ Final Flight for Paying Passengers

[@col.nathanr.jessup5700]

Flying at Mach 2 at 47500 Feet with an outside temperature of -56 Degrees Celsius while sipping champagne, what an engineering masterpiece.

[@aistisciutas6596]

yeah

[@ultrablitz67]

DigitalScholar it was actually 60039

[@KJK9029]

An engineering master piece, if only the maintenance and fuel didn’t cost so much.

[@theplanespotterguy]

Ultra Blitz youre right but it was never shown in the video

[@fastcsx1412]

Thats now gone......

[@zamardii12]

3 hours and 20 minutes from London to JFK. Amazing.

[@IIlIIlIIlII]

How long does it usually take nowdays? from London to JFK?

[@Williamjclopez82]

@@IIlIIlIIlII A little bit under 7 hours more or less.

[@jadeyxboox]

zamardii12 It takes almost 3 hours mcr-Euston on a virgin train so that time scale just shows what a feat of engineering this plane truly was.

[@michaeloverbeat7]

Yes, and you will be in NY 1 hour 40 minutes earlier than your flight starts, cause it's 5 hours difference between London and New York.

[@OffWhiteGhost1]

An d today i am traveling 8 hours to new york (from Frankfurt)

[@ikigu]

This plane is a time machine. You arrive earlier than you left. Leave past sunset, arrive before. Mind blown.

[@epicgamerchannel6230]

2 hours of non ad material. You are a Saint for this

[@nandadwirendragraha1210]

everyone who can afford concorde ticket needs no ads 😂😂😂

[@mattleslie4274]

I didnt realise it was 2 hours long, and i watched the whole thing hahaha

[@gszikora2000]

I had only seen the concorde once. I was 16 yo, roughly 1992. I saw on the news, that the concorde had made an emergency landing at Halifax International Airport. I biked the 27 km each way from my house to the airport in hopes of seeing it. When I arrived at the airport I was fortunate enough to find it parked only a couple hundred feet from the fence. It was such an amazing sight for my 16 year old eyes. It looked so fast even standing still. It was well worth the 50+ km bicycle ride from Lower Sackville to the Airport. I will remember it always.

[@Vicctrous]

It was in Halifax I’m from PEI

[@loanlaux6821]

This guy was lowkey vlogging back in 2003.

[@AG.Floats]

He wasn't taking videos of his face and him talking. This is just simply called taking a video. Calling it vlogging is a disservice to this video. Who didn't take videos back then anyway? Vlogging sucks this is simply recording a moment. vlogging is all about being a narcissist.

[@irsute8833]

There was a dude vlogging in NY in the 80's. Like legit vlogging, turning the camera at his face during his day to day life. He died pretty young but was an interesting man and may have been the first guy to do that. I'll try to find the channel where his vids are uploaded, I'll come back to you guys if I find it maybe you'll check him out.

[@Hero.S]

There is a guy who's been vlogging since the mid 1980's. (KZbin channel: WEIRD PAUL)

[@mcr2011ukgs]

Just filming what he's doing. And deff not "lowkey" arrggh

[@JacksonRB]

Casey niestat in 2003

[@MrPantss]

So nice to see someone who captures the reality, no music, no stupid editing, just raw footage.... Great video! Such a shame concord has stopped flying.....

[@Thedarkmindedone]

Alex Yallop not only that. It has also a really good quality

[@mariochanderbhan1792]

Alex Yallop ----->AGREED! Replacing the ambient & engine sounds with techno or whatever defeats the whole purpose. Stupidity at its height!

[@mrrostien]

Alex Yallop couldn't have put it better myself.

[@leannestrong1000]

Alex Yallop yeah. I agree with you! I was a HUGE airplane fanatic when I was younger, but my very favorite plane was the Concorde. I used to want to fly on the concorde just to see if I could feel the speed difference.

[@tidalbasin6930]

Alex Yallop ii@

[@iwantitpaintedblack]

People say cherish the memories, dont film everything just experience it, if this guy didnt use this opportunity to film the entire last com. flight of concord, i wouldn't be able to see it right now here, i mean, there are documentaries and shit about the whole flying experience but they are staged and professionally made, this is an experience of a normal passenger

[@14112ido]

iwantitpaintedblack hell yeah. This guy is a hero.

[@CB2C]

Concorde* But seriously I agree 100%

[@TheCriminalViolin]

Honestly, I am incredibly happy that this man did record it, but far more thrilled he had posted it for all to witness and see for themselves. I may not have ever been on one, but just witnessing the "time-travel" it did ever flight melted my mind just to experience it second-hand. To see it. It makes sense to think about that. But you just can't possibly begin to truly understand it and grasp it until you truly experience it even second hand like this... there are no words for the feelings of seeing the sun set again & become day a second time... speechless.

