Concorde - Supersonic Marvel

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Concorde is the greatest civilian aircraft ever built. In the aviation hall of fame Concorde stands second only to the Wright brothers' maiden flight. Even before she leaves the ground, she goes like a bat out of hell! She cruises at twice the speed of sound, faster than the earth rotates. She's so far ahead of the pack, she's out of sight!
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde is a retired turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner or supersonic transport (SST). Concorde was jointly developed and produced by Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) under an Anglo-French treaty. First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued commercial flights for 27 years. The aircraft is regarded by many people as an aviation icon and an engineering marvel.
Type : Supersonic Jet
Cruise Speed : 1,350 mph
Cruise Altitude : 11 miles
Rolls Royce Olympus Engines : Total Thrust 152,000 lbs
Afterburners : Adapted from Military Jet
Air Intake Systems : Slows Air for Engines to Subsonic Speed
The Delta Wing : 5,000 of Testing
Nose : Hydraulically Controlled System
Clip from the documentary "Modern Wonders of the World".
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[@USexotics1776]

I flew on it. Best decision I ever made as for as people around me trying to talk me out of it . They said that's too much money just to fly, while spending their money on what they wanted. I've been Mach 2 on the most awesome plane ever built. Follow your dreams!

[@merediths2cents]

I also flew on it. Very small but amazing.

[@fred420]

Still the most beautiful airplane to date, way ahead of it's time.

[@salsa4everable]

aesthetically, the B1 Lancer would be the one I'd love to have in my driveway :)

[@baza7008]

And the safest aircraft that's ever been as well as it only ever suffered the one accident in France unlike every other aircraft which have had multiple accidents but yet are still in operation.

[@IonorReasSpamGenerator]

The US developed and flown Mach 3 strategic bomber (XB-70) even before Concord took into the sky and Sukhoi developed something similar few years later, but you can't argue much though with the good look and fact that Concorde was closest we got at the time to affordable Mach 2 transportation viable at least for top-earning 1% of population...

[@hassanduusmadani8534]

@@baza7008 that does not make sense. Of course there has been more accidents with other passenger jets, since theres so many of them compared to this one.. Out of less than 20 Concordes operating , one crashed..Thats a truly crappy statistic.

[@mikev.6705]

@Nathaniel Cruz the wheel is there to prevent tailstrikes on touchdown due to the aircraft's increased angle of attack on approach.

[@highlandmalt6368]

It's approaching 50 years since Concorde first flew - yet, if today in 2016, it was revealed as a new aircraft, it would still be an astounding achievement.

[@starsnstrife]

As if private jets aren't bad enough, this thing is an environmental disaster.

[@MrDaiseymay]

or even now--in 2021.

[@vsocarras27]

@@MrDaiseymay I hate saying it but your right why you think it's now retired

[@Aeronaut1975]

@@starsnstrife The 16 largest container ships in the World in one year produce as much pollution as every car on the planet combined. Concorde is like trying to raise the sea level by pissing into the ocean in comparison.

[@bodyperfect1]

“Over the Atlantic the Pilot the can really open her up, the Afterburners are relit and Concord slips effortlessly through the sound barrier”. 09:07 How beautifully describe by the narrator to such a Wonderful Plane.

[@jogolock1190]

Concorde is a time machine, amen to that.

[@madhurkumria1334]

50 years to the Concorde, we still have no successor

[@athennag.4756]

So sad that we never see her again😕😕

[@dmytrogubskyi4355]

@Nathaniel Cruz that crash was waaaay not the only reason. Yes, it contributed the retirement, but was not the main reason.

[@dmytrogubskyi4355]

@Nathaniel Cruz The short answer: Age. The long one: Economics of flights. Inavailability of the spare parts (or their expence due to uniqness and never-happened mass production, as it was planned at the start). Noise pollution standarts. Ecological standarts. The collection of the "take off\landing" cycles by the airframe. Obsolescence of all it's systems - electrical, navigational, hydrolic, etc. And so on. Pick any of those - they were all relevant. The conversations about their retirement started long before Paris. That disaster just made a final push. There are no eternal things, especially when it comes to such sophisticated machines. 27 years of service is more than enough for any passenger aircraft, let alone the aircraft that extreme. There is a time to shine, and there is a time to rest.

