Concorde - A Supersonic Story (BBC Documentary)
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I speak to some British airways pilots, to this day they still talk about Concorde. They still say it shouldn’t have retired.
I agree 100% with those vetran pilots. I think her retirement got a lot to do with politicians than the tragic accident or technical aspects. Like any aircraft it was possible to perfect her than throw her out of the window. What ever poleticians touched will rot. 😢
The debris on the runway could have damaged any other plane that day, but the poor balance sheet probably allowed British Airways and Air France to retire Concorde for "safety" reasons. It's harder to be critical if its being seen as a safety issue rather than just not being cost effective. Sad, it looked amazing and I would have loved to fly on it
@@paulk8888With planes like the 747-400 and 777, it made zero sense because people would rather be in a lie flat seat with warm blankets in business rather than spend 3 hours in a spirit or ryanair seat for $15K.
@@tilethioAirlines aren't able to fill first class seats throughout the year. Half the time they rely on people spending miles or free upgrades to fill out their first class cabin. Now imagine the state of the concorde which is essentially a 100 seat first class airplane. You won't get people to fly that when the 777/747 offered lie flat seats for the same price while being cheaper
I love this documentary, it represents an era that will probably never be matched again. My great granny went on it in her 90s on one of those Bay of biscay flights, they treated her like a movie star.
She must had a great time riding on that glorious speedster.
Imagine if jeremy clarkson Narrated this😲🤯
He should narrate everything
"Do I like this plane? Yes. Yes I do. It's a plane so fast....you could brush your teeth with it. It's the fastest plane... in the world."
@@thomasevans6468 “…to hand it over to our team racing pilot, some say he has no understanding of winter, and that if he had a rocket company and an electric car company he would have created transformers in no time, all we know is, he is called the stig!!!”
@@thomasevans6468 🤣🤣🤣
Concorde & 747. What an incredible time for aviation!
The mystique and the queen
What I would give to be alive in those times
hi C...
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yeaa both airplanes are so beautifully flys...
beter thsn A380 airplane
Agree its so 😔 sad they're no longer flying them was never on the concorde but have flown the 747 both 200 and 400 series would have loved to take a flight on concorde a New York to London ✈️ flight in a mind blowing 2hrs 52mins.
@@alamgudiel7663 i would say the empress and the queen hahaha
They seriously need to bring Concorde back I’m 100% certain they could fill every seat these days
I cant even image the price that you would have to pay for oneway ticket nowadays, as the fuel prices are what they are now.
If 2003 it was 6000-9000 dollars per flight, what would it be now... A lot...
And the fuel usage is about 25k litres in an hour, as now regular planes have 2,5-3k per hour...
@@evokki0075 plenty of rich people who would pay 100k plus to fly on concorde
Just imagine sipping the finest champagne while flying through the air faster than a bullet. Absolutely amazing airplane.
I would hate to imagine that. It's not natural.
@@trawlins396 bro, are vaccines natural? is staring at a phone screen every day natural? wtf even is your comment? our whole lifestyle is "unnatural."
@@BigHotSauceBoss69 I'm a woman first off. And being IN THE AIR is not natural for a HUMAN. For a bird, yes.
@@BigHotSauceBoss69 there's nothing wrong with technology or scientific advancements. To a point. My "unnaturalness" stays on firm ground!
Whenever I re - watch this, I always have goosebumps when the narrator says "Concorde is coming home"
I have the same feeling when they put the reheat on at the start
I seriously believe the Concorde SST passenger is named Silverbolt.
Just a quick FYI my father Ted talbot who is in this documentary died in October 22
Rip dad you legend.
What?! No comments on that one??!!! Let me change that. I'm sorry for your loss 😢
Legend never dies ❤
No one cares
As an engineer I can imagine no greater role in life than ‘Concorde Chief Design Engineer’. RIP sir.