[@dogewoge6580]

People only say that for things that will happen again. This is the last flight of the Concorde, it makes sense to film it.

[@James-sh8mu]

There's a guy literally reading a newspaper

[@eardestructioninc.4928]

My grandparents flew Concorde in 1997. My late grandfather (air force veteran and retired pilot) said it was unlike anything he had ever experienced, most of all he was amazed that the entire flight was glass smooth since they were above any weather patterns. They said they could see the curvature of the earth. What an astonishing piece of technology this plane was. And it first flew in friggin 1969.

[@Emily-zp1jf]

It really boggles my mind that after all this time there still isn't anything that comes close to comparing to this magnificent wonder of an aircraft.

[@terryofford4977]

Agreed with your comments, amazingly the USA were unable to beat this fantastic machine, a most beutiful Girl (to me) Totally advanced aeronauticl engineering, great Piloting (and lucky) it was an item from a damned American Jumbo which had fallen from it's DC10 body that caused the monster crash and ultimate demise of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. Well Done UK and FRance.

[@VlerkeDamne]

It's not so much that they can't. It's just too expensive to run, less profitable than having normal flights.

[@RE4PER]

There are a lot of American companies such as Boom working on supersonic passenger jets.

[@asphen6048]

@@terryofford4977 There was no point for the US because you couldn't fly supersonic coast to coast. Only routes it would be able to go are transatlantic and transpacific.

[@jeylful]

@@RE4PER Sadly most have announced they will stop their developments like Boom did :(

[@LazyGamerScotland]

Thanks for letting me experience somewhat the Concorde, went out of service just as I was a child. Would have loved to fly on this magnificent bird.

[@thexboxgamer7819]

+Arjun Sanjay (arj2104) Well they are planning to get them back to fligts says BBC News the save concorde group are trying to get it back

[@LazyGamerScotland]

+The Xbox Gamer they say that, but in reality they won't be allowed unless they change the design so that another accident is prevented, and it will cost them billions!

[@thexboxgamer7819]

+Arjun Sanjay (arj2104) I hope you do my friend ive seen it in Manchester airport allthough i am only 10 years old !!!!!!!

[@thexboxgamer7819]

+mrflightsim011 true I dont really know what will be next

[@WorkingInSmallSteam]

There is a club bring the concorde back in service in 2019

[@rtraveler2004]

Talk about beating the rotation of the earth. Taking off at night in London, and beating the sun, and light again in New York when they land 3.5 hours later. A backwards sunrise!

[@KumarMayank1]

Must be a wonderful jetlag.

[@badndabones]

I had the honor to fly on Concorde Oct. 1983. It was a corporate trip to Jaguar engineering in England. For some reason our departure from Kennedy was delayed 1 hour and a degree of panic on my part began to set in because once at Heathrow i had to get my connecting flight to Midland airport. This pilot flew the plane to 1440 mph at 60.000 feet and made up 45 minutes of that time deficit! What a plane and pilot! The flight from Heathrow to Midland was on a Short . This plane looked like a 1980 Winnebago with wings and sounded like a giant bumblebee. This day i flew a plane twice the speed of sound and the other twice the speed of a Yugo!

[@concorde2003]

Great comment.

[@vbnvufiufkvkjh]

I loved this comment.

[@miaugato93]

2003 with probably a somewhat bulky camcorder: _no reaction_ 2018 with a cellphone: **EXCUSE ME SIR NO FILMING ALLOWED**

[@adamjones2025]

goes to show the difference back then and today's crazy world.

[@Pipe0481]

They actually noticed him in the end lol

[@Maja374]

@@adamjones2025 Or maybe ppl just got more annoying with their constant filming in places and persons they have no business filming!!

[@klebdotio3284]

Look, if I payed $7500 USD in 2003 then I'd fucking hope I could film it.

[@michael3147]

It probably makes a lot of sense, and it does. If this is a historical flight of course they would allow film! Everyone was filming this, even from the ground! Shame that they just don't allow it these days, and it's disappointing. I've seen from most trip reporters that they gain permission from the airline first before filming. Other than that, I'm unsure how to film a video in this day and age.

[@Aidanhatesyouall]

Even by 2022 standards the Concorde is still an engineering masterpiece. Normal air travel cannot even touch what Concorde achieved. Contrary to what a lot of people think. The Concorde stopped flying mainly due to cost. The crash that occurred with it, was an external cause. Nothing to do with the plane itself… truly an amazing airplane.