[@reinhardwagner1094]

I was lukky to see her first maiden flight at the air show in Farnborough. Reinhard Wagner and Rosalía Marucelli

[@6364928]

She's a beauty. A masterpiece

[@chathamabs2011]

My Dad was very proud to have made some of the parts of Concorde as I'm sure all those involved with it are. He was presented with an official Concorde tie which was worn on all family occasions much to our amusement. The tie now is a precious heirloom and reminder of my Dad so I always get a bit emotional when I see things about it. It was such a great achievement and must be a great sense of pride to those that flew it, made it. It's just completely brilliant.

[@Mauser_.]

Love the video, thanks. This will remain the most wonderful aviation creation in history. Even the announced future supersonic jets aim at just Mach 1.7, and when they are built they will have the cheapest components available with many parts sourced from China like today's "modern" jetliners. Nothing will beat the majestic beauty of the European designed built Concorde.

[@GanzuGinisu]

they should at least bring the concorde back for airshows ~

[@boffisgd]

10:00 probably one of the last born people to have flown on Concorde. Imagine being him today (Probably 22-24 years old just like me) and watching a footage of himself happily flying supersonic!

[@gitanjalipritchard7270]

Most beautiful plane ever made

[@martincourtenay-blake5792]

Difficult to believe this was designed by men (and women no doubt) sat at drawing boards using pencils. Absolutely incredible. I doubt we'll see another SST until the Hotol designs finally come into being.

[@bruceblake9942]

HOTOL is dead. You need to look for SKYLON with SABRE engines now.

[@mcwolfus2]

+Martin Courtenay-Blake had one female pilot too.

[@cancelanime1507]

Bruce Blake That thing will only work for space travel.. It is not economically viable since it’s a gas guzzler which makes Concorde look like an extremely fuel efficient aircraft!

[@cancelanime1507]

Martin Courtenay-Blake Ever heard of boom’s overture? If that succeeds then Boeing and Airbus will certainly build another SST!

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

Concorde wasn't an airplane, it was in a league of its own

[@Aviatorspot]

Awesome super jet!

[@jocounelis]

Most Beautiful plane rides on earth. ❤😇😇❤

[@JohnJohansen2]

4:04 WOW!

[@chrisnizer1885]

4 massive afterburning turbojets should be mandatory on commercial jets. Thank you Concorde!

[@inetanel6139]

Concord is a TIME MACHINE

[@spinos4ru553]

Well it was...... The best airliner

[@aerocap]

747: Queen of the sky. Concorde: Goddess of the sky.

[@jeanpaularseneault4080]

Concorde the perfect.airliner..on.this planet

[@williamheupel4632]

The " CONCORDE " will always be the most prestigious envy of the sky. Supersonic passenger jet travel with all due respect should be given full credit to the British for all the very hard work and effort that went into making it happen in reality. We will be back. Come Along for the ride . 🌐🌏🌎🌍🗺

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

The British should not have full credit as the project was a U.K. France cooperation. The French took the risks of first flight and first supersonic flight.

[@nalokemah4527]

Design is French.

[@paulm2467]

@@nalokemah4527 it’s actually a 50% split project, the British and French were both designing a supersonic plane but only the British had a suitable engine so the governments agreed the deal to split costs and production. They were built in both countries,10 in each, and each country’s National airline operated 7 each.

[@CaptainPeterRMiller]

An excellent documentary. I had not seen it or any of the footage before. Well crafted and interesting. The Concorde is to aircraft as the Citroen DS19 was to automobiles. Long live innovation.

[@scottwilson6467]

10.06 - 10.29 Thats the best footage ever recorded of the Concorde - Its like something out of a dream the way its just timelessly flying through the sky isnt it?

[@alexanderleeart]

wow that formation was beautiful

[@MarcusLeepapi]

I miss seeing both of the Concorde aircraft come into New York. My family lives in one of the flight line approaches into JFK Airport. She, the aircraft, was and is a great aircraft. So nice.....I miss her....

[@SteveHolsten]

It saddens me that Concorde was unnecessarily grounded. They need to build new ones!

[@didiersevrin4254]

superbe avion toujours inégalé !!!!

