Have just seen a Concode taking off from London Heathrow.
Heard it before I saw it, even sitting at my desk.
Nice to see one in the air again.
Not sure where it was going though.
Any ideas?
Karl
Off to some museum somewhere, I’d reckon! For a final park…gonna miss 'em. [:(]
Yeah, a couple are going off to the States, apparently…
Yup, I read that the States are getting two, three or four are staying in Britain, and one is going off somewhere that I can’t quite recall…
What did Air France do with theirs?
I have no idea! Maybe they will sell them to Virgin … That would be good! LOL
I’ve checked! Out of five Concorde remaining in its fleet, Air France has donated one to the US, to be exhibited at the Smithonian Institute (it’s the same aicraft that did the first Paris-Washigton flight in '76). One in in Baden-Baden, Germany, one in Toulouse (the museum near the Airbus factory), one at Le Bourger Aerospace Museum and the last one is supposed to stay at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, as a display.
So, no Air France Concorde to Virgin, then…
Thanks for the info, Deej.
I’m still thinking about trying to update my old Doyusha 1/100 Concorde prototype to a more modern version…wouldn’t know of any quick ‘n’ easy conversion kits, would you?
I going to LHR, one already in Manchester , one for JFK and Seattle(rubbing Boeings nose in it) with one for Barbados.I dont know where the rest are going.
They used to train here every year, both Air France and BA, sorry to see them go.
Aah, Barbados was the exotic location I couldn’t recall.
Thanks for the info, Oggy!
A series Concorde from the prototype…? It’s a fairly major surgery needed, no? Isn’t the fuselage quite a bit longer? I know the nose, he cockpit and the tail are different… I’ll check, Brian…
Yes Deej, it does appear to be quite involved, with the fuselage differences you’ve just mentioned plus the windshield differences, and who knows what else? Plus, I believe the decals depict ancient BA and Air France aircraft.
Worth a shot, though!
By the way, I’ve never seen one fly, but I understand they are very loud.
The loudest aircraft I’ve ever heard was an F-14. How much louder than that would the Concorde be?
As far as loud, the KC135 taking off always seemed to me the loudest aircraft I ever heard. When I was in Air Force the damn things always took off at 3 or 4 in the morning. Gonna miss any chance to ever take a ride on a Concorde too, end of an era there.
Bob
Well, I was IN Concorde so I did not really notice that much noise… LOL The loudest I’ve heard was at an airshow in Belgium, with a low and really fast flying F-111 (coming from behind the public - nearly fell off the top of the truck I was on!)
But I’m sure Concorde at take off must have been louder still…
Brian,
the 001 / 002 Concorde were indeed shorter than the pre-production (01/02) and the series aircraft. I find it quite hard to pinpoint the exact differences, but the fuselage extension was of 1.98m. It’s all probably in the tail of the aircraft as the rear pressure bulkhead moved back by 4.78m, giving an actual longer usable fuselage and giving Concorde its longer, fatter tail cone. This seem to have slightly reduced the area of the fin, but not much. The fin was seemilingly not moved backwards in relation to the wings. The good news is that the wings were similar, but I’m pretty positive the exhaust of the engines are different. And of course, the 001/002 type nose was modified to incorporate a ‘visor’ that allowed better view when ‘up’ (supersonic flight).
The liveries of course changed quite a bit over the years.
Just heard that my local air museum (Elvington) has failed in its bid to house one of the surplus Concordes. BA what are you playing at??? give em one!!!PLEASE!!!. Greg
Is any kit manufacturer going to release a 1:72 Concorde (with Barbados diorama ?!) to commemerate its demise ?
There’s one available, but it’s vacuform… At 1/72, it’s pretty big!
Yeah, 1/72 would be pretty big! The 1/100 kit is not small by any means.
Thanks for the info, Deej. I reckon the Doyusha kit must be one of the 001/002 Concordes. I wonder which one?
good to know that they did not head them for the scrappers in order to make money…
loudest plane ever with no sonic boom involved?..it must be the Caravelle liner…
a real screamer!!!
Loud?
3 Harriers at 100feet, 80 yards in front of the crowd at Farnborough.
That and F111s at the same height over North Wales being chansed by Tornados.
Pretty scary when you are up to your knees in a bog collecting field samples for a Geography field trip!!!
I’ll miss the morning rumble of the big bird taking off 3 miles away.
It was the only aircraft I ever heard from inside the office!!!
Apart from some of the old Tupolevs that is!
Karl