[@psirvent8]

By todays standards it still has all its original old steam gauges, making the cockpit look like it's from a WWII fighter or something 😂😂 Plus it required a FLIGHT ENGINEER ! Most other airliners didn't even in 2003.

[@mcfarofinha134]

@@psirvent8 to be fair, in a plane this complex, before modern computer systems, a FE would make sense. The main thing that killed it was the insane amount of fuel she required

[@real_armadillo]

1:10:22 I'm on the last flight of the Concorde, better read the newspaper to see if I'm already in it.

[@aerialexplorer772]

That's when you know you're successful (financially) - when you can casually read a newspaper on an £8000 flight.

[@Pius-XI]

To many people though it's just a plane that gets you from A to B. Plenty more important things in life.

[@yebk2]

@@Pius-XI But ya gotta respect what those pilots did for us to get us to "A To B" And you also gotta respect the Concorde... This is history, otherwise, stop watching this... This video is dedicated to true fans of the Concorde.

[@yammmit]

Pius X How so? This plane is badass and it was its last commercial flight. Quite an important event.

[@scfog90]

Some people earn so much, that it's not worth to safe the money for a slower flight. Anyway, the business class or first class isn't that cheap either

[@newzealandvideos3206]

The day aviation went backwards

[@Maplelust]

very true.

[@mildlyhighproductions616]

New Zealand Videos why do you say that? As much as I love the planes of the 60s to 2000s planes of today cause they are more fuel efficient which brings cost down then range which also brings cost down for airlines that want a smaller plane for long-range flight then there is overall comfort planes of today are much better then planes of the 60s to 2000s cause during those times the planes were very noisy and you might say it’s okay cause you like planes but then once you normally fly during those times it gets annoying and I can say this cause I have experienced planes of those times. So I just want to say aviation is always going forward

[@farescraft7243]

Yeah

[@winterbear8633]

Just like space technology did after the moon landing! Hmm.....

[@killian9314]

@@mildlyhighproductions616 i think he meant that we missed on a piece of technology ahead of its time, and to see airbus flexing with the a380's capacity to stay dead level at 1000kph, is sad that it is nothing on the concorde

[@diegovazqueznanini]

I didn't think I could get sad for a machine ... I guess there is a first time for everything.

[@angelosoaresgiroto7458]

=(

[@dr4876]

*My batteries are low and it's getting dark-*

[@redhen334]

1969 was the best ever year for aviation. Concorde and the 747, 2 legends took to the sky for the first time ever.

[@concorde2003]

Apollo 11 also.

[@RadiuI]

Apollo 11 alone would make it an amazing year for aviation. The 747 alone would make it an amazing year for aviation. The Concorde alone would make it an amazing year for aviation! So the fact that all of that happened in the same year really made it influential year which changed aviation forever

[@imEden0]

@@concorde2003 As well as Apollo 12.

[@Burns1993Joe]

No other aircraft would make everyone working at Heathrow stop what they’re doing to watch it depart. Concorde is so special!

[@andyhall3523]

One of my favourite amateur films on KZbin. This film has been carried out with great steadiness and very little panning or zooming in. I seemed as if it was done yesterday. I felt as if I was there being part of the occasion.

[@elcapitano75]

They used to fly over back in the 80's, people sometimes complained about those engines roaring, but i thought it was just plain awesome every time.

[@javierlopez560]

Just plane awesome*

[@CAL1MBO]

Banter

[@2tri749]

you mean “just *plane* awesome”? *lol*

[@goxaviergo11]

Javier Lopez lol

[@anaroong]

Just plane!

[@mustangflyer6878]

The Concorde's beauty is still unmatched even today and only one crash in it's 31 year career and that was due to incompentant maintainence repairs on a DC-10 that took off just before it. The Concorde was as close to perfection as man was able to achieve.

[@robloxplayer2876]

The concord was a technological masterpiece. I cannot believe the luck you had to be invited on the last London to NYC flight it was served on.

[@MickehPuppeh]

In 1976, we could get from London to JFK in 3 hours and 20 minutes, sipping champagne. 43 years later, it takes us 8 hours. What the hell is going on?

[@ianperry9598]

Mickehd00d There’s a lot of factors. Chiefly the airline market, cost of fuel, and pollution being the biggest as to why flights take longer nowadays

[@Maplelust]

yes. we went backwards.

