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Speedbird Concorde 2 Heavy

Just heard and saw it come in (I live in london along the heathrow flight path). Air travel just got a lot more boring.... :brokenheart: 🙁

EDIT: And no, the noise didn't bother me..... it makes you look... in a kind of good way 🙂
 
I don't think so. We have without question the ability to build fast aircraft, now we are exploring "BIG" aircraft, like a A380. Should make real long distance travel even cheaper in the long run.

However, I've always liked "Fast." I'd rather take a spin in a Concorde or a Tu144 over a jumbo anyday!
 
Heh. Concordes are out of commercial service, but nowhere near gone. You don't think anyone's going to let those things go to the boneyards, do you? National governments, billionaires, and assorted other 'highest bidders' are lining up to buy them off BA and AF.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Concordes are out of commercial service, but nowhere near gone. You don't think anyone's going to let those things go to the boneyards, do you? National governments, billionaires, and assorted other 'highest bidders' are lining up to buy them off BA and AF.
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Thats wonderful cheif...but Airbus wont be supporting them after October...no parts, no documentation, etc. You'll only see one fly if British decides to keep one for airshows, which is doubtful. Heres the fleet list:

G-BOAC - To go on display at Manchester.
F-BVFA - Retired to Smithsonian.
G-BOAA - Not airworthy. Candidate for display at Heathrow Airport or Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
F-BVFB - On display at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim Germany.
G-BOAB - Not Airworthy.Candidate for display at Heathrow Airport or Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
F-BVFC - Retired to the Airbus plant at Toulouse, on June 27th 2003, where they have plans for a new museum
G-BOAD - Expected to be retired to the USS Intrepid in New York.
F-BTSC - Crashed in Paris.
G-BOAE - Expected to be retired to Museum of Flight, Seattle.
F-BTSD - Retired to the French Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget, Paris.
G-BOAG - Expected to be retired Barbados international airport.
F-BVFF - Soon to go on show at Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
G-BOAF - Expetcted to go on display at the new Bristol Aviation Heritage Centre / Bristol Aero Collection at Filton.

You will never again see one in commercial service.
 
Originally posted by: crab
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Concordes are out of commercial service, but nowhere near gone. You don't think anyone's going to let those things go to the boneyards, do you? National governments, billionaires, and assorted other 'highest bidders' are lining up to buy them off BA and AF.
Click to expand...

Thats wonderful cheif...but Airbus wont be supporting them after October...no parts, no documentation, etc. You'll only see one fly if British decides to keep one for airshows, which is doubtful. Heres the fleet list:

G-BOAC - To go on display at Manchester.
F-BVFA - Retired to Smithsonian.
G-BOAA - Not airworthy. Candidate for display at Heathrow Airport or Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
F-BVFB - On display at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim Germany.
G-BOAB - Not Airworthy.Candidate for display at Heathrow Airport or Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
F-BVFC - Retired to the Airbus plant at Toulouse, on June 27th 2003, where they have plans for a new museum
G-BOAD - Expected to be retired to the USS Intrepid in New York.
F-BTSC - Crashed in Paris.
G-BOAE - Expected to be retired to Museum of Flight, Seattle.
F-BTSD - Retired to the French Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget, Paris.
G-BOAG - Expected to be retired Barbados international airport.
F-BVFF - Soon to go on show at Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
G-BOAF - Expetcted to go on display at the new Bristol Aviation Heritage Centre / Bristol Aero Collection at Filton.

You will never again see one in commercial service.
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Okay, so all the highest bidders were museums. Who knew? Those would've made INCREDIBLE bizjets. I guess the only supersonic commercial aircraft we have left is the as-yet-unreleased Cessna Citation Soverign (Which is not 'technically' supersonic, as Cessna currently only rates it to Mach .8- it's just a favorite of the test pilots to take it to 1+, which according to some sources, it does readily)






 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: crab
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Concordes are out of commercial service, but nowhere near gone. You don't think anyone's going to let those things go to the boneyards, do you? National governments, billionaires, and assorted other 'highest bidders' are lining up to buy them off BA and AF.
Click to expand...

Thats wonderful cheif...but Airbus wont be supporting them after October...no parts, no documentation, etc. You'll only see one fly if British decides to keep one for airshows, which is doubtful. Heres the fleet list:

G-BOAC - To go on display at Manchester.
F-BVFA - Retired to Smithsonian.
G-BOAA - Not airworthy. Candidate for display at Heathrow Airport or Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
F-BVFB - On display at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim Germany.
G-BOAB - Not Airworthy.Candidate for display at Heathrow Airport or Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
F-BVFC - Retired to the Airbus plant at Toulouse, on June 27th 2003, where they have plans for a new museum
G-BOAD - Expected to be retired to the USS Intrepid in New York.
F-BTSC - Crashed in Paris.
G-BOAE - Expected to be retired to Museum of Flight, Seattle.
F-BTSD - Retired to the French Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget, Paris.
G-BOAG - Expected to be retired Barbados international airport.
F-BVFF - Soon to go on show at Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
G-BOAF - Expetcted to go on display at the new Bristol Aviation Heritage Centre / Bristol Aero Collection at Filton.

You will never again see one in commercial service.
Click to expand...

Okay, so all the highest bidders were museums. Who knew? Those would've made INCREDIBLE bizjets. I guess the only supersonic commercial aircraft we have left is the as-yet-unreleased Cessna Citation Soverign (Which is not 'technically' supersonic, as Cessna currently only rates it to Mach .8- it's just a favorite of the test pilots to take it to 1+, which according to some sources, it does readily)
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The Soverign is rated to 450kts...take it above and you're in deep sh!t. Test pilots can do whatever they like, but I'm willing to bet anything that while over mach 1, that wing buffets like a mofo. It cannot be realistically flown supersonically for any length of time.

The fastest passenger jet flying today is the Cessna Citation X. It'll cruise at .92 (just over 500kts), and can legally fly to 51,000ft.

You can...beleive it or not...get any jet airliner over mach 1. Whether it can sustain that or survive is another story.
 
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