Why did the CONCORDE fail?! What's the future?

[@Zeus-kj7nn]

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[@MentourPilot]

Excellent to hear! I hope you will Enjoy the Binge watching!

[@Zeus-kj7nn]

@@MentourPilot Great content. 👍

[@ryanzettlemoyer9723]

Same lol great stuff

[@ahzama.k.6199]

Same story brother. I am addicted to the content and the presentation of it.

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

and we are now in the STONE AGE. Yeah, good for us. We are just some chickens !!!

[@Showing_the_car_]

I was on a slow train into London for a job interview when the group of BA Concordes (there were 5 I think?) made their final landings into LHR. The train driver actually made an announcement saying "I hope you don't mind but I'm going to stop the train here for a few seconds so we can all see the group of Concordes for the last time" and the train stopped. An amazing, unique and humbling sight to see 5 of them circling around.

[@anniechrisbendy6000]

I remember that day ..... they flew in formation .... i was in a cafe kings rd chelsea ....the NOISE WAS AMAZING ,EVERYBODY RAN OUT OF SHOPS /pubs/ cafes to see whats happening. an unforgetable moment of aviation history.

[@Samuel-gc6js]

Nice!! There were 3. All landed at LHR one after the other on its final commercial flight from NYC

[@MrDaiseymay]

IT WAS THREE CONCORDES

[@lonnywilcox7037]

I had the "pleasure" of working on the Air France Concorde for 3 years in the late 80's. I say "pleasure" because I was not flying in it, but loading bags. From a perspective of actually getting bags into it, it was a nightmare. The baggage compartment access was on the bottom of the aircraft and because it had such long landing gear, that door was a long way from the ground, particularly the aft bay which was on the upward slope to the tail wheel door. Getting in and out was tricky and staying in it was even trickier as the floor and walls of the compartment were always slick with jet fuel. If you were at the aft end of the compartment you were about 5 feet higher than the door and the floor sloped to the door the entire way. Getting bags into the belly of the beast was an exercise in gymnastics, lifting the bags straight up through the hole in the floor while trying not to slide on the slick fiberglass panels of the compartment floor. Then you had to push them uphill to the aft and get them behind the net which divided the compartment. But as much of a pain in the ass as it was, it was by far my favorite plane to work on. I'd even stay late at work when it would be taking off after sunset because that was really a treat. Watching an after dark takeoff with afterburner was a special time. You could feel the power in your chest, the noise was tremendous and the flames extending half the length of the plane behind the engines was one of those things everyone should see once. It is totally different in person vs what you can see in a video. The burner flames are much longer in person than on video, much, much longer. With the advances in jet engines, it would be interesting to see what could be done. They'd probably never make money at it, but when making money is the only goal, not much really cool stuff ever gets done. Sometimes, you just have to build it because you can. I still have all of the souvenirs I was given by crew and even got to bring my parents onboard to look it over once. It was an entirely different time, security wise then and things like that could happen. Nowadays, it would never be allowed. And while I never got to fly in the Concorde, I did eventually get to ride in the backseat of a plane with afterburners. An F-16 of the USAF Thunderbirds. That was a blast, but I think if given the choice, I would have a hard time turning down a ride in the Concorde. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@brucekendall52]

Great unusual story,thks.

[@step2191]

That's awesome. Having one here at the Udvar Hazy museum outside DC and being able to walk around it...its height is immense and I never thought the luggage was loaded manually. I am afraid of heights and theres no way you could get me up there!

[@lonnywilcox7037]

I crawled around the inside of the Concorde on display there. Over the 3 years I was in all of the Air France Concordes that were in service. All of the baggage on the Concorde was loaded by hand piece by piece. The cargo compartments were tiny. Compared to the baggage compartments on other aircraft, they were considerably less roomy. On the wide-body pIanes baggage was loaded in containers for the most part, aside from loose baggage and other freight that was loaded into a compartment in an aft cargo space. I worked on 747's and DC-10's as well. The aft cargo door on a 747 was a lot closer to the ground and was on the side of the fuselage and was much larger than Concorde. The deck inside did slope up a little but not as much as on the Concorde. The 747's weren't usually slick with fuel either.

[@Cissy2cute]

That is a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing..

[@BoB4jjjjs]

I have been inside Concorde but never flew in it, I have stood just the other side of a fence when it took off, WOW, the noise and vibration was something else, you could feel it through your whole body, it was half dark so I did see the after burner flame with its shock waves. Amazing aircraft, wonderful French/British engineering at its best. The problem was the engines never advanced and I think if there had been more of them around they might have become more efficient over time. Concorde was getting on a bit and if it had not been one thing it would have been another. I wonder if the flight could have been aborted, would the aircraft and passengers have been saved? If the aircraft had gained the height to keep flying, could it have made it back to the airport or another airport? It might have, but on landing it would have been a big inferno, could they get anyone off it in time? Shame, I loved the old bird. The fuel tanks were fuller than usual, if it had not been for that the fire might not have happened, but then 9/11 did and this finished it. You have got to admit it was a great piece of engineering. As one pilot in the American Air Force put it "We were told to move over to allow Concord to fly past. Here was us in a Blackbird with life saving space suits on and we were moving over to let Concorde past and the passengers were sitting inside Concorde with suits and ties". That just about says it all. It was an amazing aircraft and to think it was 60s engineering!