[@adalgisounoqualunque9033]

you will be able to, in some years, new supersonic planes coming. But the problem is that now you do it in 8 hours paying as low as 400 euros, and sometimes even less, with months in advance preorder. A flight on the Concorde could cost you not less than 7k. When the new supersonic planes come will u spend that money ?

[@hasanbassari7364]

@@adalgisounoqualunque9033 broke's problem

[@whoknows1859]

The people running airlines were more interested in making money rather than innovating - hence why they’re in the shit now

[@Tony-ml7te]

It's amazing watching people actually enjoy the flight. No video screens, no wifi, no masks...people actually talked to one another.

[@concorde2003]

Except for the guy with the newspaper.

[@bobswan6196]

@@concorde2003 Yes, what a plonker! I felt sorry for the bloke sitting next to him...

[@gerv8]

Great video!! BUT I just cannot grasp it how people could possibly prefer reading newspapers during these non-recurring moments of take-off and landing rather than just appreciating and enjoying their privilege to be on this last flight to the fullest...

[@jmasri2717]

She probably made the commute daily to be able to give no such fucks

[@DorianTMChannel]

So disrespectful

[@computergames5]

Perhaps it was a frequent flyer, and that was how he enjoyed his flight. You never know, though I’d certainly be attentive to every aspect of this historical moment.

[@jeylful]

Probably he flew all the time on the Concorde so for him it was just commuting

[@matthiasstiegel4304]

Look at the water at 1:42:00 ! No vibrating !

[@TehWarbird]

Its because they are travelling at a fast speed and on an high altitude.

[@DeployTheDRS]

@@TehWarbird that doesn't mean there is no vibrating. It is the design that gives that outcome.

[@hueyxz1121]

Yeah that happens in normal planes too

[@DeployTheDRS]

@@hueyxz1121 yes but 'normal' planes can't reach Mach 2

[@Admre]

*Eurobeat intensifies*

[@ryanm.191]

This jet allowed regular people to go faster than the speed of sound. Now days that experience is reserved for fighter pilots and astronauts

[@thecaynuck4694]

Fun fact: The A318 at 23:07 and 58:18, "The Baby Bus" served the Concorde route for years until 2020 until it was retired. It was fitted with a full business class config and was the only A318 in the fleet for a long time.

[@SloppySalad]

Its flight number was also BA001

[@JoeStudd96]

Those are A319s in the video. BA didn't take delivery of the A318 until 2009, and they actually had 2 of them in the fleet.

[@CrazyForCooCooPuffs]

@@JoeStudd96 IDK what you guys are smoking but 58:18 is a 757

[@nwie9mm261]

The First Class A318 (Club World - BA001) departed not from LHR . They depated from LCY (London City) over SNN (Shannon, Ireland - refuel because short runway at LCY) to JFK. (G-EUNA & G-EUNB)

[@thes4uce]

Just incredible. Feels like was filmed yesterday... yet this thing has not flown for 16 years.

[@jeylful]

Thank you so much for filming and making available this video. It was wonderful... I've always loved the concorde as a child and never had the chance to fly on it so I thank you for having filmed this historic moment on it. Cheers!

[@OHAREAVIATION]

This video is one of the treasures of aviation and of the world. Thanks so much for having the vision to film this kind of thing for all of us who were never able to experience it.

[@rexdeveraux]

The end of the Concorde was also a sign of the end of commercial aviation as something classy and technically ambitious. Nowadays, airlines focus primarily on how to make flights as cheap as possible, usually sacrificing confort from the moment you step onto the boarding bridge. To a large extent, airplanes have conceptually become coaches with wings.

[@davecrupel2817]

I never knew anyone recorded it untill today... This video is a *priceless* piece of aviation history. OP, if *you* are the man holding this camera, I can not thank you enough.

[@concorde2003]

Glad you liked it. Thanks.

[@DudeUnperfect21]

Must've been very cool to hear the pilot say "We are now supersonic"

[@ModernClassic]

Thanks for capturing this and not over-editing it or adding superfluous music. I'm really glad such a document of this trip exists.

[@supersonicbird11]

Had to comment : in case she ever sees this ? Concorde flight attendant” Bernadette Forest” Was wonderful- she gave me & my friend each a bottle of Vueve Cliquot. Thanks again “ Bernadette “ where ever you are xo

[@90MinuteMagic-r8z]

Fun Fact: The reason that Concorde has tiny windows is that at 62k feet in the air the pressure would be very high so they made it tiny so they don’t break.

[@alejandromaron5402]

Sir, I don't know if you are aware of how important and precious this whole movie is. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have pure, raw, non-professional footage of the Concorde. Thank you.

