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Lord Bracken
October 20, 2010, 21:38:00 GMT permalink Post: 6007807 |
I flew off 9L on BA001 in September 2003, just before it stopped. If you sat on the right hand side of the aircraft you got a great view of the BA engineering base whizzing past as you eased into a nice right turn towards the west...
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Lord Bracken
November 27, 2010, 11:00:00 GMT permalink Post: 6087477 |
I would be grateful if any of the fantastically knowledgable posters on here could provide more details of the formation flying that went on on December 24, 1985.
YouTube - Concorde formation (from the cockpit) YouTube - CONCORDE FORMATION (eventual publicity video) Seems like a wonderful experience. Another vote from me for best PPruNe thread ever - thank you all very much for taking the time to produce such fascinating reading. Subjects: None |
Lord Bracken
January 16, 2011, 00:28:00 GMT permalink Post: 6182215 |
I went to have a poke around G-BOAD this afternoon at the Intrepid museum.
Am sad to say she's in a bit of a sorry state - paint peeling off in places which is no doubt due to being outside in the full weather of NYC. For example, there's still several inches of snow on the wings/elevons from the storm half a week ago. Inside is no better - visible mould on some of the seats which are enclosed underneath a plastic display case type affair, printed on which are some alleged facts about Concorde, but at least one of them was completely wrong. Such a shame. I have only been to see two of the preserved frames, this one and G-BOAA at East Fortune and I have to say the latter is a far better experience. At least someone seems to care about educating people about the aircraft and keeping it in good 'nic, which is not what you can say about the one in New York. Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): G-BOAA G-BOAD |
Lord Bracken
January 21, 2019, 13:55:00 GMT permalink Post: 10366373 |
Hopefully this falls within the limits on commercial activity on PPRune, I have no connection with this other than being a satisfied customer a few years ago. If not, mods please be gentle with me...
The Concorde flight deck DVD produced by ITVV featuring Senior Flight Engineer Roger Bricknell, who also gave a fascinating talk on Concorde at the RAeS a few years ago, is soon going out of "print". So if you want a copy, you'll need to get an order in soon, or get a copy at an air show. I doubt anyone else will reproduce it soon. It's an excellent and in-depth video, well worth it if you didn't manage to fly in her and interesting even if you did. Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): Intelligent Television and Video |
Lord Bracken
August 17, 2021, 11:12:00 GMT permalink Post: 11096623 |
megan
I thought the Tu-144 had canards instead, leading to an entirely new world of weight and complexity pain. Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): Tu-144 |
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