[@christopherbunch5583]

My wife and I used to sit in our garden on the Heathrow flight path in London. We used to look up at Concorde and promise ourselves that one day we would fly on it. Well that time came round and we had the great experiences of flying Concorde five times. It was such a wonderful experience including what they called a "light load takeoff" from Heathrow doing a short hop to Manchester before carrying on to New York. That was incredible as the pilot took off and climbed at the fastest rate with quite high G-forces that he could within the Heathrow sound envelope. After he turned the afterburners off it was just like we were floating as he leveled out. So, from being pushed hard back into our seats, we felt weightless for a minute or so. There were a couple of other novel things about Concorde. Firstly it didn't seem to be subjected to turbulence on descending or takeoff like a normal plane and could land in very bad weather that other planes might not have been able to. We landed at JFK in a snowstorm and barely felt a bump all the way down while other planes were diverting. Interestingly it took us longer to get from JFK to our hotel than the flight from Manchester to JFK. The other thing about it was that, as soon as it reached cruising altitude there was never any turbulence due to the altitude that it flew at. Oh yes, Mentour, the seats actually were quite comfortable to fly in, not uncomfortable at all. By coincidence my wife and I were sitting on a 747 waiting to take off when the BA Concordes made their final arrivals at Heathrow and parked up in a row. We both sat there and watched in tears.

[@MentourPilot]

That’s a fantastic story! Thank you for sharing

[@r3b22ber3]

u cried over a plane hhaha lies

[@bicboi1930]

@@r3b22ber3 they cried because they wanted to be pimps and enjoying comfy seats while doing star wars shit. Meanwhile they were crammed in a 747.

[@mtntime1]

@@MentourPilot , You mentioned other SST designs will increase fuel efficiency over the Concorde. The trend these days seems to be bigger engines. Do you see this working at supersonic speeds?

[@WantedForTwerking]

@@r3b22ber3 weird way of telling us ur poor

[@supersonique001]

Flew on her 7 times during the 80's and 90's, 5 times on Air France and twice on BA. It made me become a private pilot along with that darn movie 'Top Gun' ! Many of my friends and a few commercial pilots thought I was crazy to spend the money but I have never regretted it because it was so incredible and cool and now nobody can fly on her and experience the lifestyle! As Ian Fleming once said 'Never say no to adventure', you might regret it when the window is closed!

[@steveh111]

"The most beautiful aircraft that ever flew" - thank you, my sentiment exactly.

[@alpurl]

Right next to the SR-71 Blackbird... Night and day contrast between the two, but both are incredibly beautiful, and almost I dare say, "sexy".

[@venderstrat]

'Jet' aircraft, sure.

[@fouzaialaa7962]

checkout the B1 and TU 160 .....they are both as cool as concorde .... also the TU 160 engines looks like the concords engines

[@TenaciousP5k]

+1

[@trishahopkins6574]

My late father worked on Concorde and he was immensely proud of that. I saw a BA Concorde parked at Heathrow on one of my trips to Tokyo - I cried.

[@asherstanton4561]

I was at Oshkosh the year Concord flew in. Somehow I managed to be near the end of the runway about 200-300 meters from the Concord when it powered up for takeoff. My whole chest was sort of being rhythmically compressed from the sound. To say the least I’ll never forget the sound, the pressure and the beautiful sight of that plane taking off. Good explanation about its demise. Thanks

[@MentourPilot]

That sounds awesome.

[@oarghmm72]

Great video! On a slight tangent: I once saw Concorde taking off from Heathrow as a child whilst being driven in to the airport. I was thoroughly impressed by the sound it made and the visible flames protruding from its engines’ afterburners...and it was all over in a flash. I never flew on it...but my grandfather did, quite a lot as it happened. His job in the early eighties had him commuting regularly and often quite urgently between London and NY and one year - I no longer recall if it was 1983 or 1984 - he famously flew return on Concorde about 30 times. He and the crew got to know each other quite well, as you might imagine. On one occasion, in London one morning, just about everyone had boarded the aircraft and they sat on the apron for three quarters of an hour without moving and without any explanation from anyone. My grandfather was thinking about the urgent meetings he had to get to so he called one of the flight attendants to ask them what was going on. “We’re very sorry for the delay Mr Huntrods. We’ve been waiting for Michael Jackson to arrive” I can see his face now: “And who the hell is Michael Jackson??” A gloved hand dropped over from the row behind him and touched his shoulder: “I’m so sorry if I’ve kept you waiting.” My grandfather always laughed when he told this story.

[@bearclaw5115]

Cool story.

[@sarivanul]

Cool story 👌

[@JansViews]

Concorde was so beautiful! As a Londoner, I saw it several times, both up in the air and at Heathrow. Everyone would look up when Concorde flew overhead!

[@subjectline]

I remember it too, I saw it fly over when I was going to work in the City in 99. So pretty.

[@beverlymcfarlane8681]

I worked in a college at the end of the Heathrow runway and every day the dog would warn us the big bird was on her way long before we heard it. She was so low by the time she got to us that the noise was deafening, and teaching was impossible, but I absolutely loved her. I cried watching the ceremonial flight as the last five flew in, never to rise again.

[@cbcdesign001]

Many of us in the UK & France are still incredibly proud of our Concorde. They look dated in the cockpit but from the outside still magnificent, sleek and graceful.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

It’s the most beautiful commercial aircraft ever built in my opinion.

[@MrDaiseymay]

No question, NO contest.@@I_SuperHiro_I

[@PiepsiPanic]

The intro with that choir almost made me cry .... lots of goose bumps! I so miss the Concorde (...and the space shuttle!), what a beauty, she's just gorgeous!

[@fraserlamb5787]

I still remember the day in 1999 when Concorde flew over my school flanked by red arrows and i sprinted to the window to see them pass directly overhead. To mark the opening of the scottish parliament

[@PiepsiPanic]

Oh wow, now I'm quite envious of you. :) I've never seen a Concorde flying with my own eyes. :(

[@turtleforte]

It was a regular thing for us in Barbados to receive two or at least one flight of the Concorde every Saturday. I worked with BA public affairs in Barbados and the crash was horrifying for us. Many Barbadians took their children to see the majesty of the Concorde as it arrived at Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA/BGI) in the Caribbean. It was sad to see it retire. My brother became a pilot due to his love for this majestic craft. Thanks for your piece. We have a Concorde Museum in Barbados. Come visit.