The people behind the design and build of this mechanical marvel are also as fascinating. RAF veteran Harold May, the father of Brian May of the band queen was an advanced engineer and draughtsman for the ministry of aviation. As well as designing and building with precision his son's iconic guitar the "Red Special", and also all the appliances in the family's home, he was part of the team that designed and built Concorde's landing gear. Unfortunately, Harold May could not afford to fly on it, until his son Brian May became a millionaire and flew him to the United States on concorde in 1977 so that he could watch him perform a concert with Queen in NYC's Madison Square Garden. Harold May never approved of his son Brian abandoning his Phd studies in Astro Physics at Imperial College London to persue a music career with Queen, however, after travelling on Concorde and watching his son perform, he shook his son's hand and stated "ok, I get it now."
Brian managed to get his Phd later in life. His father would have been proud bless him.
Really interesting, never knew that
Thank you for letting me knowing man amazing history
Brian May completed his PhD eventually.
Now I have an answer when someone asks "What would you do if you could travel back in time?"
Who is watching this in 2023..
It's a touching story for Concorde
2024 but i agree with you
Gwen is my new favourite person, I could listen to her stories for hours.
Absolutely the star of the show
Favorite part “and I went to the loo at Mach 2” translation he took a shit at Mach 2😂
Not necessarily. Could've been Number 1
🤣
I want to pee...at Mach three....@@trawlins396
At mach poo!
I flew on the Concorde. It was the most beautiful aircraft I'd ever seen. Interiors were comfortable but not luxurious. I remember bi-fold bathroom doors and ergonomic two by two seating that was better than coach but certainly not as spacious as FC. Food service was extraordinary as were the flight attendants who were te cream of the crop. Braniff had a joint venture with BA for service out of DFW and everyone loved seeing the place at the gate. I can't wait for a new version to be rolled out in the next few years.
I just hope the boom sonic jet and other supersonic jets are more affordable to fly..
@@Someonesaidthis I think I read that they're looking at around $2500 RT which is affordable for those who may normally take Business Class. It's not going to be designed for the leisure traveler unless they're high-end.
Can I do a interview with you plz
It wont be due to their climate crisis narritive. If it is it will be just for politicians. They r exempt from all the rules They r setting for us.
“People working together”…….those are absolutely fabulous words. And I love how they spoked about the workers from both countries “teasing each other” but in a good sibling rivalry type of way….this is absolutely great to see I love to see this sort of thing. So cool.
I I feel like people were smarter, more relaxed and enthusiastic then than they are now.
Yep. They were more British.
Many of us can never kick the bucket since a ride on the Concorde will never be checked off the bucket list. 🤪
thats the ticket for cheating death.
Legend has it that Sissy Spacek, the Academy Award winning actress best known for "Badlands", "Carrie" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" loved Concorde so much that if she were flying British Airways or Air France, she would specifically demand for a flight on Concorde. And the only other plane she would accept was the B747. Well, if you have the woman who went on a crime spree with Martin Sheen, burned down her high school prom with telekinesis and playing Loretta Lynn saying that Concorde is the only form of trans Atlantic travel, then I guess you could say, you've got a masterpiece of a machine in your fleet.
This documentary gives me goosebumps, happiness, and sadness all at once every time at the beginning 😢
I remember in 70's my primary school in Fulham about 11 o clock in the morning I seem to remember concorde flying over making the windows rattle
The most advanced, fascinating, crazy,bad ass passenger airplane ever made whit 27 years of service under the belt, today we are not even close to something like Concorde and probably will not be for next 50 years,60's and 70's golden era of aviation based on pure enthusiasm, engineering almost whit out computers and a little bit of money.
we could very well do this today, but they issue is thw insane fuel consumption of concorde, hence why now only military aircraft do supersonic.
I feel so sad about the Air France Crash, apart from all the innocent people who lost their lives. All the Concorde's had a heart and a soul.
the way you put it your happy about the innocent people dying
@@barisplayz3376 *APART*
The Concorde crash resulted from debris on the runway from an American aircraft.
