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Dave, I am so pleased to meet you, why have our flight paths not crossed before?
My other half turned 60 yesterday, think I'll stick with what I'm acccustomed to for the time being.
Are you interested in antiques? I fall into that category.
I have some rather nice milk glass circa 1920.
Blimey, I'm confused now.
My other half turned 60 yesterday, think I'll stick with what I'm acccustomed to for the time being.
Are you interested in antiques? I fall into that category.
I have some rather nice milk glass circa 1920.
Blimey, I'm confused now.
Many Years ago with a friend I took a short pleasure flight on Concorde around the Bay of Biscay all in all about an hours flying for about £300 .Due to the fact that the plane was filled with enthusiast I think the pilot put on a bit of a show, one thing I can remember was when we were airborne and the pilot gave it some throttle I actually felt the G force,It was a fantastic flight, I can remember watching the speedometer which was in the cabin, still have the photos and certificate and goodies.Having watched the programme on TV last night brought back memories of it all.
I was working a few years back at British Airways and my job was working directly on Concorde flights. I got to fly it eleven times on test flights, to New York, Barbados and Eclipse of the Sun flight. I would still be there doing a job I loved, but when it got grounded I left BA. Yes, it did fly at 60,000 ft and you could see the curvature of the earth. The walls of the plane heated up in flight and the fuselage lengthened by enough to put a book into a space on the flight deck that was closed up on the ground. I spent a lot of time travelling up front - seems a long time ago now.
I`ve flown it twice from JFK to LHR. Apart from the fact that interiors of aircraft vary, there were a couple of differences. When you land, the force of reverse thrust was much greater and really threw me forwards in the seat. When it took off you used to see the afterburners lit but what a lot of people didn`t know was that the afterburners were used again at about 25,000" to power the aircraft up to it`s full height and you could feel that. It was quite exciting.
I have flown Concorde three times. The experience started on the ground with the exclusive check-in and departure lounge, free canapes and champagne served by waiters. Take off was not as exhilirating as I expected and once in the air it was just like flying any other aircraft unitl the Mach meter hit 2 when you knew you were flying faster than the speed of sound. I was told you could balance a 50p piece on its edge at Mach 2, I tried it, and it did, no turbulence whatsoever. I wouldn't have missed these experiences for the world. A fabulous aircraft, sorry to see it go.
Not for a flight but my mum has always loved Concorde so I took her on a tour they do one of them them they have at Manchester Airport.
It was fantastic, it's very narrow with only two seats each side, must have been cosy in flight especially with all the service I imagine would have been provided.
I managed to get mum sat in the Queen's seat which I think made her day!
We got to go into the cockpit and had a bit of a treat in that a former Concorde pilot came on the tour...kept correcting the guide even!
Amazing aircraft! Going underneath and hearing about how it worked was facinating and such a shame they won't fly anymore, moreso that they could put them back into service but they are too expensive and BA (?) will not sell them.
Just think of the money people would pay for special flight experiences and money they could raise for charity even if they didn't bring back commercial flights.
Apparantly 9/11 caused a lot of problems with people's reluctance to fly to and from New York etc...
So said the guide anyhow.
Will definitely go back on the tour one day, they really are something special!
It was fantastic, it's very narrow with only two seats each side, must have been cosy in flight especially with all the service I imagine would have been provided.
I managed to get mum sat in the Queen's seat which I think made her day!
We got to go into the cockpit and had a bit of a treat in that a former Concorde pilot came on the tour...kept correcting the guide even!
Amazing aircraft! Going underneath and hearing about how it worked was facinating and such a shame they won't fly anymore, moreso that they could put them back into service but they are too expensive and BA (?) will not sell them.
Just think of the money people would pay for special flight experiences and money they could raise for charity even if they didn't bring back commercial flights.
Apparantly 9/11 caused a lot of problems with people's reluctance to fly to and from New York etc...
So said the guide anyhow.
Will definitely go back on the tour one day, they really are something special!