[@RobinsM]

Thank god for people like you who record everything and show us the raw footage. Tons of people like me want to take in every bit of the experience and not just watch some stylized edited version.

[@ooglibooboo5213]

I agree, Ruben. I have been a longtime admirer of concordes, but have always found the edited videos shallow and unappealing. Up until today, I felt alone, but reading your comment has reassured me there are others like me out there. Godspeed, Isabello

[@Epck]

This is what I was thinking as well

[@Peppermint1]

Beautiful video thx. Saved me $10,000.

[@mashy712]

Peppermint I wouldn’t mind spending $10,000 just to say I went faster then ever.

[@TheAviationistKhizr]

@@mashy712 Astronauts flying over 20000mph: am I a joke to you

[@gc3k]

and a time machine

[@ingridshilleh5965]

Peppermint @ its not the money it's the experience..

[@LucianoClassicalGuitar]

We are lucky to have this footage. One of the concordes is in Barbados at the airport. They transformed the hanger where it is stationed into a museum and you can go inside it the airplane and everything!

[@computergames5]

I’ve been watching this video multiple times since Dennis posted it on KZbin, but every time I cannot help but tear up that such a marvel of Western engineering no longer exists and perhaps will not for a very, very long time. These are certainly unpredictable times but let’s hope that once the storm dies down that we can focus on recreating marvels like this on a mass scale. Cheers to the future and pity to almost 20 years Concorde remaining as a static piece, though she continues to inspire our future generations.

[@niviamaeva]

Me too 😔

[@insPIreMath]

Alright , let's just say that this is one of the best gems of the KZbin archives.

[@OnThaMove]

Words cannot express how humbling it was to have the chance -- vicariously thought it was -- of witnessing the closing of one of the most amazing chapters in aviation history. So many thanks to you.

[@KD2HJP]

I was the US Customs Inspector who cleared this aircraft and accepted transfer of one Concord aircraft into the US commerce stream It's on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum in Manhattan I miss the Concord flights

[@concorde2003]

and yet it got through.

[@slooob23]

Videos like this make me feel all cosy and warm in a world that has now gone insane.

[@blu3_enjoy]

it is very nice isn't it

[@orhun2062]

2.00 MACH 54500 FEET -59 C 1250 MPH IT’S SAD TO KNOW THAT NO COMERCIAL LINER WOULD EVER DO THAT AGAIN.

[@ryanbell4952]

Search “boom” supersonic airliner. It’s actually in planning

[@x3ni487]

Supersonic commercial planes are coming back 😁

[@vbnvufiufkvkjh]

This is a really important video. A piece of history. It should be in some kind of archive beyond KZbin!

[@craigjackson2428]

What a great job capturing the last flight of the commercial flight of Concorde. Truly was a technical marvel of modern aviation. British Airways in the 80s, 90s was a class act with my 747 flights to and from London. Sad to see the Concorde retired and 747s retiring out of US fleets. Both aircraft were technical marvels in their own right. Fondly remembered.

[@tensaibr]

Thank you for recording this historical moment. And thank you for offering it raw without any comments :)

[@fernando13e]

This must have been a wonderful just marvelous experience, not only because it was the Concorde's last flight but because you did history in the most beautiful aircraft ever made and you captured every emotion that was felt that day, I normally don't watch videos this long but it was truly worth it, even though it's 13 years old it feels like it was yesterday when this beautiful bird was retired, a true landmark for aviation history with impeccable service record and performance. Thank you very much again. Have a good one!.

[@themoley91]

Stuff like this is what KZbin/the internet is for. Thanks for recording and posting.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

Wow. This...awesome airliner was *literally* ahead of its time! It feels like we've gone _backwards_ since then when looking at this, and I find it to be quite a shame.

[@stevecook3673]

I couldn't agree more, Concorde was way ahead of it's time .

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

@@stevecook3673 absolutely

[@iCama23]

We need the Concorde again, or a super sonic plane(but it will not be iconic as the Concorde) , every time I see a video of the Concorde makes me sad because I will never be capable of flight in one

[@Doesyou]

+Cama Re I see your key word is "never" but even if the Concorde was still running today, good luck pulling out around $6600 for a one way trip from New York to London. Im not saying that the Concorde is not beautiful technological marvel, which it is.. Or that you are not capable of affording these tickets, but really you have to be loaded to be able to pay to ride the Concorde. (Just as a little reference, a normal jet will only run you 1k.. )

[@captaincronked7895]

And if airlines started using it like they use the 737 it would destroy the ozone layer

[@DeployTheDRS]

@@Doesyou one of the main reasons why they ceased operations.