Getting drunk while sonic booming the surface of rhe earth, would be awesome 😂
The 70s were an exciting time, wish I was alive at that time
60s more.. but 70s also
You're an idiot. Yeah nothing's happening today, you have a supercomputer in your pocket and robots are gaining AI.
@@cefb8923 Kid, you can't even appreciate what fellow humans have built? It's honestly sad that you don't even believe in your own human race. Shame.
And Group B rally
@@cefb8923 clown. Back to living with mummy.
If only the concorde was he today and not retired in 2003
If Concorde survived it prolly would've been killed off by covid.
@@phantommedia9964 True
Concorde simply wasn't profitable and it wasn't really reserved for the average passenger. You had to be ridiculously rich to fly it. Not only that but supersonic travel while the future was far too soon and was rushed. For example Concorde was poorly built die to it's cramped conditions and was too loud due to the sonic boom. I think when supersonic passenger flights return they will be greatly improved from better inteior design to using eco friendly engines that won't create a noise or pollution.
@@phantommedia9964 ya covid would have killed Concorde the same way it did to the Boeing 747
the mighty concorde fell from the sky like a fallen angel....beautiful aviation that graced the skies
Yes it fell, as a result of damage caused from debris left by an American aircraft.
There’ll never be another successful supersonic airline again. Nothing can beat the speed and comfort of a teams calls 🙌
24th of October 2003...me and my older brother were awed by this event....we got see the very last Concorde takeoff in person
👍🏻👍🏻
Super documentary
Sad to see Concorde retire so early
Hope its reviewed and we get a chance to dly it
UK and France’s success of the invention of the Concorde is equivalent to the US’s moon landing of 1969. UK and France should be very proud.
Very true.
Sorta
Going to the moon is a little more impressive than inventing a plane that isn't practical
Yes, but it helps start a path to creating super fast space travel? 🤷🏻♂️ idk
Yeah the whole moon thing lol
My father was on the Concorde project in Filton . He was there for about 19 years. I have many pictures of him, including one looking out of the Cockpit. He is now retired, 84 years old, and still remembers his days of Concorde like they were yesterday. I also have a picture of him somewhere with him standing outside of the plane on the ramp. He is with Brian Trubshaw and others. I remember a time when he took me to the hangar During the build. Good memories
That's pretty cool. How did he feel when Concorde crashed in 2000? He must've been upset.
T Rawlins… angry at the owners of the American plane which left debris on the runway, causing the catastrophic damge on take-off.
My advice for you is Heath, take some time and organize the photographs, videos etc well and bring together the stories he used to tell you and also from his old friends. That way you can produce a good documentary about the peoples who build her and their stories. Often the role of working class individuals left out from stories and we see poleticians who doesnt screw one bolt on TV. I think if you can achive it you can make a long time memorabilia for your dad and his collegues, you may also make some additional income and above all you will help the stories coming out. Enjoy your weekend.
If i could've afforded it, i would've loved to have sat in those seats and felt the experience of flying at Mach 2+ just once in my life..... sadly I never had the chance before she stopped working. 🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌
just imagine if you were the pilot getting paid to do it ? :P
@@Maverick25isha very Special experience indeed, just having afterburners alone makes it unique
A remarkable aircraft, with lots of super technological achievements and a very beautiful futuristic design!
The name of that airplane was...the one and only Concorde! Even though it was so beautiful and futuristic, with so many unique features, it also had a major handicap, the sonic boom.
This “handicap” was the beginning of its end which dramatically and tragically impaired it’s ability to expand into other airlines worldwide.
The dream of supersonic flight was very short lived, and after 27 years of service [with only two airlines], the aircraft was retired. Then on that very day, for the first time, mankind has taken a major step backwards.
