Concorde: Five years since the end.

Concorde’s end….a dissenting viewpoint

I just noticed this recent webpage about the decision to finish Concorde services

http://www.concorde-spirit-tours.com/concorde.htm

Wow, a whole five years since I took this picture at Edinburgh on the last day of the farewell tour. G-BOAE was shortly to appear live on BBC News 24 landing at Heathrow as part of the final day event.

Favourite memory of 24/10/03 was ATC telling a Scot Airways Dornier crew that Concorde had departed, but if they hurried they could catch her up…:D

Concorde….early days

The G-BSST departing LHR after its first official visit in 1972 ( it had ‘dropped in’ after a Farnborough show once before this)….and the first service departure (for Bahrein) 21 Jan 1976

less ‘jaggy ‘ versions on
http://www.abpic.co.uk/results.php?q=m+west+concorde&fields=all&sort=latest&limit=10

a big scan of the first service on
http://www.airliners.net/photo/British-Airways/Aerospatiale-BAC-Concorde-102/0782379/L/

and F-WTSB which didn’t go into service (at Paris Air Show 1975)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-France/Aerospatiale-BAC-Concorde-100/0903160/L/

It seems the New York example is on it’s way back ‘home’, complete with reattached nosecone, after it’s land bound sojourn at a NY airport (Forget which one, old, closed)
A brief clip can be seen about 2 thirds through this link.

OddBox

John

I was there at LHR 5 years ago my how time flies,Strage but true G-BOAC was moved from her normal place to make way for the Hangar build yesterday…………………………………..

It was a sad day for aviation, one of a handful of truly great aircraft ever built.