[@insanhina9078]

Love concorde! Hope someday will oprate again.❤

[@healthdios]

I find myself staring at this machine's photos and rewinding videos over and over again.... I've only heard of it, never actually saw it in real life. It's amazing that after being grounded for so long it still has some much appeal and make us long for the next-generation of SST but when facing reality, I'm just wondering how on earth this plane was ever conceived and at one point it even made a profit for the companies who owned it. I don't know when or what type of SST we'll see in the future but for the time being, year 2023, there has only been one, and there will be just one CONCORDE.

[@sharky442]

LOVE IT.....I "LOVE" The Concorde SST.

[@sibdji9714]

very nice

[@yufang7006]

loved it

[@fazhussain3706]

The plane I always dreamed of flying

[@vsocarras27]

I wished unfortunately I was born December 2004 over a year after it's last ever flight to Filton, England on November 26, 2003

[@ReubenWainaina]

Bring Back the Thrill!!

[@sanjaymandal4580]

Awesome. saw it first in the Airport series of movies as a kid and was very lucky to experience the roar of the supersonic engines while it had visited Chennai India three times. did not have cell ph those days . otherwise would have treasured the moment. The scene was really mesmerising. Fantastic engineering. ..Hope she will come back and cruise again .

[@javierbarrientos9927]

Awesome, Fabulouse

[@user-kg3gu5yl8t]

Masterpiece.

[@alexandert2762]

What an incredible machine.

[@generalhcross]

"Perhaps it's a case of being unable to improve on perfection."

[@lucio-dh8mx]

fantastico

[@merediths2cents]

I flew on this in 1993. Very small but amazing.

[@Fabi81]

What a beauty! The best comercial (supersonic) jet plane of ALL time vith timeless design.

[@davidlees9096]

This video really is the best of British

[@myaccountgooglexrobinson512]

I like the plane like the video

[@scruffylee]

concords last flight in to Heathrow i was in bond street she flew straight down from one end to another turning left as she reached the northern end of bond street Mayfair and there where people hanging out of windows and everyone was looking up i was coming out of Fenwick it was such a emotional moment as i remember back in 1976 our science teacher taking all the classes onto the school roof and we saw her on her maiden passenger service

[@mcwolfus2]

+scruffylee Did she stop at the lights?

[@mcwolfus2]

+scruffylee The plane had a hidden fault, ie dangerously weak tyres and vulnerable fuel tanks. It is chance that this didn't happen sooner.

[@george385]

+mcwolfus2 The tyres were upgraded and the fuel tanks armoured with kevlar. The root cause of the accident was a poorly maintained American DC-9, leaving bits of itself all over the runway and the failure of the French to a a runway sweep (the British did do this prior to Concorde taking off).

[@mcwolfus2]

george385 The plane was made safe in the end, but you got to ask yourself why a supposedly safe plane crashes because of a strip of metal. The incident log tells a story of burst tyres and resulting damage.

[@george385]

mcwolfus2 Leaving rubbish on a runway is a risk to any aircraft - and incidents involving burst tyres are not restricted to Concorde. You have to ask yourself why the French overfueled Concorde with a ton too much fuel as well as a ton too much cargo? The overfueling meaning wing tank number five was overfull, generating a shockwave that actually punctured the tank?

[@cookingwithluca2581]

... an experience I will never forget 😍 out to JFK supersonic, back to London on a 747-400. One of my finest memories ever 🥂😍

[@shopwithaaron]

She rocks!!!!

[@vicentedorileobarrosbass7037]

O avião mais lindo do mundo.

[@kevinhawrt7334]

Enjoyed all my flights to London and back JFK

[@fazhussain3706]

Even if the plane is retired its still the best plane that was built and i want to fly on that if it was flying again

[@nathanielcruz6675]

2:03 R.I.P Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022 😪😪😪😪😪

[@ChubbyLizzie]

Concorde and the Red Arrows - what a beautiful sight. Fighter jets with swarm drone's might look like that in 20 years time.

[@nguyenchanh224]

super

[@xx_arthur_1294]

cool

[@postwar46]

Endless research, in infinite detail realised this delta winged dart which travelled at the speed of dreams..... until then. A testimony to forward thinking , innovation, and brilliance.