[@theobserver4214]

DeployTheDRS yeah. A bunch of 1% people can’t keep a supersonic marvel afloat, but the other 99% can keep a nice, comfy, 747 and her variants in the air for years to come. Doesn’t help that a bleeding DC-10 caused the ONLY fatal crash on a Concorde

[@caseyl3789]

You think you regret not flying on the Concorde, I have a really deep regret that borderlines on stupidity. Back in the late 1990s, about 1998 or maybe 1997, my mother, who had worked for American Airlines for 29 or 30 years, got a letter in the mail from AA when they first introduced their joint venture with British Airways. She was a retiree at the time, and they had a deal that since she was a retiree, that they could fly on the Concorde, with one guest, from JFK to London on a stand by, non rev, space available status, for like $800 USD. The $800 was the service fee. I think the normal fare at the time was like $10-$15K each way. The person and their guest would still get the certificate of Concorde flight and the free champagne glass. You were treated like any other passenger. It was only for a limited time. I tried and tried to talk my mother into going to London on the Concorde but she didn't want to do it. The deal finally expired. I kept the letter for years afterward. It was really fancy on expensive paper with a picture of the Concorde on it. lol...Talk about a lost opportunity. lol...And then of course the Concorde crash happened in 2000, and then they were grounded for a few months, restarted about the same time that 911 happened, and then discontinued in 2003. Part of the history books now.

[@kevinmorris4050]

Thank you so much for uploading this video, my eldest son and me were also lucky to belong this flight - seats 14C and 14D, so we were on the other side and didn’t see tall the camera flashes from the cars on the road during the taxi out. I do remember the captain saying we were “going to have a party”, though, “here we go!” as we started to accelerate to Mach 1, and the zoom up to 60,000 ft just before started to descend because “that’s where the aircraft was designed to fly”! Once we arrived in JFK, we turned round and flew back to Heathrow on a Jumbo arriving back at just under 12 hours from getting on Concorde - can’t do that anymore... Really missed her and still do, watching was quite an emotional journey back in time...

[@concorde2003]

Did you have a very large digital SLR? How old was the kid? Around 4 or 5, perhaps?

[@kevinmorris4050]

No, I wish I did have a very large SLR, but only found out at midday that we had got on the flight, so had to get a small camera in the duty free. My eldest son was 13, at the time and had to be got out of school in the early afternoon to get to Heathrow on time - you can actually briefly see him the the video, in his blue school blazer in the lounge before the flight. I still remember the flight fondly, and am deeply sad that Concorde is no longer flying. NB the actual aircraft, G-BOAG that made the flight is now in the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle.

[@concorde2003]

Cool. Sounds like you had luck on your side that day. Glad you got on the flight!

[@EpicSauce12345]

Pilot said bye to that airport in style

[@imford]

11 years later this video was uploaded to youtube and 3 years after that I see this video, this is truly amazing actually seeing a video from 2003 in a concorde. Thank you for this!

[@michaeljohn8905]

The first 10 years of my life were spent in airports this brings me back to a time when flying was there for the masses but still had a non SPIRIT ,RYAN AIR feel to it. I think people has more class back in that era.

[@stickywavelengths]

I can't believe this footage was filmed THAT long ago, it seems as if it were yesterday. Amazing machine, it always makes me sad watching Concorde videos knowing it doesn't fly anymore. *sniff sniff*

[@grosponeyy]

the last time you see a sunrise from the west :p

[@cyndie26]

Not necessarily. There may be a successor to the Concorde in coming years.

[@Dwight511]

@@cyndie26 Or spacecraft in retrograde orbit...

[@j__ck7562]

cyndie26 There is. In 2022 the next supersonic model is scheduled to be used to commercial air travel.

[@ShrunkedDude]

If you fly around the arctic circle, a regular plane could achieve this.

[@cyndie26]

1:33:40 Did I hear the pilot say "The sun is rising again in the west"?

[@davecrupel2817]

That screams Tolkien.

[@GullibleTarget]

Into the weeeeest

[@thes4uce]

You'll never here or see that again...1.09 darkness, flying west... 1.40 daylight. Never again.

[@gullygully69]

Reminds me of when Phil Collins played Live Aid in both London and Philadelphia on the same day with the aid of Concorde

[@AlexxxGrrr]

@@thes4uce you are quite the pessimist aren't you

[@stevens8744]

Ive been on a plane that took off shortly after watching sunset, and as we gained elevation, the sun "came back up" and that was pretty special to watch. It just blows my mind to see you take off well after sunset, it looks like proper night time, and you fly so fast that you to experience a "dawn to sunrise" as you catch the sun, and arrive to experience another sunset. Its just boggles the mind how incredible these machines were. Cant wait to see one on the flesh and have a look on board when I visit the UK this summer.

