Concorde take-off at Sydney

Video shot from the tarmac area at Sydney Airport circa 1999

[@johnwickenton3017]

And even today, if Concorde was in service and taxiing to the runway it would still make every other aircraft around it look obsolete.

[@doctorpacolopez2098]

Indeed!

[@peterbradshaw8018]

I cry as an aviation ffan but as an accountant in training I understand the case for it in financial terms was zero.

[@raccoon874]

@@peterbradshaw8018 why do people say this? Concorde kept *British Airways* solvent for decades!

[@peterbradshaw8018]

@@raccoon874 DWL at first it ran at a loss but I am talking about full costing R&D etc to get the plane in the air.

[@user-ne8rq9hm3z]

​@@raccoon874 At that time,only U.K. and France would fly Concordes,but if Airbus will sale brandnew Concordes,I don't think there will be few countries will buy brandnew Concordes.It's a kind of very different flight in Concordes.

[@DarkWater4Eva]

The only commercial jet to turn heads. I remember back in the 90's as we were waiting in line to take off. Our pilot says on the loud speakers "if you look to the right you'll see the Concorde taking off." It's like an exotic car driving down the road or a space rocket launch guaranteed head turns.

[@valeriehenderson241]

Absolutely nothing will ever replace this majestic aircraft. Both rich and poor could fly on it, being the latter. It makes me weep that it is still not air worthy, which it should have been.

[@suziejackson245]

I remember working at LHR for 3 years, and every day around 11am it used to depart for NYC. Literally most of the airport stopped to watch it take off, and you'll probably never see again the same numbers of "bird watchers" around the perimeter road and surrounding car parks at this time. I lived locally too, and at around 7pm it used to come in to land and you could hear the reverse thrusts about 2 miles away :) What an aircraft; but the pinnacle was going on a trip around the Bay of Biscay in her, what an experience and like seeing the most famous musicians in concert that are no longer with us, I'm so glad I got to experience it's magic while it was still around!

[@toddjochapman]

Totally agree

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

wow, didnt know LHR cared that much! as they had access to it there in a daily basis

[@tmnl8037]

Concorde flew into Sydney for the first time on June 17, 1972. A crowd of 20,000 at the airport and around its perimeter watched the end of the historic flight from Britain.

[@jonsant7232]

I'm so lucky to have seen her land and take off so many times... Always so beautiful ❤️

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

concorde used to stop all ground traffic at YVR when they came in or departed - we skipped a bit of class one day (aircraft mechanics) to watch it depart - instructor understood.

[@mooogg]

The Concorde was the Rock Star of Aviation ✈🤩

[@helentaylor4886]

I was in the suburb of Fairfield and it went right over my head it was awesome I got chills

[@valeriehenderson241]

Yup, we all did! Never failed to stop me in my tracks to watch!

[@hisheroship]

I heard it go past Cronulla from Sydney Airport one morning. It was so extraordinarily loud I knew exactly what it was. Amazing aeroplane.

[@josepadillap5231]

Concorde, velocidad, elegancia, no superado una leyenda.

[@DiscoMood]

Magnificent majesticness. That sums up the Concorde.

[@vicentedorileobarrosbass7037]

Concorde, o avião mais belo que já existiu até hoje. Like 🎸

[@mmhuq3]

I was there that day. Flying from Sydney to Melbourne visiting my parents

[@rafaelramirez6585]

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

[@valeriehenderson241]

Do you mean latter as opposed to later? Yes, it was what dreams were made of.

[@geoffreyhansen8543]

Great video! Very interesting footage.

[@touraneindanke]

She was / is stil the most impressive bird i have ever seen!
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💪

[@MrDaiseymay]

BEYOND QUESTION

[@Aviationprivateeye]

My grandma saw the Concorde when it landed at Sydney

[@stevencurtis3693]

I REMEMBER THIS AMAZING AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER MY PARENTS HOUSE WHEN I WAS A KID. THE SOUND WAS VERY INTERESTING AS OPPOSED TO THE NORMAL JET AIRLINERS.