[@legokid-_-6902]

Dang to bad it was retired. :( i never got to fly on it ):

[@devotedcetacean6568]

Even if it didnt retire you probably wouldnt be able to fly on it. Concorde was really expensive. More expensive than a flight now

[@IonorReasSpamGenerator]

There are countries where you can buy a house for the price of the UK to US return ticket for Concord...

[@delltawnnorthri7459]

@@IonorReasSpamGenerator probably 5000 for economy class.

[@sww32]

@@delltawnnorthri7459 There was no economy class on Concorde, only Concorde class :)

[@bruceblake9942]

I enjoy the video very much, but it would be improved with a British narrator !

[@Jingleboy14]

6:00 - Knock-off theme Thunderbird.midi?

[@Tantraloverful]

I wish! they remake it - with all the modern advances in efficiency and environmental concerns (like reducing sonic boom), relaunching Concorde 'nouvelle', I would fly anywhere, even to Barbados, even to the Gulf, even to Washington D.C, even to nowhere and back :) please revive the 'Queen of the skies'!

[@Ibirdball]

"Unable to improve perfection" Well actually British Aerospace in 1977 were considering improving Concorde by adding leading edge flaps and more powerful engines which would mean the afterburners could be removed, and improved range of up to 5000 miles. However, this never came to fruition.

[@Dr23rippa]

1969 :O where are the supersonic flights now? Should be flying at triple the speed! now.

[@cadillac718bx36]

nope. too loud, bad fuel economy, cant fly supersonic over land because of the sonic boom which limits destinations and defeats the purpose of the planes capabilities and purpose. expensive to fly on and expensive to maintain.

[@cadillac718bx36]

boeing had a plane in early stages of development in the 60s and 70s which was set to carry 300 people and fly 3x the speed of sound but was canceled because of the poor sales of the concorde and other political and environmental reasons but thankfully they were developing the 747 which was way more profitable and still in production 40 years later . Supersonic planes are loud, burn lots of fuel, and flight paths are limited due to sonic booms not being allowed over land. there was only 14 Concordes in service. Air lines want fuel efficient planes that can fly half way around the world.

[@barrierodliffe4155]

Boeing tried to make an SST but they were so far behind Concorde that the government stopped funding and they gave up and instead put all their effort and a lot of money into sabotaging the Concorde.

[@hypersonicmonkeybrains3418]

Generation Z won't have supersonic passenger flight.

[@allenmontrasio8962]

Dr23rippa they are not economically viable, unfortunately.

[@fadyelias4461]

It's fast speed made it some kind of a time machine that only goes to the future according to ein stein

[@brudenell27]

Wasn’t a concord also used to test that there was a difference in time and space proven in some way?

[@TheUtuber999]

Concorde was the first unofficial "Airbus".

[@mickyday2008]

Best thing I’ve ever done

[@gokceralp]

Concorde is the safest as well. It's safety records are impecably clean! Don't let anybody talk about the 2002 crash the first and the only one; it wasn't Concorde's fault. Any other airliner would crash in the same incident too. And don't compare its recordings to A380's, A380 flied only a couple of years. No one knows what would happen if A380 flied 30 years. Concorde was a legend in aviation history, and it will remain so thru centuries.

[@towgod7985]

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome aircraft! And the video is not that bad either!

[@josepadillap5231]

Cuantos Concorde quedaron en museos?

[@gokceralp]

Did you see the spaceship in the movie The Independence Day? The same silhouette with a Concorde that takes off or lands.

[@concordegaming5037]

I can’t wait for commercial supersonic flight to return, but I am getting concerned about the future of Boom and its Overture.

[@fenderstratguy]

Concorde's last flight was November 26, 2003

[@Backtrack]

Good video work ! Next to that, sad that Concorde (French for agreement) sits on terra firma (the ground).

[@contemporaryspectrumoperat9080]

I almost cried, watching that fly pass over the Queens golden jubilee celebration...waw

[@masterplane9131]

cool woah

[@drhikmat6829]

رائعة جدا . . خسارة أن لا تكون في الأجواء . . لايعقل !

[@stst2729]

at 4:29 she looks like a raven .... a white raven oohh yeeaahhhh she is rare as White Raven .....