[@jorditribo94]

I spent 5 minutes to realise that there is a dog..... And another 5 minutes yo realise that there is another one.

[@ATtravel666]

The content of the channel is really interesting but the dogs really clinch it.

[@cygnus618]

I was just about to comment on the dogs. Too funny.

[@bijukumarkn4626]

LOL

[@filanfyretracker]

I honestly had never seen the tan dog before today.

[@Bandit-Darville]

I thought the matrix glitched at 2:34

[@Nobilangelo]

It came to New Zealand once, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force sent a couple of fighters up to escort it as it arrived over Auckland. I was fortunate enough to get a short of them on a long lens as they flew low over the North Shore. An unforgettable sight. As you say, a most beautiful plane, with unmatched performance, even now.

[@Zerbey]

She used to fly over my house when I lived in England, I miss hearing the callouts on my scanner. I doubt we'll see another quite like her for a very long time.

[@walterpark8824]

I just watched this a second time. A beautiful story of 'the most beautiful contraption made by the hand of man.' Indeed! Thank you.

[@andrewcruz1931]

Any video that has CONCORDE in the title gets an automatic click from me . It’s just so fascinating. I never understood why sound was a problem with people . It’s the coolest freaking thing ever ! It can make all the noise it wants!

[@debayanDas]

Say that when you live somewhat near an airport and your day is constantly bombarded with Sonic booms.

[@MrEdrftgyuji]

Used to live under the flight path. It used to be a running joke that Concorde would fly over my school at 11.00am, interrupting the maths teacher.

[@snich63]

I was lucky enough to fly on Concorde in 1999 when I lived in the UK. It was a package charter with a train trip on the British Orient Express, and then Concorde return. The Orient Express took us from Victoria to Canterbury, and Concorde took us from Kent International for a big circle flight around the UK before returning us to Heathrow. We were allowed on the tarmac at KIA to take photos of Concorde. I wanted a photo of me warming my hands behind the engines, but sadly that wasn't allowed! I was living at Windsor at the time, which is directly west of the Heathrow runway. Every evening Concorde would arrive around 1700 looking like a mechanical pterodactyl with the landing gear down and the nose lowered as it came in to land. It would leave again around 1900, and the noise was like the sky being torn apart.

[@RadarLightwave]

Aircrew Interview KZbin channel has a Concorde pilot on who talks very passionately about this amazing aircraft. There's also a separate interview he does talking about the 2000 disaster. It's a really great channel that is very worth the binge watch if you love aviation. I myself love aviation, always wanted to be a pilot, sadly though, I was born with a heart condition, so I can only live it through pilots experiences and stories. Thank you Mentour!

[@tomcorwine3091]

If I were picking a name for an aircraft, “Boom” would be way down on the bottom of the list, after, “Crash” and “Bang”.

[@millomweb]

It made me check the video release date for 1/4/??

[@adamf663]

tell that to oh-shit airlines

[@sergiovalle]

Thank you Mentour... for your time and always teach us amazing info!

[@MentourPilot]

Great to hear that you liked it!

[@geraldogoulart8421]

I saw the Concord landing and take-off in Rio de Janeiro in the 80’s. Air France’s Rio-Dakar-Paris flight. Me and my brothers travel to airport and spend all day there only to see that legendary airplane. Four blue torches take-off in the night is one of the most beautiful memories in my life.

[@kanthikiiran]

Sir, your videos are amazing, you explain so lucidly for a common man to understand well. With your videos, I have greatly improved my knowledge of airplanes.

[@MentourPilot]

Excellent! I’m so happy you like them!

[@em1osmurf]

@@MentourPilot btw: i had a cousin with a tattoo: "Born to Loose". really.

[@xth933]

Thank you for a great video. I grew up in Northern Virginia and we would drive to Dulles Airport to watch the Concorde land and take off early in its service in the seventies. It also flew over our community, during its initial descent into to Dulles. My entire Middle School emptied outside to watch the first flight arrive. As kids, when it would fly over, my buddy and I would stop, salute, and sing British and French patriotic melodies. The whole Concorde thing was very impressive to me as a child.

[@noamaharonovitch6369]

It almost made me cry. What a great video!

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

2 tons of fuel to taxi at Heathrow??? Wow!!! This was a sad story on so many levels.

[@RB747domme]

Three reasons why it used two tons, was; (1) Concorde always needed to burn off 2 tons to create an air pocket in the wing tanks to prevent shockwaves; (2) this meant that it had to always travel to the farthest end of the runway before taking off; (3) the pilot had to keep his foot on the brake for the entire taxiing because even at idle the engines were so powerful that the aircraft would accelerate if the brakes were not semi-deployed. A case in point, is the Air France Concorde that crashed at Charles de Gaule. The captain chose not to follow guidelines and so took off without taxiing the necessary amount to burn off the fuel. This meant that the aircraft was overloaded on departure (as well as being over the indicated maximum freight cargo). This created the shockwaves, and because of the aircraft being overweight, it didn't help matters. The captain would have been reprimanded had he survived the accident. The tech logbook also showed the missing spacer. He should have been aware of that. But I thought you might like to know why it needed two tons for taxiing.

[@kenoliver8913]

@@RB747domme Not really. A turbine core designed to be efficient at 70,000ft and Mach 2 is inherently extremely fuel inefficient at zero altitude and airspeed (its about exhaust velocity and pressure). It's even a problem for planes optimised for 35,000ft and Mach 0.8, though not to the same degree. Airliners guzzle a surprising amount of kerosene just taxiing and taking off.

[@RedSailor1701]

Nice informative video. Concorde is by far my all time favourite aircraft. Beautiful British-French Engineering, and the story of how they short sold the tickets to passengers for years. They did a survey with passengers asking how much they paid for their tickets (knowing that the pax had PAs who actually paid the tickets), turned out the pax thought they were paying waaay more than they actually did.. so BA jacked the prices up haha.