[@kipkorirchepkwony5010]

Awesome work

[@Halen0224]

The Air France ones definitely never looked as stylish as the British ones

[@mrheyfuckoff1]

0:47 Cool to see an Ansett jet in the background too

[@pcorf]

Two wonderful airplanes = 0:04 Saab 340 and 1:34 Concorde (F-BVFC)

[@MrDaiseymay]

I've never seen Concorde take such a long run to take -off. And no afterburner's. I guess that was because it was flying out over an area of low buildings ( or none) and it saved fuel.

[@CatTerrist]

No, it's heading out over Botany Bay but 16R (Sydney main) is a veeeeeeery long runway and no aircraft needs full power to reach takeoff speed

[@Inboundbogie]

Those people have no idea how lucky they are. It's 2023, and I'm sad...

[@airbrushingbynick6071]

That looked like there was a lot of fat baps on board, the distance it took to rotate.🤣

[@123limelight]

747 are beautiful as well

[@gigaboat]

i was there that day sitting on a tug outside hanger 131

[@pieterkirby9794]

It remember that day well, i got issued a traffic infringement for obstructing a 747... 8)

[@Pauljb1111]

FF to 1.58 for the take-off run.

[@axelschinder5962]

What was that flight duration to Paris?

[@mac1975]

Was that the actual plane that crashed in Paris?

[@toddjochapman]

I didn’t take note of the rego so I’m not sure

[@francinewatson1222]

I wonder how fast the plane is going down the run way

[@MrDaiseymay]

Depending on onboard weight i.e passenger's, fuel/ length of flight usually 180mph

[@petersneddon1579]

Had to stop after 18 seconds due to seasickness.

[@esbonkimani9489]

Its mind blowing beast

[@TheJoska1]

It's amazing what amount of pollution it left behind.

[@samcas707]

Shout out to Australian airlines

[@martacondorimamani174]

OLYMPUS POWER..

[@dany9529]

Qu'il était beau notre concorde!

[@vanlinh71]

hello

[@bendingspring]

Everything was fine, until I saw those two dreaded words on the side of that beautiful bird!!!! 🤮

[@generalkenobi5173]

Well it was an aircraft built by both nations what do you expect?

[@goldorak3251]

Poor guy...

[@garrygreen3210]

Isn’t that f’ing awesome ... ?!

[@carlizio2898]

Worst cameraman ever

[@toddjochapman]

Ha ha ha. Thx mate

[@stronzer59]

Epic work of engineering that will never be repeated.

[@johndemerse9172]

horrible design that led to that crash in France.

[@surrealtom]

@@johndemerse9172 the cause of the crash was negligence you twat

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@johndemerse9172 ESCAPED AGAIN HAVE YOU------NURSE !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@leroyybrown]

Yeah remember seeing Concorde on couple occasions over Sydney Northern Beaches as it came in and the only reason I caught it was the indescribable roar coming from the sky. It's like what could make that noise? Is it a fighter jet? Then you spot the sleek bird and it all makes sense. I also lived in south London for some years and Concorde would fly over and nothing else on earth sounds like it, the roar fills the entire sky

[@SuperDad58458]

Me too.I lived in Hounslow.You always new it was concorde flying over.Amazing sound.

[@janheard3826]

I live in South London and could always recognise the sound of Concorde and go outside to watch it pass over. So nostalgic when I think about it.

[@taxus750]

I worked in London and lived in Chertsey (SW of London, almost due south of LHR) in the '80s and the thrill of the sight and sound of a Concorde leaving LHR never waned. Many years later in 1999, I'm living in Bundeena (a small town south of Shitney) and one day I'm on the beach when I hear this tearing roar off the extended 16 from Mascot and I'm thinking "what the hell is *that*?" Seconds later, sure enough it's Concorde. There is nothing - nothing at all - that looks, sounds and flies like it.

[@pps900]

Go the northern beaches! Never saw a Concorde here but have many of times in London

[@walkwardrobe5587]

I'm from Mona Vale and this makes me nostalgic. In 1999 I was 7, I wonder if I heard any without realising what it was.