[@soultraveller5027]

1960s/70 technology amazing it was reported in a interview with ex astronaut Buzz Aldrin or Jim Lovell that he thought concord a amazing achievement building a supersonic airliner with. All the problems associated with it above the Apollo mission interesting statement. If he said it

[@tmnl8037]

It looked like a stingray that flew. I’m sure this aircraft was the predecessor to the NASA space shuttles. I only saw a Concorde when it first flew to Sydney, Australia, around the year 1970.

[@gokceralp]

French invention? Sorry but French guys joined the team 6 years later than British guys. In UK, the idea of making a supersonic commercial jet suggested in early '50s and research/development started in '56. French guys adopted the idea later and join the UK team in '62. Studies and works might have been taken to France than, but the initial idea belongs to UK.

[@michaelmartin4383]

Avant-garde, elegant, engineering-excellence, just about sums up British aviation history. Although, I guess many from the millennial generation will think this was either shot on a parking lot in the Arizona or concorde was built by super-intelligent aliens.

[@alecjefferson6993]

Say no more 👏🇬🇧👏😘

[@guitarlover302]

Surely there must still be a market for an aircraft like Concorde ? Potentially needs up dating with new technology and reduce costs with saving on flight engineer costs etc -

[@paulm2467]

It’s not the operating costs that are the problem, it’s the development costs.

[@EdwardPCampbell]

What a gorgeous, sexy plane. Sadly missed over London. The end of a unique, golden era of supersonic trans-Atlantic flight. May she inspire some replacement in the future. But will it be as beautiful? Like Jaguar, Rolls Royce and Bentley cars. The finest of British engineering, and still world leading in many fields, for such a small country.

[@LeftyPlaysRighty]

+Edward P Campbell No....It's the Aston-Martin, in the aircraft world.

[@EdwardPCampbell]

There are a whole range of Jaguars, Rolls Royces and Bentleys which top out at 200 mph if you remove the ball-and-chain governors. I was just about to include Aston Martin, but you could also include a few others, like McLaren.

[@mintfiction]

+Edward P Campbell sick info dude

[@marcstella7346]

+mintfiction xxxxx

[@WezzRail]

+Edward P Campbell Another Super-Sonic Airliner will come along at some point, however it certainly won't look as good as Concorde.. It'll probably look like a gigantic turd.

[@fazhussain3706]

If concorde ever flew again i want to be the first one on it

[@christopherackerley9941]

such a sad loss we have gone backwards.

[@patricesankara3081]

He goes like a bat outta hell!

[@Tomatrix22]

What's the difference between the cockpit windshields? On some aircraft, there are 2 large windows, but on others there are more, smaller windows.

[@LeylandFiveTen]

***** The nose droops for better visibility for take off and landing. When you see 2 large windows the nose is in its drooped position. 6 small windows its in the position for cruise.

[@Tomatrix22]

Leyland FiveTen Ah i see. i knew about the nose but not about the windows

[@AmericanBullet92]

Retiring the Concord was a crime

[@SuperLuckao]

Yes by America, like 9/11

[@AmericanBullet92]

@@SuperLuckao not one American based airline operated the Concord. British Airways and Air France did. The crash at Paris, 9/11 and it got more and more expensive over time to maintain the Concord. Retiring the Concord might of been a crime but It's days we're numbered.

[@Vorticy]

the Concorde was landed for good the year after...

[@fernandopagnotta58]

anyone knows the name of the track at 5:00

[@rafaelramirez6585]

Nowadays, there are modern aircrafts with the most advanced technology and then , there's the stuff dreams are made of.... Concorde is the later.

[@halomegabloks6369]

Waw

[@markbooth8822]

The only people flying at mach 2 now are fighter pilots in full flying suits. Concorde passengers flew at the same speed dressed in casual clothing, enjoying fine dining and champagne. Blissfully unaware that they were moving faster than a bullet from a gun.

[@genie0390]

the reason these jetliners are out of sight is because they're inside museums

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

No mention of the five occasions when Concorde rudder panels fell into the Altlantic.

[@RB747domme]

Concorde couldn't fly without a rudder. Simply a fact. She would have crashed.

[@AaseesKing]

The past is literally the future

[@hilarious7695]

"Concorde is the only civilian aircraft that has afterburners." Tupolev Tu-144: Am I a joke to you?

[@peterd440]

The TU-144 was a joke to everyone.

[@Maverick25ish]

If this never existed and was made tomorrow i would think wow the future is now.... but this was the past wtf :(