It's now been 6 years since this supersonic aircraft was grounded for what seems to now be final. Even though there was only one fatal crash (Air France Flight 4590 - July 2000) it was the beginning of the end of this awesome beast. Reasons given were that they were no longer cost effective and even though the landing gear problems that kept arising were rectified by engineers, the rise in fuel affected the ultimate decision to have all Concordes grounded.

I'd like to know if there is anybody here that was fortunate enough to have flown in one of the passenger flights and would like to share their experience and how it differed to that of a regular Airbus or Boeing. I never did get to experience it for myself, and it only came to Australia for test flights 3 times in the 70's (I wasn't born), but it was proven to be a disaster when it flew into Melbourne and hundreds of highrise building windows exploded under the force of the craft.

So peeps confide in me....

Always made me feel proud to see the British Airways concorde

I always looked out for them at the airport as that was the closest I got

endymion said:

Awww I hear yah but I still think it's very cool U got to see them in person. I wonder what BA did with their grounded aircrafts, they must all be at the hangars (?).

Nah, never got to ride in one, dang it. But when the Economic Summit of 1990 was held in Houston, all the big cheeses flew into Ellington Field. We officed on the fifth floor of an office building about three miles away, and had a great view of the runway.

It was cool watching Thatcher in her 757, and the Japanese contingent in their Falcon 50s, but when Mitterand arrived via private Concorde, that was the ultimate!

I was surprised at how much smaller it was than a 757.

I imagine that if a person had to fly overseas they must be pretty upset that there's no concord anymore.

I heard somewhere that they flew so high that the sky did not appear to be as blue as when you ride in a normal plane.

PanthaGirl said:

http://www.concordesst.co...tatus.html

Concorde 204 : G-BOAC
Status

Retired to Manchester Airport

On display in the Aviation Viewing Park
Statistics

22,260 hrs

7,727 landings
Maiden Flight
27th February 1975 : Filton - Fairford
Final Flight
31st October 2003
LHR - MAN

Concorde 205 : F-BVFA
Status

Retired to the Smithsonian Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, Washington DC, on June12th

Click for full details and pictures
Statistics

17,824hrs

6,780 landings
Maiden Flight
27th October 1975 : Toulouse
Final Flight
AF4386
June 12th 2003:
CDG-IAD

Concorde 206 : G-BOAA
Status

Open to the Public at the Museum of Flight,
East Fortune Airfield, Scotland

Go to www.nms.ac.uk/concorde to book a visit
Final Statistics

22,769 hrs

8,064 landings
Maiden Flight
5th November 1975 : Filton - Fairford
Final Flight
12th August 2000 : JFK - LHR
(BA 002)

Concorde 207 : F-BVFB
Status

Will on display at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim Germany. Ferry flight took place on 24th June 2003 to Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport in South West Germany

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Statistics

14,771 hrs

5,473 landings
Maiden Flight
6th March 1976 : Toulouse
Final Flight
AF 4406
24th June 2003

Concorde 208 : G-BOAB
Status

On display Airside at Heathrow

Will eventually go on display at Heathrow Terminal 5
Final Statistics

22,297 Hrs

7,810 landings
Maiden Flight
18th May 1976 : Filton-Fairford
Final Flight
BA002P
15th August 2000

CONCORDE 209 - F-BVFC
Status

Retired to the Airbus plant at Toulouse, on June 27th 2003, where they have plans for a new museum

Click for full details and pictures
Statistics

14,322 hrs

4358 landings
Maiden Flight
19th July 1976 : Toulouse
Final Flight
AF 6903
June 27th 2003

CONCORDE 210 - G-BOAD
Status

Retired to the USS Intrepid in New York
Statistics

23,397 hrs

8406 landings
Maiden Flight
25th August 1976 : Filton-Fairford
Final Flight
Nov10th 2003
LHR - JFK

CONCORDE 212 - G-BOAE
Status

Retired to Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados
Statistics

23,376 hrs

8,383 landings
Maiden Flight
17th March 1977 : Filton-Fairford
Final Flight
Nov 17th 2003
LHR - BGI

CONCORDE 213 - F-BTSD

Status

Retired to the French Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget, Paris. Will eventually go on show alongside the Prototype 001

Click for full details and pictures
Statistics

12,974 hrs

5,135 landings
Maiden Flight
26th June 1978 : Toulouse
Final Flight
June 14th 2003 :
AF380 : Paris CDG- Paris Le Bourget

CONCORDE 214 - G-BOAG
Status

Retired to Museum of Flight, Seattle
Statistics

16,239 hrs

5,633 landings
Maiden Flight
21st April 1978 : Filton-Fairford
Final Flight
November 5th 2003
JFK-BFI

CONCORDE 215 - F-BVFF
Status

In storage at CDG

On display at Charles de Gaulle Airport
Statistics

12,421 hrs

4,259 landings
Maiden Flight
26th Dec 1978 : Toulouse
Final Flight
11th June 2000
AF4586 Charter

CONCORDE 216 - G-BOAF
Status

Retired from passenger service to Filton Airfiled, Bristol
Go to www.concordeatfilton.org.uk to book a visit
Statistics

18,257 hrs

6045 landings
Maiden Flight
20th April 1979 : Filton-Fairford
Final Flight
26th November 2003
LHR - Filton

It's funny that the two greatest Anglo-French joint engineering projects (Concorde and The Channel Tunnel) resulted in faster methods of leaving each other's countries.

Wendy & Lisa discussed flying on Concorde, during their recent Org Q&A.

GirlBrother said:

I also DESPERATELY wanted to know



6:49 concorde question

ZombieKitten said:

Oh, Lottie! I didn't know that was your question. It was a good one.

GirlBrother said:

I'm mad for the planes

Remembering the wide load carrying the dismantled plane, literally blocking the way to Toulouse. Impressive!

I always wanted to ride on one.

They have a Concorde at the Museum of Flight in Seattle on permanent display.