[@tnewton1988]

Best passenger Footage on Concorde I’ve ever seen, seems the closest you’re going to get to experience Concorde in-flight.

[@Lex5576]

The only commercial aircraft ever, to race the Sun....and win. Building the Concorde was a monumental feat, that combined the determination and skill of two starkly different societies......Britain and France. The result was a masterpiece and of engineering. Nothing short of a miracle.

[@wakeupcall2665]

Nope! Above 60° North or South, any regular jet airliner is faster than the sun/rotation of the Earth, heading westbound. But that advantage is lost again, when reaching lower coordinates.

[@2pb]

Absolutely marvellous video! My thanks to you for sharing this very special memory with the KZbin community. I felt as if I was right there in the cabin with you

[@concorde2003]

+BArBAdos Fan Thanks for your kind words.

[@grosvenorclub]

Thanks for the recording , brings back great memories of a Concorde flight , the world is going backwards sadly .

[@robertglas5854]

Great video. The next best thing to being on board in person. Very enjoyable. Thank you.

[@concorde2003]

+Robert Glas Thank you.

[@derekwall200]

did the concorde have reverse thrust?

[@Ibirdball]

+Derek Wall Yes

[@erikerice9068]

I'm really glad you pulled it off. You basically represented everyone else who couldn't be on that flight. I'm pretty sure it was bitter pill to swallow knowing full well it was going to be her last flight (with paying customers). I for one am happy you were to say goodbye for the rest of us who could only dream about being on that beautiful bird. Tyvm sir.

[@draarandom475]

It’s a modern tragedy that this aircraft is no longer used

[@bodaciousbiker]

I'll be honest, this video made me quite sad! It's really more than just a documentation of a last flight, but an exclamation point in the story of man. You can tell your children, and your children's children, that there was a time in man's not too distant past when a journey across the Atlantic took a perilous 6 weeks, and another more recent time when it could be done in just over 3 hours! Concorde was more than just a dream, wasn't it?

[@forcom5]

I was about 40 minutes in before I realized how long the video was. A no nonsense video really knows how to suck you in sometimes! Great job!

[@dondreytaylor8001]

London to New York in just 3 hours- that's freakin fast, my goodness.

[@gabrielcanillas7206]

Im really glad that you filmed it because this moment is very rare and this can be used for a documentary and for the younger generation that are curios about the flight experience of concorde

[@lovaniainarajaonary1889]

The Majestic Concorde... Many thanks for the sharing and for making us live this last, rare, and exceptional moment.

[@TRSPomerania]

Thank you for posting this video, that's one big piece of beautiful aviation and superb engineering right there.

[@gnagyusa]

They ended service just as I was finally able to afford to fly it. I'm still not over missing out on flying the Concorde.

[@ingridshilleh5965]

lnpilot @ me too that was my only wish..sorry I couldn't make it..😥😥

[@TheDrago1882]

Must have been great being a Concorde pilot overtaking planes you see take off hours earlier. What a plane this was!

[@richyls8189]

Absolutley amazing! drinking and eating at 1300 mph!.What a loss. Concorde was so ahead of its time in beauty and speed its so sad to see her gone. I live in hope that one day it will return to the skys. P.S It looks like most people onboard the flight truly appriacated that it was the last flight but it looks like at least one man with his newspaper it was just business as usual for him. Thankyou for the footage.

[@dennismichael5891]

I love this vid....shared like 20 times...I was on the Concorde twice...what a life experience

[@tjordan4436]

Excellent video as of 2017!!! My mother who was stationed in Great Britain in the 80's where my grandfather was in the Air Force saw these things all the time. She told me about how they reached incredible speeds, and would literally shake your house down. Such a shame they stopped flights; Aviationists today would have still enjoyed hearing and seeing this marvel fly in the air. I guess more people = more money... Not breaking speed records = money. Oh well, time to move on to the next aviation breakthrough!

[@scottyweimuller6152]

My question is how could anyone just sit there and read a newspaper?

[@fernandojoseespinolabasual8817]

Thats is so First World

[@GaiusCaligula234]

What else are they supposed to do?

[@idealbacon]

Maybe look out the window, and realize they are traveling at mach 2 lmfao

[@Zerbey]

Probably because he's flown Concorde dozens of times, lots of people did.