Now the Concorde is a museum attraction across the world, for many generations to see...what once was an ambitious vision on a drawing board, has become a living reality!
I actually cried when I watched the last Concorde land at Heathrow 😭
Can I do a interview plz
I lived near JFK and we protested it before its arrival because of the boom.
We didn’t realize that it wouldn’t go supersonic until it was over the ocean anyway, and JFK is right ON the ocean.
@@MorganChemij what do you mean? What type of interview?
The most beautiful aircraft ever designed........ And she was designed and built in the 1960's with pencils and paper....... in the age of super computers, Boeing can't even get the Max right!!🇬🇧🇫🇷✌✌
They can they just don’t want to, getting a plane right is too expensive for a greedy company
Boeing seems to have lost their way in the last 10yrs ...........
@@drbadzer the max is corporate greeds finest example . When office boys think they're cleverer than the engineers
737 was around before the Concorde and still is.. where's the Concorde? Such Eurotrash, at least if you're going to flex talk about Airbus. Concorde was an amazing feat of engineering but it's hard to get around fuel and ticket costs and those nasty little sonic booms. The perfect plane for the rich to go from NYC to London but that's about it.
@@cefb8923 I absolutely agree that the Concorde was an amazing piece of engineering that would take quite a feat to top today , Boeing also has the 747 which is still an amazing piece of engineering, Airbus also has the a380 which is an remarkable piece of engineering. I'm not trash talking the amazing engineering but the corporate inadequacy
Designed at a unique time in history, when DREAMS were worth more than money.
2.8 billion euros of taxpayer money was spent by the british and french governments into creating the concorde lol
What a fabulous documentary. It captures the history, the pros, the cons, but most of all: the emotion of flying this quite magical machine.
We are going backwards.... a lot people confuses New for better .... station wagons in the 60’s had tailgate with electronic rear glass window and two options of up or side ways like a gate /door , Bromco and Blazer had the same electric rear glass window on the tailgate in the 70’s and I see expensive SUVs even Mercedes-Benz or BMW and they don’t have it , Thunderbirds had telescope/ side ways and tilt steering column in the 60’s and which vehicles have it nowadays 60 years after ??? 6 decades after I don’t see cars as cool as 50’s , 60’s and 70’s the same with the Concorde .... I love that era so much !
I agree. "Progress" is not always real progress.
@@trawlins396Flying is safer and more economical than driving now. There are cars that have autopilot. We have metro and monorail transport that works without human drivers. You have the internet that let's you access TH-cam or any other online resources at 1gbps speeds from anywhere in the world. We could make a better version of the concorde today, but how are you going to justify the cost of it? The french and British governments spent 2.5billion+ to develop the concorde and that was a massive loss of taxpayer money
@@harshallashar1069 keep telling yourself that.
What an incredible piece of engineering! The greatest airliner ever! I am so thankful to my grandfather who took me on this beauty, Air France , from Caracas to Paris, with a stop at Santa Maria de Azores and back when I was ...14 or 15 years old back in the mid 70s. I was very lucky and fortunate!
Obviously the best plane in history even now. Will never be matched.
Concorde is a rare example of what happens when nations collaborate to produce something. Something amazing. That was two nations. Imagine what would happen if all nations collaborated?............................... ugh the possibilities:) FUCK POLITICS!
It was two nations trying to codevelop this white elephant that added to time delays and costs😎
They spent 2.5 BILLION of government money to develop this that wasn't even practical or comfortable in the long run. Idk what they were thinking when you realize that a seat on the concorde is $15K and only for the super wealthy.
This is a wonderful documentary of such an iconic and visionary airplane, so far ahead of its time it’s amazing to think it was over 50 years ago. An incredible feat of engineering, it’s strikingly beautiful but also heartbreaking that it suffered the air crash in Paris.
The Queen of the skies just came too early. The dream was just a little too big for the time. Keep the dream alive, my fellow humans. Let us see humanity make something as magnificent as that again.