[@MentourPilot]

Yeah!! It was a smart way of backwards marketing

[@concordeac]

Nice summary. There is a lot more as to why Concorde was ‘retired’ and has nothing to do with Concorde herself but that is another story altogether. And not good reading on behalf of AF and some members of BA. She could of flown for another 10 years. BA spent a LOT of money on upgrades that were never used but showed BA’s original intent on keeping her in the skies. She was amazing to fly on. Speed sells. Always will. Fly first class to LHR or fly Concorde? No brainer. And BA’s profits from Concorde are proof to that. A masterpiece in engineering ( understatement ) that many never fully grasped. Thanks for the video. 👍

[@drterrycreagh756]

I was a New Zealander in London and near Heathrow when a Concorde flew right over top on take-off! I shall never forget that glorious sight!

[@lasttrimestr49califos89]

Innovation and technology will bring another SST. But the truth is that it won't be the same as the original. The original Concorde captured the imagination on a global scale both in its great beauty and mind boggling performance. People today still travel thousands of miles just to see one on display. I was young when Concorde was new. I remember it like yesterday. Thanks, Petter for the wonderful memory and awesome video

[@barrypowley9791]

Thanks for this great video and indeed all your videos which I enjoy very much.I was blessed to have flown quite a few times on Concorde both AF and BA to and from US and Brazil via Dakar. Simply an incredible experience which I will never forget.All the best to you Petter and happy flying.

[@jameskerr5756]

Always been a lover of Concorde. Unbelievable what they achieved with the technology they had in the 60's. Just a point to note - you kept referring to 'England and France' instead of Britain and France. I'm a Scot :-D

[@MrFrankKelly]

Actually UK and France. Scotland is in Great Britain and Northern Ireland is in the UK. The sovereign nation is the UK.

[@annabizaro-doo-dah]

Guarantee most of the engineers were Scottish..... Or am I stereotyping?? Cap'ain we need more power!! We canne do et!!

[@schumi140]

@Adi Adiani If the Russians don't deny the fact that USA was on the moon, why would you do that? And remember that time was the cold war. Are you a flat earth guy?

[@echt114]

The flat earthers and moon-landing-is-fake types can't be stupid enough to actually believe such shit. They're usually either 1.) trolls, or 2.) pathetic resentful little balls of fury who use this to express their bitchiness toward the rest of humanity.

[@bradarmstrong3952]

Tom Johnson agreed - amateur radio ops know where the signals were coming from ...

[@abc-wv4in]

I really enjoy your videos and the info you provide. Your furbabies are precious, too. Thanks for doing these.

[@bernarrcoletta7419]

A friend’s dad flew on the Concorde 3 or 4 times a year between Dulles and Heathrow. He was a Lloyds underwriter and his time was so valuable, the cost of the flight was much less. When I went through CDG in 2002, we had to walk across the tarmac right by the entire Air France Concorde fleet.

[@slapshot0074]

So glad I've rediscovered this channel. I am not a pilot amd have nothing to do with the aviation industry. I just find the videos very interesting and always so informative! Thanks. Keep up the good work. All the best

[@KuraIthys]

Such a work of art. Highly impractical, but gorgeous. As for Boom, I wish them well. Given what killed off most hypothetical concorde routes was actually the sonic boom (London to Sydney via Singapore was planned at some point), the real improvement supersonic passenger aircraft need above all else is sonic boom mitigation (and general noise reduction). If you can avoid the sonic booms, a whole new set of routes becone viable. (slightly longer range would help too, since you could do west coast of US to Australia, Japan and parts of china and the like even if still restricted to flying over water only. ) Better fuel economy would help a lot, but it's not the main thing that destroyed concorde in practice... Get it quiet enough to fly supersonic over land, increase the range, and suddenly you have several dozen viable routes, rather than just the one...

[@johnhanek167]

Love listening to your vids. u r a great narrator and stay focused. No ums, errs, uhh, etc. Makes it easy to get absorbed in the story.

[@jenniferahough4983]

Loved seeing concorde at Prestwick, Scotland. Beautiful piece of engineering.

[@Burns1993Joe]

Great video. I agree with you, my favourite aircraft of all time as well. I’ll never forget being on a coach as we were going past Heathrow on the M25 in 2000. I was with my Nan on the way to the newly opened millenium dome (now the O2 arena). All of a sudden we heard the roar of those beautiful Rolls Royce Olympus engines, and low and behold there she was. She flew right over the top of our coach. I’ll never forget the feeling that gave me! I was only 6 at the time. I also saw her last ever flight when she landed at Filton in 2003. I had the day off school for it. Great memories!

[@pedrosmith4529]

Terrorism ruined many things in aviation industry.

[@MentourPilot]

Yes it did

[@rexfariss5653]

Yeah, terrorism indirectly caused the germanwings disaster too, when airbus made the rather bad door design.

[@antimonni]

Ruined a lot of other things too, but enough of that...

[@Eternal_Tech]

Terrorism is bad. Governments' response to it is even worse.

[@trantoan32]

Terrorism ruined many ways of life .. all the hassle going through the airports are from that.

[@Clay_Futrelle]

Love your videos. I've just turned my 14 year old nephew who is obsessed with planes onto your channel, so be prepared for an endless series of questions. Keep up the great work!

[@DjVortex-w]

Two curious facts about the Concorde: 1) Aircraft model safety statistics are usually measured in number of accidents per total flight distance. For this reason the Concorde jumped from the statistically safest passenger aircraft model in the world (zero accidents) to the statistically unsafest in the world because of one single accident. 2) Many countries banned the Concorde from flying above their cities because they feared the noise... even though at subsonic speeds (which the Concorde always flew when above cities) it was more silent than many regular passenger airplanes.