[@wattster71]

Memories! I was driving along the road directly behind when she took off (worked at one of the airport hotels at the time). Thanks for posting. A beautiful aircraft.

[@jslasher1]

I was recording an album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in October 1978. We had to stop the recording for several minutes because the noise from Concorde was picked-up by the microphones in St Giles Cripplegate Church, Barbican.

[@touraneindanke]

No regrets now?
Impressive memory

[@toddjochapman]

I wish I knew the rego as that is a very good question. Actually the aircraft was parked at Sydney for a couple of days and I had the opportunity to walk right around it including under it (much less security in 1999). Regrettably the doors were shut so I did not have the chance to go inside. It was such a beautiful aircraft - I am glad I shot the video

[@Splatta34]

Registration of this Concorde was F-BVFC. It was the last Air France Concorde to perform supersonic flight and was retired in 2003 (so definately not the crashed one!).

[@Loulovesspeed]

A few years ago my nephew and I visited the U.S. aircraft carrier Intrepid in New York. On the pier next to it was an SR71 Blackbird and a Concorde. You could see some similarities in the Concorde that it picked up from the Blackbird. Both futuristic and extremely fast looking aircraft!

[@radioretro7917]

Thats a great place to visit in NYC (Intrepid) - Concorde, SR71 and the Space Shuttle (and a pretty cool Carrier) - all on the Huddy in Midtown

[@Loulovesspeed]

We got there when it opened and they had to ask us to leave at closing, we got so caught up in everything to see. The Intrepid has a great history and is the first carrier I have ever seen and it looked big to me. Then I thought about the modern day mega carriers and this one would look like a toy next to them!

[@ladislavmalak444]

Gosh, all those employess just standing there and watching, instead of working! If I was their boss.... .... .... I would stand there together with them and watch in amazement.... ;)

[@toddjochapman]

Ha ha Ladislav... you made me laugh mate. Too true. Whenever Concorde came to SYD the whole airport would stop and watch. Love it!!!

[@ladislavmalak444]

You lucky son of a gun.... ;) I never had the privilege to watch it in action. Once or twice I saw it parking at the gates of Paris CDG when it was still in active service. And after that I only saw it in Germany in the Sinsheim museum.... It must have been amazing to hear those engines scream and roar during takeoff....

[@janheard3826]

Ha ha love your comment. Was an amazing aircraft though.

[@sicebim1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Splatta34]

Air France and British Airways used to send them down to Sydney a couple of times a year when they were on special round-the-world charters. They were not part of any regular, scheduled service.

[@marzapan9029]

The one route it was built to fly it sadly never did. Sydney to London in 12 hours instead of 24+. Concorde could do one thing no other machine ever could. It could buy you time.

[@Loulovesspeed]

Yes, it could, the problem was the cost of time bought was too expensive.

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Why did it never do that route.?

[@GhostedGames2023]

the big boy in the sandbox. popular, rich, sleek, and above all. beautiful.

[@lewisdsd]

Just beautiful!

[@leokimvideo]

Plane spotters, Train spotters, People spotters..
Welcome to youtube.!

[@danedmiston7734]

152,320.00 pounds of raw thrust this baby blast out of it's engines at takeoff !! Please bring back the Concorde!!! Richard Branson maybe??? We are flying at the same speeds that we were flying some 50 years ago or longer.

[@ashegheaty]

Dan Edmiston it was amazing and i loved it . but the thrust was not that much . 777-300 er makes 230000 and a380 makes 300000 pound feet of thrust .

[@nabzduterrier2736]

Voler plus vite que le soleil, une vraie légende.

[@JacoSmith72]

What a great plane she was.

[@supersonicbird11]

Concorde ALWAYS took off with afterburners on, was its design..just to bright to see them glowing is all, yet you can see the smoke trail and indeed know they were alight..

[@newellharry176]

You may want to jump to 2:00 to relieve boredom

[@MinestarP]

I miss the Concorde so much

[@francisrobin5783]

Magnifique l'oiseau blanc de mon pays Montauban - Toulouse !

