Concorde finally takes to the skies again.

Concorde finally takes to the skies again.

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PAUL500

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Sunday 21st December 2014
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Eric Mc

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264 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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No afterburners frown

6th Gear

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193 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Brilliant!

Thanks for posting.

miniman

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261 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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It almost looks like it needs a bit more weight!

kieranbennett

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209 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Sadly looks like it didn't last long; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml108q4fp90


Eric Mc

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264 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Spectacular demise.

PAUL500

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Sunday 21st December 2014
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Wow what a way to go, great to see it can be done though so I imagine another bigger and better version is in the pipeline

Dr Jekyll

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260 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Oddly reminiscent of the TU144 crash.

Eric Mc

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Sunday 21st December 2014
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Wasn't it. It even went inverted. Is that a delta characteristic?

Boatbuoy

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161 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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kieranbennett said:
Sadly looks like it didn't last long; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml108q4fp90
That's a different model, different builder/owner.

Boatbuoy

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161 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Eric Mc said:
No afterburners frown
...but this one does, sort of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvmkcXboAP0

Eric Mc

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264 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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A valiant effort.

V8LM

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208 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Boatbuoy said:
...but this one does, sort of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvmkcXboAP0
And unlike the others has a more correct blue to the British Airways livery.

Simpo Two

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264 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Eric Mc said:
Wasn't it. It even went inverted. Is that a delta characteristic?
I think because after a chunk fell off the port wing the starboard wing had more lift, so it rolled, and found stability upside down. A little like the collision with the fancy US plane (can't remember the details).

Boatbuoy

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Sunday 21st December 2014
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Simpo Two said:
Eric Mc said:
Wasn't it. It even went inverted. Is that a delta characteristic?
I think because after a chunk fell off the port wing the starboard wing had more lift, so it rolled, and found stability upside down. A little like the collision with the fancy US plane (can't remember the details).
XB-70 Valkyrie

Simpo Two

85,149 posts

264 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Ta!

Spitfire2

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185 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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I remember watching a remote control Concorde flying at Duxford. Must be 10 years ago. Smaller than that one I think but was fabulous to watch.

bristolracer

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148 months

Sunday 21st December 2014
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Theres a real one parked about 600 yards away from my house.

Parked up in the corner of Bristol Filton runway (as was) rusting away while 2 so called preservation organisations argue over its future. Been sat there since the last flight deteriorating.

Utter utter disgrace.

Mr Classic

224 posts

118 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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They used to do tours around it until an old man fell off the stairway and died frown

Yertis

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265 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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bristolracer said:
Theres a real one parked about 600 yards away from my house.

Parked up in the corner of Bristol Filton runway (as was) rusting away while 2 so called preservation organisations argue over its future. Been sat there since the last flight deteriorating.

Utter utter disgrace.
Yeah, but on the upside we have lots of lovely new cycle paths, and we're green city of the future or something. banghead