[@qasimmir7117]

Interesting, but what if you factor in the amount of testing Concorde underwent before service? Concorde did 5000 hours of testing.

[@ro19gat]

Thanks for this episode, I have always been a great fan of Concorde and actually just missed out on travelling on her once, interesting fact about the Captain having to get her in the air early because of the risk of hitting the jumbo I wasn't aware of that fact. I also love the tory of the engineer's caps in the instrument consoles of all remaining Concordes never to be removed!

[@scottyweimuller6152]

I flew on the Concorde as a kid and sadly I hardly remember it.....when I was a kid i had such a fascination with airplanes I asked my dad for my birthday to break the speed of sound and I got to go from New York to London for my 8th birthday. I was very sad when they announced the Concorde crash along with the termination of all future flights. I was one of the lucky ones who got to fly in this beast of a plane and I hope one day they bring supersonic travel back to the civilian public. R.I.P. Concorde

[@bradarmstrong3952]

I had the privilege to see a BA Speedbird twice when they flew into my hometown of Rochester, NY on two successive weekends back in September of 1995. The European team flew here for the Ryder Cup on a chartered Concorde. Normally the closest they would ever get was flying in and out of New York City, some 200 miles away. What a treat it was to see this magnificent marvel visit our city. It came here two weekends in a row to drop off and pick up the team. I got to see one landing and one take off, and got a tour of the plane as well! The tour happened because I was trying to see the plane up close on the ground. In those days you could go out in the terminal’s concourses without a ticket, and when I went to the gate where she was parked to see what looked to me more like a spaceship on the ground I saw something else unexpected. The pilot was at the head of a long line of ordinary people, people who he was personally greeting before they would be allowed onto the aircraft for a tour organized by members of the crew! I was singularly impressed by his generosity and professionalism then, but more about that in a minute. I loved the sixties style space-age tech all through the plane. Even the handles on the food service cabinetry were wonderful. I was allowed to stand just inside the door to the cockpit and take a photo. I do remember thinking how small the cabin windows were and how cramped the seats were for a $4,000 one-way ticket, just as you say. The professionalism of the pilot showed up again as I mentioned, during the takeoff I got to watch. I was listening to a radio scanner and heard how the Concorde was held with engines running on a taxiway for fifteen minutes - the pilot was calm and cool with his British accent on the radio while the kerosene burned. Understand that our relatively small airport (4/22 is 8,000 ft.) prevented him from taking off with a full load of fuel and you could see that he might have had every reason to be impatient. Even after he was allowed to taxi the whole length of the airport to get to runway 4, he was made to wait in line behind a couple of other commercial flights and then still he was held at the beginning of the runway. Finally, after several more minutes, it came across the radio from the tower that they had misplaced his filed flightplan. After a few beats of silence he keyed up and recited the plan as if from memory, without a perceptible change in his very professional demeanor: “flight level blah to jetway blah then whatever whatever” with that perfect British aplomb - after about 10 full seconds of silence, the tower said only “Speedbird Concorde cleared for takeoff on runway 4” The pilot acknowledged and almost immediately it seemed the engines spooled up, with the impressive machine held in place in the midst of that endless rolling thunder. All at once the roaring work of art lunged down the runway. It popped into the air about halfway along, light as a cork and at an unreasonably steep angle as if showing off to the other planes just how easy this whole flying thing really was. Its grace in flight, along with the rocketship roar of the afterburners, made it clear this was just business as usual where Concorde is concerned. As the roar faded and the plane disappeared upwards impossibly quickly, all that was left was the wailing of dozens of car alarms from the airport parking lots. It was only a few minutes after he switched frequencies he was already on the radio someplace out over Syracuse calling for clearance from flight level 10 to flight level 30 ...

[@pup1008]

Great story & thank you for your kind words on the plane & the British crew. Love & respect to our amazing *American* cousins from the Eastern side of the pond.

[@SimonSNB]

No new aircraft matches Concorde, I wish I was around (and old enough to remember) when it was flying. My great uncle has a model of Concorde that BA gave him because he was going to fly on it but it was grounded because of the Air France crash. It blows my mind just thinking about this beautiful bird. Thanks for the video Petter ☺☺

[@MentourPilot]

I am sorry to hear that. It was a lovely aircraft!

[@SimonSNB]

Don't worry he's seen Concorde many times, both in museums and plane spotting. He's always got a story to tell about a plane he flew on or a fighter jet flying over his house or whatever it may be

[@kaucik777]

Very nice video as always especially the lighting was exceptionally delightful in this video!! I’d suggest to use this type of lighting in all your future videos as well!

[@Crosshead1]

I was living in London in the early 1970s and made many a trip out to Heathrow just to watch Concorde take off and land. It’s an experience I’ll never forget.

[@grundid44]

This guy is fantastic. What a great teacher! I always learn something here, and I'm deathly afraid of flying. May God bless this man, he is an instrument of peace and information.

[@airfoxtrot2006]

Excellent video Mentour, i miss Concorde too. Have a great weekend my friend.

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you! You to!

[@casparcoaster1936]

I am a air crash junkie, but the Mentour has & does often spiced up this subject so very much... and the life & death of the concord at my age (60+++) i thought I knew, but, this was rich and sweet to listen to, and so full of facts I wasn't clear on, now I am.Many thanks!