Thank you for this documentary. Such a sad, moving story. So wish they would bring back the Concorde.
Brilliant documentary. Bring back Concord I say. Yes it was before it's time but imagine in 2022/23 Concord would thrive. Especially environmentally friendly Concord
how would you do that? maybe hydrogen engines? because the normal electric engines cant reach beyond mach 1.
I saw this plane as a kid at the Singapore airport ,amazing . This is one thing we have over the kids today hahaha .
The most mesmerizing aircraft ever created. Absolutely stunning.
Still brings a tear to the eye
The concorde will always be my favourite airplane
Politicians: E. NO E. E. NO E.
Narrator: ...over in Toulouse, the workers didn't give a flying f*ck.
Love the way it was put ...... hahajaja . They could put 10 E's on it ,that was beautifully put
lovely narration and the technical explanation of the crash was so straightforward and assumed that you would understand it all.
Hats off to Sophie Okonedo. One of the loveliest actresses and narrators in the business.
DC-10 strikes again
The amount of engineering and effort made to make this plane was so massive, yet still wasn’t enough to meet today’s demands. Just goes to show how undeniably difficult it is to make supersonic travel possible. I wish luck to the company BOOM, as they are trying to reintroduce supersonic travel.
35:54 statement about "I went to the loo at mach 2" reminds me so much of "well, we'll have a coupon day, or... something" in Jurassic Park. Staggers the mind what humans, in their base form, say when in the presence of a colossal event.
It mind boggles me that this aircraft was made more than 50 years ago and the technology that went into it was unbelievable. Today, and I'm aiming this at the Americans, they can't even build an aircraft that can stay in the bloody sky.. (Cough cough Boeing). When Europeans come together, they're unmatched ♥
Lovely documentary. I wish I could enjoy a flight in Concorde. What a beautiful flashback to history.
No thx. Humans aren't supposed to go hurdling threw space faster than a speeding bullet.
@@trawlins396 Naah it was sher beauty man. Way ahead of time.
@@ArmaanAhmed1502 i agree. It's beautiful to look at. And I'm a woman.
I'd wish they bring that thing back in the air!
thx for dis documentry
Fantastic documentary about a magnificent flying machine.
I was fortunate to have flown on G-BOAB from NYC to LHR back in the 90s ... an unforgattable bucket list experience I still think about to this very day.
So sad they will never fly again.
I flew on this flight. It was a wonderful event. I have a book that was given to me about Concorde authored by Brian Trubshaw . A present from my wife. It has the signatures of many of the passengers . I’d like to point out that at time stamp 53 minutes 40 seconds, it was claimed that inside the last Concorde , it was “Ruff, drunken and awful .This is utter rubbish. They were all in a happy state but not “Ruff, Drunken or Awful”
747 is the queen of the sky, but Concorde really was the goddess.
Concorde was the Goddess of the Stratosphere.
This is an amazing documentary
Fabulous documentary!!
Great documentary and articulation, depicting concepts to commissioning; peak and retirement, with 1 incident in the whole career !!!
I'm In love with this plane. And bonus.... the snoot drooped
Concorde makes me proud to be British. The things we can achieve as a tiny island nation, when we put our collective minds to it. Neither Russia nor America could make it happen, but Britain and France could. I wish our country could return to this kind of mindset.
It's a shame there's never like it since... #Concord #Concorde
This is so amazing the amount of engineering master class ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
#BRINGCONCORDBACK
Beautiful bird , Concorde the best plane in the world 🇨🇵 🇨🇵🇨🇵👏👏
Great Docu...
If something Elon Musk should do, is Concorde 2.
Would be a awesome plane
He's building a rocket to transport people across the world, essentially Concorde 2
Boom: hello
This ran on good old fashioned internal combustion not disgusting leftist electricity
He would ruin it.