[@mamoochie7392]

IdealBacon that would get boring pretty quickly

[@responsez47]

Great video! Great camera for 2003. It is sad to see the concorde go. I hope to see her some day back in action!

[@ansett7272]

Yes this is the best natural flight experience video with Concorde. Thanks for your contribution. It was great and hard work with commitment. Cabin crew did an absolute professional service. Wow. Be proud and I miss Concorde. Ansett 727

[@realdavidii]

*Concorde: (exists)* DC-10: i am going to end this man's whole career

[@NoTraceOfSense]

9/11: y'all mind if I ruin the air travel industry for a bit?

[@cocacolaman4522]

*A N G E R*

[@DWoodsII]

Minty Scripter it’s the truth though, 9/11 killed the airline industry for a few years

[@timbermicka]

The DC-10 was such a bad plane tho, killed so many people

[@alexrood2115]

@@timbermicka Yes im glad i never flew it

[@CarFocused]

Mach 2 and the trolley lady is casually pouring glasses of wine. Unbelievable! What a machine.

[@jonmortermusic]

A wonderful and historic video, thank you. It just goes to show how two European nations can come together and create something world-beating

[@kriskruz3792]

Something we cannot experience now but can only watch. Thanks for uploading!

[@indigocheetah4172]

My husband's friend was an aeronautical engineer on the development of Concorde.

[@sukottora]

Have to say that was a privilege to watch. Thank you! Bet you couldn't have imagined when you filmed this that it would be watched by 2 over million people.

[@ArsPraestigium]

Thanks for sharing these final moments of a legend in aviation history.

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

Doing mach 2 at 16.6km altitude.. What a blast!

[@alexs.8585]

I'm too young to have flown on Concorde, but I remember when I was very little my school going to Manchester Airport to see the Concorde they have their, it was beautiful, I'll never forget that day. This great film really makes it feel like you're there.

[@michaelbrenner8612]

Thank you so much. I travelled 5 times with concorde, a highlight of my life. I enjoyed watching your scenes

[@Nate1250]

Saw the concord once in person in Costa Rica back in 99 when I was 6 years old. But I remembered the plane rolling up and having the stair case to let the passengers off onto the tarmac. I had no appreciation for that aircraft at the time. But looking back, we've greatly regressed in aviation technology progression. As a flight sim enthusiast it deeply saddens me to no appreciate it then. An absolute marvel in aviation history.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

Funny story. I saw Concord many times when living in London but, one time when I was driving past Heathrow whilst it was taking off I stopped my car because I thought I had a serious problem. Turned out it was the sound vibrations from the aircraft! I could feel the vibration on the steering wheel! 🙂

[@litamtondy]

It's called Concorde, but great story anyways.

[@scltxn]

I feel like if it was ever brought back it'd have a lot more appreciation then hatred as it did back then to now because of the people who loved that plane and it was born before them

[@adeyinkasokunbi8132]

I don't agree with your perceived regression in aviation technology. With the jump in computing power, development of more efficient composite materials and design in the aerospace today, a supersonic commercial plane will be easier to make. I believe we don't have a replacement for the Concorde yet because it will not just be economical to fly today. The running costs of maintaining a supersonic liner will be more than a subsonic aircraft in the long run.

[@Probowler37]

This was my favorite aircraft as a kid and said one day I'll fly on the Concorde. Unfortunately that won't happen, but thanks for your awesome video that seemed like I was there!

[@jonathangardyn8769]

Aw, don't worry. Airbus and Aveon are working to produce a new supersonic aircraft- your childhood dream just might come true.

[@Probowler37]

That is awesome! I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me and just hope the tickets are not too pricey lol.

[@tams805]

Ah, Airbus. One of the key factors in the demise of Concorde.

[@onelyone6976]

It still is my dream to fly on the Concorde, that will never happen but I accept that, hopefully at least i will be able to fly supersonic

[@jemmeteo]

In the 60s, man landed on Moon. In the 70s, man flew mach 2 on commercial concorde. In 2022, we made none of these that flew further or faster. Instead, we made more weapons of mass destruction. Man needs to adjust his inventions.

[@NoTraceOfSense]

What a masterpiece of engineering. What I would give to fly Concorde today. The algorithms have blessed us today.

[@jemsjemski533]

I grew up near Heathrow and the sound of the Concorde was PHENOMENAL! You didn’t even need to look as the sound was sooo distinctive! I always wished I could go on board 😄 my brother who works at Heathrow got the privilege… lucky git!

[@clutchburner9078]

Concorde was a amazing AC and had a perfect record when you consider that one crash was due to FOD or a piece of metal on the runway from another Aircraft.