[@Luscious3174]

Concorde was a marvel and a testament to what men can build, but it failed pretty much because of three things: 1. Money. High operating costs and ticket prices ruled it out for all but the most well-off, and we all know where those types are located - western Europe and the US east coast. 2. Limited range. Had this plane been able to fly longer routes and make the world smaller you can be sure it would have spurred development of better and newer supersonic aircraft... but it didn't. Going US west coast to Asia in 4 hours would have been very lucrative, as would a one stop 10-hour route from London to Sydney. The Caribbean was the only other route it flew (Barbados), and even that was seasonal. 3. Overflight restrictions. This plane was decades ahead of it's time for people to fully understand the magnitude of sonic booms. I've heard the space shuttle come in to land at Edwards - it definitely gets your attention and can genuinely trouble those who are sensitive to noise. Going back to my second point, mitigating that sonic footprint at cruising altitude with the development of newer/better aircraft could have been a possibility. The crash that happened, while unfortunate, could have taken down any other airliner as well when you examine the details. There have been many more fatal accidents with 747's and Airbus yet those didn't result in an entire family of aircraft being pulled from service. More likely it was the costs involved in upgrading and updating the plane post-crash along with declining interest that put the final nail in it's coffin. Even if a handful of Concorde's would have been kept in service for private flights and charter use, material fatigue in the air frame would have eventually grounded the fleet. There would not be any flying today without a SERIOUS overhaul and retrofit. The forces and heat being generated at supersonic speed really can stress an air frame. No plane can stay in the air indefinitely and air frame repairs are just one of those things you DON'T want to get wrong simply because of the risk. So any time an airliner hits 25 years old, it's time to retire the old bird. You have men who walked on the moon and men who piloted the Concorde - it's a very small and very elite club.

[@alaindumas1824]

AF Concordes flew to Rio via Dakar.

[@brucekendall52]

Excellent story line.I saw the aircraft several times flying in the skys above Johannesburg doing tests in my younger days.Thank you again.

[@learningalllifelong]

Bruce Kendall That is so interesting. May I please ask around which year(s) that would have been?

[@AntonioCunningham]

Ha! I love how there's now two lovely dogs in the shot😊

[@johnnalty5150]

What an awesome educational video. I learn so much from your videos

[@glenna.450]

I love your green and red pillows, situated in the same position as the wingtips of all aircraft!

[@rhonddalesley]

I’ve been bingeing his videos and never made the connection, nice!

[@glenna.450]

@@rhonddalesley Yeah, I realized that was the point since the green one is on "his" right side, and the red on "his" left. Lol I think it's pretty cool! After all, he's a pilot!

[@loumartinez7717]

The BA Concorde flew from Heathrow to Mexico City for a while. We are from Mexico and My father used to fly in the Concorde quite often as the company he worked for did business with UK corporations. Every time he would fly the Concorde, we would take him to the airport and he would come back with really cool souvenirs. My sister and I were probably 5, 6 years old. What wonderful memories of such an era. Thank you for your very generous explanation in a language we can all understand.

[@ritvikvaishnav3472]

i like how those puppies are just like lying around....chilling....

[@soilgrasswaterair]

Intressant kanal! Brukar inte nappa på kanaler som KZbin brukar rekommendera, men den här gången blev jag helt fast! :)

[@EveryTipeOfVideo]

Im excited for the Boom plane! Great video Petter 👍🏻

[@MentourPilot]

Great to hear that you liked it! Nice thumbnail!

[@Wow-cr2ll]

Why are you 9 hours old!?

[@EveryTipeOfVideo]

*drip drop* Join Mentours Patreon at bit.do/Mentour to gain early access to videos. Hope this helps!

[@wmkae2124]

Love the dogs! Could you maybe discuss, sometime in the future, how wing flares provide additional lift?

[@TheRetroShed]

I totally agree. The two most beautiful aircraft ever in my opinion is Concorde and the SR-71 Blackbird. Both stunningly beautiful and equally stunning performance.

[@YorranKlees]

That video made me quite nostalgic. When I was a kid I had that dream of flying from Paris to NY in 3 hours, regardless of the ticket price. And then when I was of age everything had happened as described already and that iconic plane was out of commission. Yet I'm grateful you made this podcast, at least telling us what really happened and put our mind (well at least mine !) at peace with it. Thank you :)

[@roknypio]

Once i was surprised seeing it low in the sky over the University campus in Kalina Mumbai behind the main airport. An engineer friend told me they landed non scheduled land on techenical snag and they fixed it and it went off. It was looking really marvel. Simillar to a lager size airforce fighter.

[@MechanicalMentor]

I've rarely enjoyed a channel so much. Yes I love aircraft but your personality knowledge and style of delivering the information is so awesome. So is the editing and extra info and practical advice. I'm not a pilot im a mechanic bit thanks so much and all the best wishes from Sydney. If ever in Australia come visit I'll take you out to all the nice places.

[@michael2k3d48]

The red and green pillows 😁

[@MentourPilot]

Hahahaha!

[@MarekSmet]

In the right order :)

[@Crosshead1]

How about some red and green collars for your doggies?

[@yldrayozturk8601]

I want to sleep like his dogs ! What he gives to them ?

[@Rikoiu]

@@MentourPilot there was a airplane on your green pillow (fly)

[@jordwhite1]

Nice and simple comment .... Best video you have done so far. That’s it. 👍🏼👍🏼 Keep it coming.

[@h53se]

I have been reading the accident report, on L/H main gear they have changed the whole boggie, and the spacer inboggie was found still in the removed unit. That made a busshing come out of its possision, that made the boggie start wobbling and draging A/C to left. The report can be downloaded from internet.

[@TaunusTV]

You always come up with very interesting subjects. I especially liked this one about the Concorde ! Like always, perfectly explained ! Thanks for the video !!

[@robertslydell6990]

The two doggies are fascinated with the subject and paying rapt attention.

[@RB747domme]

@@seanthompson258 because of the dogs?!! Dogs don't even get Covid. Where did you hear that dogs were causing the pandemic? Smh.

[@joebrown1382]

I love your channel & this episode was very informative about the demise of the Concorde besides the crash. Ok on to your next video.

[@kuyag68]

I remember when the Concorde visited my hometown of Windsor, Ontario (CYQG) in 1987. The owners of Pernod Ricard chartered the plane here when they purchased the Hiram Walker Distillery. The Concorde was here for two days and was open for tours at the airport. It also did a few flybys over the city. Was a once in a lifetime moment to see it in person.