The concorde was the icon of the 20th centurary
🗣 In my opinion, the *Concorde* is the most beautiful airplane ever constructed .... ✈
This plane is the greatest engineering achievement human kind ever witnessed
Blended wing simply fantastic when you see it up close.Modern material could be better now for it.
My dear grandfather (he was a journalist) traveled on it twice. He said millionaires must have occupied most seats judging by the designer clothes watches and jewellery.
He said other airlines just couldn’t compete so ganged up on it when it began carrying passengers (usually very rich ones). They wanted their rich passengers back.
I saw it in the late 80z flying to Leeds Bradford. The pilot circled the district twice, he said he had done it to show the ppl the aircraft. It later turned out he was struggling with crosswinds as its the highest airport in the UK
You mean what was once Leeds Bradford, but is now Islamabad
An amazing story.
It truly was beautiful.
The princess of the skys sadly gone forever unless...
The princess of the skies ....... you nailed it on the nose......... the 747 WILL forever remain the queen of the skies
Jeez, I'm more a Concordski guy, but the Concorde's aesthetics and nobleness goes beyond aviation. Truly aristocratic aircraft.
@Chemya huh? I did a plane? Dang, I'll reflect on that real hard.
@Chemya jokes aside, what do you think such a thesis is based on? Any proofs, notwithstanding, of course, visual similarities? Always has been a funny mystery for me, like it's just a pathetic copy, it's not even questionable, we just don't talk about that...thing. :D
Concordski failed and was made with stolen blueprints! 👎
He went to the loo at mach 2. What a G.
I can't imagine being in England from New York in a few hours. Bravo concord
Beauty like no other
Who is the narrator? I love her voice.
Edit: it’s actress Sophie Okonedo. I loved her AHS and Flack.
I didn't realize that! She's an amazing actress.
Why do I have this feeling that the Concorde was sabotaged
It wasn't. The pilots license has expired AND he overfilled it w luggage and fuel. And he took off on a closed runway. With a tailwind.
@@trawlins396 you don’t know nothing I flew with Christian Marty. Stop saying this.
The greatest thing man ever created
Space shuttle actually!
Amazing thank you for sharing 😊
No other aircraft has been mourned
The 747 probably will be but yes
Aircraft built with genuine passion will always be missed
@@jamesbirkenhead9767 I'm heart sore that we are losing our queen , my days of waiting for the 4 747's at FAOR are near a end ..... already lost British, now I only have Quantas ,Singapore Cargo and a Lufthansa to spot ...... my best memory is the British airways BOAC retro livery about a year ago here ,
SR71
L1011
What a beauty
J'ai passé le mur du son à bord du Concorde d'Air France le 2 Juin 1987.
If you build her in France, you have nothing Toulouse. I love Joan Collins.
Me too. A true symbol of British pop culture. Just like Concorde.
What a vibe.
I wish that I could have flown on Concorde and hope that maybe indeed I will be able to fly mach 2 by the end of this decade onboard the boom supersonic aircraft
Sucks that they’ll never be anything like this again.
never say never
Concorde: I can do Mach 2.
XB-70: Mach 2? Hold my beer...
yeah but can you do mach 2 with 100 people on board drinking Champaign without a oxygen mask :)
@@Maverick25ish The XB-70 did have a pressurized flight deck, but test flights required the crew to don pressure suits and masks. But they could have flown in shirt sleeves and done some drinking... and throttled down the engines of course to drop to Mach 2, heh. There actually were plans to stretch the fuselage of AV3 for 76 passengers.
@@mytg8 well it didn't have Concorde's beauty that's for sure :P and that counts the most imo
@@Maverick25ish exactly 😂
Bring it back...
If I manage to die with no regrets except one, it would be to never have flown on this airplane.
It's a tragedy that Concorde's days were numbered by 9/11 and an accident, both counts that itself had no part to play in it's demise. The human race has never technologically stepped backwards more, than by retiring it's greatest ever Earth-bound aircraft