[@ImmortalKxlla]

Woaw Its Amazing To See Concord To Takeoff At Sydney

[@melanienagy6389]

We Brits were also proud of Concord. Two amazing countries came together to build it. 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇬🇧🇫🇷

[@woobyvr9654]

ohhh the raffie in the same shot as concorde is just perfect

[@porscha901]

Shes a beautiful plane

[@AR-iy7oy]

It was all down to Cost: The Airlines were not making back the money spent on the safety modifications and other upgrades, with some other big costs coming up (tens of millions, before any life extension programme), BA need to write off £84M now rather than £150M in 3 or 4 years. Air France wrote off a large sum of money too.
With the premium first class market non-existant post 9/11, there was no hope of paying back the modification cost to start with, forgetting about any further investment that was required to keep the aircraft in the air. Day to day the aircraft still broke even, but could no longer pay back any big expenditure items, so its days were numbered. It is a sad time, but the inevitable really only came forward a few years from the ends of its technical lifespan.
We should celebrate what Concorde was and still is, the only profit making Supersonic passenger Jet ever to go into service - the Americans could not even do - that's how far ahead of its time it was...and still is!

[@maskent-ol3jy]

Firstly, was this the AirFrance aircraft which was butched on July 25th, 2000? I wonder what was the destination, Mauritius or Los Angeles or Vancouver? Anyway, the very top people who took these planes don't need it anymore, they use the deep underground magnetic levitation ThyssenKrupp trains globally with a Mach+2/3 minimum spead, as an example Al Bielek who worked in Montauk Long Island in the 80s, took every day home this train. Apparently it's only one way.

[@pauljones5876]

ClearlyCaribbeanReb absolute bollocks mate

[@pauljones5876]

It was actually air France's decision to retire concorde as it wasn't profitable for them. It was for BA mostly. Once Air France retired her, Airbus decided to no longer provide manufacturer support and without that she couldn't get a certificate of airworthiness. That was concorde death-nell.

[@ravsingh5347]

Everyone standing like the PRESIDENT has just arrived.... AWESOME LEGEND ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️

[@dinodinosaur3936]

President? In Australia?! Duh

[@Jose-wx2rq]

wow I love concorde

[@ImmortalSynn]

@jackmnsadler
Not true again. The last two years of Concorde were its most profitable while with BA. BA canceled because after AF pulled out, Airbus (who'd inherited Concorde's mtx support) didn't feel that a single airline could justify the cost of that support program alone, vis-a-vis the benefit of writing it off.
So once Airbus revoked support, BA had no choice but to end the service after a few months.

[@pauljones5876]

This Is correct

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

such a different world prior to Sept 2001.

[@DarthVaderEmpire]

Robochop 1987 That Was The Exact Month And Year I Was Born And I Love Concorde And Aviation

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

@@DarthVaderEmpire sorry, just saw your message 4 years after I wrote this comment.
I love aviation too , and I was lucky to see the concorde up close.
👍

[@StanleyKu]

Wow! It sounds similar to the Blackbird. It's most efficient at 80% speed...or so

[@loudini4666]

I saw Air France Concorde at Seeb, Muscat in 1998

[@user-dt8if6pv1i]

طائره رائعه لاسف توقفت

[@Splatta34]

What do I need a forum for? I was there to see it numerous times for myself! :)

[@DKS225]

@toddjochapman i heard from when i was on a tarmac tour of Sydney Airport that the Concorde during it's career visited Sydney only three times a year.

[@mark1968]

Was this a scheduled Air France Concorde route or a charter flight? What a wonderful beast the concorde was.

[@andybliss5965]

I seriously doubt it was scheduled

[@YortOK]

Definitely chartered, no Concorde ever flew scheduled commercial flights to Australia.

[@elisabethbrost8857]

Majestueux. Le plus beau au monde.

[@navyxa2599]

Dont know whats more exciting?...The Concorde,....or the Ansett buggy's that the staff are sitting on?

[@helviopacifico6560]

CONCORDE
SONHO DO MUNDO
🍸🌍💰 BRASIL

[@george385]

@Henkwich Its a crying shame that some will grow up never knowing what a Supersonic Airliner sounded like. Everything stopped when it was heard approaching - and every car alarm in the neighbourhood would be going off when Concorde took off. Nothing comes close. There are some great night time take off's on TH-cam - with the afterburners very evident!