[@MentourPilot]

Fantastic!

[@jockmoron]

You are an amazing presenter, a total natural. It's not just your knowledge, but the enthusiasm with which you communicate and the clarity of your explanations. An addictive series of KZbin videos for me, and I'm someone who really isn't that interested in air flight in any case! I have seen the Concorde in flight coming into land at Heathrow- it was a bit noisier than other aircraft, but no more so than the old 707s. I won't forget that sight. But I have seen another beautiful aircraft whose sound was the most magnificent I've ever heard, it gave me goosebumps to hear - I was on holiday with my wife in Scotland, and we'd parked our Combi camper van on the top of a hill. Then came a throbbing sound behind me, rapidly coming to a double forte crescendo. Four Shackletons from Lossiemouth in file right over our van, close enough to make me involuntarily duck. I'll never forget the sound of 16 Rolls Royce Griffon (in all 600 litres of engine) engines fading away north to their home. Not that we should be too romantic about these aircraft, they regularly crashed and killed their crew, though it would be true the environment they flew in over sea mainly, often terrible weather, and the low altitude they operated in would be factors.

[@sachin.k.gganesh3285]

Very informative captain😎

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you!

[@PaxTemplar]

I was brought up in Ayr, near Prestwick airport. The pilots were trained on the Concorde out of there. Always remember seeing it as a child and the roar of the thing!

[@sciez22]

MentourDogs are so cute!

[@adambordas5024]

About the Air France crash John Hutchinson, an ex BA Concorde captain has a very informative video. He mentions many pilot errors which contributed to the crash. Taking on board too much luggages, making the plane overweight and center of gravity way outside the aft limit. Ordering to override the max fuel amount protection and taking more fuel. Because of this there was no air gap in the top of the tank and the shockwave hit harder. Running the fuel pump pumping fuel forward during takeoff. It meant to be off. This caused more fuel escaping at the rupture. Taking off in tailwind. Because of the tailwind he asked for using the part of the runway under construction.

[@wakeuproy]

Captain! Your topic answers all the questions I had in mind for years. Emotional topic to cover for any aviation enthusiasts. Concorde was truly a technological marvel. Very rudimentary with its all analog cockpit layout, the flight engineer constantly keeping an eye of the functioning. Think the Concorde pilots had that sense of pride flying that bird. Even now I believe that they will earn an extra respect in aviation world. I don't know if there would be a chance ever to watch the curvature of the earth from an passenger airliner in future. Did Concorde had a limit of Coffin Corner? Coz it could fly faster and higher than any other passenger aircraft that is in service even today. Love the gregorian chant like background score at the starting of the vlog with Concorde flying. May I request to share the name of the track?

[@scotttuason5504]

Mentour Pilot , you explain things so well !

[@perulez]

There is/was another supersonic commercial aircraft the Tupolev TU-144.

[@joriskylie6857]

They also had the TU4 don't forget

[@shebbs1]

It was based on stolen material, and was a failure. The French and British deliberately gave the Russians false information.

[@vladchan]

Tupolev actually flew before the Concorde and is still very much alive as Tu160

[@Noio_]

Thanks for the explanation. Nice dogs!

[@leonardnyc12]

Your 2 dogs (even though they are clearly subsonic) are quite beautiful also.

[@ttsec3956]

Definitely the best channel I have come across on KZbin... best accident :) binge watching too

[@MentourPilot]

I’m so happy to hear that! Enjoy the Binge!

[@marsgal42]

Another nail in Concorde's coffin - and business travel, generally - was video conferencing and such (i.e. the internet) making it less necessary to conduct business in person. I saw Concorde in the air and on the ground but never had the opportunity to fly on one.

[@masch4]

keen eye

[@corn_pop6082]

Best history of Concorde I've ever seen. Thank you. I was living in Mexico City in early 80s and often saw Concorde low ib the sky after a takeoff. Stunningly beautiful but always way above my financial capacity, sigh.

[@johnfletcher1036]

During a visit to BA maintenance hanger at Heathrow I got to sit in the pilots seat. To get the plane into the hanger a hollow had to be built into the rear wall to take the nose so that the hanger doors could be shut! I also watched all three on the last flight into Heathrow flying over south east London from my balcony.

[@bettyjane6684]

Really love the beginning of your videos cool!

[@farangtravels3956]

Great video, awesome channel 👍

[@xxparan01axx11]

Got the pleasure to watch on of the lasts concourses flights at the Farnborough airshow (my home town) and I'll tell you the noise and gest from those engines was amazing (we were stood directly behind it as it took off) later found out that alot of its testing was done in Farnborough!

[@loudnoise4690]

Another problem with spare parts (two really). First, there was no bone yard of retired Concordes. With a 737 max there are alot of shared parts with the older models so you can save money by buying a used part even if new parts are available. Second, if a new replacement part isn't in stores, it has to be made. . Although the tools and dies are almost certainly still around, it isn't cheap to make a single part (and often impossible to make a single part that will pass QA). Making more then a single part isn't that great of an option either. You have material and storage costs to consider unless it is something that wears out often.

[@jesuisdenis5739]

Well done. I always learn a lot when I view this channel.

[@MrTrashmasterfx]

The beginning of the video with the homage to Concorde was really good :D. I had the chance to see this Bird two times one was in 96-97 when it visited MUC, i saw Concorde take off that was the event of a live time. you could see it you could here it and you couuld FEEL the power comming out of those four Olympus enignes with full afterburner. ih think the only thing even more louder then Concorde taking off would be a rocket launch ^^. if i remember ist right Boing was palning and developing a simmilar Plane in the 70s (i think) called the Boing SST or SuperSonic Transport, but it not make it past some 1:1 mokups but i can remember why. Kepp up the really cool video i alway enjoy waching them :D

[@tommy22b]

Such an amazing achievement of engineering. I miss running out the house as a kid in london to see it fly over head (everyone looked up when concorde went over😊) . The sound was unmistakable. Seeing them at Heathrow parked up was amazing too.

[@SemyrasGerkhanas]

Most of people wait for tv series new episodes . I wait for mentour videos. I have seen this beauty in Bristol. Hard to believe they made it in 60-70s. Even if they do another supersonic aircraft its not gonna be like concorde.

[@MentourPilot]

Nope! There will only be one Concorde

[@RedSailor1701]

it's not about the waiting, it's a perk of supporting the channel. People appreciate the work Petter does and their money from Patreon goes towards organising interviews with FTO etc an brings new content.

[@RB747domme]

Arnoldas ...and they didn't even make it in 60s 70s as you said - 1952 to 55 was when they were starting to decide on the final aircraft shape. So that by 1960, most of the basic engineering work on paper had been done. It's incredible to think that 65 years ago we could start dreaming of this kind of aircraft. And actually doing much of the work 55 to 60 years ago. The basics of shape, engine, flight control system, supercruise engine inlet management, and electronic fly by wire etc were all done and finished by 1965.

[@ariochiv]

The Boom aircraft sure looks a lot like Concorde! :D

[@GustavoMognon]

Hi! As always a class about the subject! Perfect! Could you talk about how the aviation industry change after September/11 and how was to flying before the tragedy?

[@MentourPilot]

Great idea

[@BrucexfromxCanada]

Hooray!! Finally I get a chance to leave a comment again! As a Viewer: I choose to use internet content for many things, "edutainment" being perhaps the biggest one. Hence the only TV set I have here I rescued from the garbage when I saw it had potential as a screen for my computers' HDMI video matrix. On further technical investigation, I found out why it had been thrown out. It was made for the old NTSC video raster, 4:3 aspect ratio and interlaced. so it sits on a shelf left for use as an experimental display to test video rendering from Pitivi in that format, for possible future charitable use. (I had never expected it to come from the garbage without having caveats, but what would be the caveats?) Now back to the Concorde: It's sad that the Concorde had so many problems, however one day a viable solution just might go "Boom". However given the sordid socio-economic state of the world today, I see humanity as having more urgent challenges that one which might be seen as very "high-flying and flamboyant". Economically can we really imagine some "Concorde II" trying to make an economic "boom" in a world market as economically fraught as what we experience (or sometimes choose to escapes is the status quo on all to many places? That said to tie the concorde legacy to the rest, befoire I go tho check out another video that talks of a sequel to the Concorde and see what's what there. ================================ Nonetheless, I think also of a quotation from another, albeit in spanish, my third language... ¡ cuando quieres luchar por un ideal, hay una sonrisa mas ! (quotation from the song Mas Alla, from the grammy award winning cd of Gloria Estafan, entitled Abriendo Puertas) The whole story behing my point of view (as has been said ":We are a part of ALL that we have met") is known to be exceptionally long, complex andto most very arduous. However that vewry arduousness, for so meny is the challenge they TRULY Fear. But fo "fear" remember we all, the words of Sir Winston Churchill at the time when the Nazis were bombing the !!!! out of Britain: "The greatest fear we have is fear itself!". so, If I then add that for all those who have seen me so disparagingly as "a stubborn cuss!" etc. " Lo HAY su proprio razon ! " or "Method in the madness! " At age 73, I am not a baby boomer. Born in November of 1944,m that was in the tail end of WWII. with a bit of basic arithmetic, it places me a WAR baby, about 18 monts older than the baby boomers. A baby understood s\o little by so many, yet still was not so truly daunted as to carve out what I saw I was best able without having the shake the hand of the devil whilst being unable to FORCE him to let go once having crossed any rivers, in spite of the high price of that forcing. Now, in retirement as "The street teacher, never paid, and never beholding, I tell also, explicitly, WHY I "teach my teach" (which appears in some of my other comments in You Tube and Quora). This is for posterity. I am simply too old to benefit from this save that measure of altrusim that will be with me to my last day!

[@vince_martyn]

We live to the west of Heathrow and used to see Concorde flying over most evenings.

[@rhamph]

One correction: noise bans were starting before the concorde ever flew thanks to experimentation with military supersonic aircraft.

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you! That’s true

[@mateuszzimon8216]

That comment should be pinned up

[@erynlasgalen1949]

I had the pleasure of experiencing sonic booms almost daily as military jets took off from Mitchell Field and flew out to Oconomowoc for training. This was in 1960s Wisconsin, by the way. I can tell you a sonic boom is very jarring to the nerves of those on the ground, even when they are expected. They even caused property damage. All the seals on our thermopane windows failed at that time. The banning of supersonic flight over the continental US was not the result of tree-huggerz.

[@jeffcoat1959]

I live in Oklahoma city. They did a series of sonic boom tests here to see if the public could cope with them; the conclusion was No Way.

[@filanfyretracker]

yea sonic booms are no joke, I have seen the videos from homes "near" Kennedy Space Center/CCAFB and when a Falcon 9 lands its triple sonic booms rattle windows many miles away from LZ-1.

[@diegoarpino2080]

I was born on November 1st 2003. I have only seen a Concorde a few times at the Intrepid museum in New York City. I stood right under it and thought,"Wow. this huge machine standing over me right now has been 60,000 feet up in the air flying at 1200 miles per hour." Makes me sad to think that we had supersonic travel right in our grasp, but we let it slip. Even now, with way more advanced technology, We still aren't doing it. Then I heard about the BOOM project. For those of you who don't know, BOOM Technology Inc. is trying to remake supersonic air travel possible again. I am super excited because I will finally be able to see something fly supersonic. Do research for more info. And Petter, please keep up the magnificent work. I really appreciate the time and work you put into these videos, on top of being busy with your pilot job. Safe flying everyone! :)