[@ImmortalSynn]

What month in 1999 was it? I have records on just about all of the late 1999s charter flights, and can probably tell you which one she was, if you can give me an approximate date.

[@MKoh51]

BA & AF should have sent the plane on a world tour before grounding it for good. But who knows maybe someday in the future we will catch up to it and it will come back to grace the sky.

[@ImmortalSynn]

@MKoh51
Why "should" they have... who'd be expected to pay for that?
The market was still depressed in late 2003, and shareholders would've likely raised hell over such an expensive showcase-- with no revenue potential in return.

[@Nuke1st]

neither do, it breaches noise regulations at airports, wastes fuel, and would be extremely dangerous coming out of runway 16R/L because of the road behind it.

[@HamishBrown3]

was that the PM taxiing past at the end?

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Yep, one of his Falcons

[@Zabiru-]

That's a damn mighty sound right there. Wish I'd have seen one of them before they were taken out of service (or whatever you call it)

[@pithari9061]

R3 xffvbjjnjghhjj&&j&jjj €gbgbgghghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjjhjhjhjhhhj

[@tabem4542]

now is in a museum........so sad

[@KushalDave]

WOW NICE CATCH

[@__-wk5zu]

Ох... Конкорд был мои любимым самолётом...

[@Aviationrichard]

Was with a mate up at Terrey Hills north of Sydney, and said to him, that sounds like a Concorde. Sure enough this aircraft came into sight as it was on downwind Runway 16R YSSY, turning base toward Hornsby. Not sure if this A/C was the ill fated one in 2000..

[@AirborneRenegade]

Didn't know one flew to Australia. That's new

[@StallionFX1]

The concede flew to many destinations across the globe. It wasn't just limited to the iconic route between New York and London.
The reason most of these routes weren't popular or well known, was due to the fact, some destinations were specifically for events or VIP transport. There's even a video on TH-cam where the Concorde goes to the Fiji islands.
I'm guessing the Concorde would make one or more stops (depending on where it traveled to). But don't let that deceive you, despite the amount of fuel it burned, it was still capable of traveling great distances at a very short time. This was due to being able to fly at much higher altitudes, where the air makes an aircraft virtually lighter and fly to little to no effort at all. If airliners could fly at the altitude the Concorde flew (55,000 and above), greater distances could be achieved, with airframe, engines, and other aspects taken into account...

[@flightpathflix]

That was the last time.

[@bobduvar]

French tour operator used one to fly around the world on December 31st 1999...
Concorde took off from Nice Côte d'Azur and flown all over the world this day....

[@Zabiru-]

@george385 Yeah. I'm hoping we'll get supersonic airlines again some day in the future though. I don't care much for flying coach (which is the only thing I've ever done) since I got older and you know, taller ^^, but I always loved going on an airplane as a kid. Just having seen one of these in action would've been fine though but.. nevermind I'm rambling. Watched a few night-time take off videos. Very impressive indeed :)

[@pps900]

What was the route including Sydney?

[@walkwardrobe5587]

Could've been from NZ. BA serviced between Aus and NZ.

[@JackSadler]

no it crashed once in 27 years, it was stopped because BA said it was no longer profitable

[@dariusahmad]

at 0:44/0:43 I can't quite make out what airline that plane belongs to, and it is really annoying!!!
Can someone please help?

[@bobburns1431]

It was an Air France one.probably accounts for the slow take off!

[@bobburns1431]

that wasn't meant to sound derogatory but the B.A.ones were like sports car on take off.

[@celovity_747]

Was that Concorde Going non-stop to Paris.

[@MrDaiseymay]

She starts moving at 1min. 57

[@StanleyKu]

What would happen if they were turned on again at mach 2? Just curious....

[@faithful2b1]

like sydney Australia???? or somewhere else

[@RafaelRamirez-vk4vu]

Go ahead and fast forward to 2:00, everything before that is wasted footage....