One of the greatest highlights of my career as a aircraft maintenance engineer was working on a AIr France Concorde F-BVFB (same one as 4:00) on 6th Feb 1999 in Sydney. I still remember the absolute scream of those engines, and Concorde not having a APU meant we had to get the heavy ground power cables up 30 feet in the air and connected before they could shut the engines down. After finishing our work the whole crew relaxed in the passenger seats...I sat in the cockpit of course and was given a personal tour by the flying engineer. 🙂🇦🇺

@staralliancefan1245

Жыл бұрын

wow you'd have some stories to tell having been a FE on these!!

@johno9507

Жыл бұрын

@@staralliancefan1245 Actually I was a Qantas aircraft engineer (mechanic), I was assigned to work on the Air France Concorde when she entered into Sydney, Australia.

@iamtuzii

Жыл бұрын

@@johno9507 that one and only time it came to yssy

@johno9507

Жыл бұрын

@@iamtuzii Actually Concorde came to Sydney a number of times but only on charter flights, the first time being in 1972. And here's a little inside info, while working at Qantas I came across plans from the 1970s of Concorde in QF livery..the old livery with the winged kangaroo and also dimension drawings for hangars and terminal facilities. Pity we didn't get her. 🇦🇺

@theaveragegameyt

Жыл бұрын

@@johno9507you know Qantas can push airbus to build there concorde bec their pre-order is still pending bec Qantas hasnt payed it yet or cancelled it but its 1% chance Qantas will push airbus

I flew roundtrips NY/London and NY/Paris on both British and French Concordes, and still consider Mach 2 life epic. Nothing compares to the experience of the speed, where the London/NY flight left London early AM catching the London sunrise; the flight would then arrive NY even earlier in the darkness, catching the sunrise a second time. Concorde was a time travel machine. With Concord flying to Europe for the weekend was a comfortable event.

@nenblom

7 ай бұрын

Lucky you.

@ianmangham4570

7 ай бұрын

😮Amazing plane totally amazing. 🇬🇧🤠

I flew on Concorde a couple of times returning from New York to London in 3 hours. Amazing.

The Concorde arguably has the most complex analog cockpit instruments ever made. If you’ve seen the proposed cockpit design for the Boom Supersonic airliner, it’s all reduced down to a few large displays.

Imagine telling a Lancaster crew that in 30 years people would be travelling at Mach 2.5 at 60,000ft sipping Champagne in short sleeves. 😂

@112chapters3

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, mind blown.

@tonerotonero1375

Жыл бұрын

Few people appreciate the full dimension of the technological leap that Concorde represents.

@juliogonzo2718

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather who flew PBY's and Hudson bombers on the RCAF in WWII, never flew after the war, but absolutely loved everything aviation related till the day he died in 1994. I'm sure he loved the Concorde when it came out. I only wished I knew him more. He died when I was 10. Only remember one story he told. They damaged a wing on a PBY dropping depth charges. Wished I had been a little older and heard more of his stories.

@aerotube7291

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, there's a story about two french mirages trying to stay with her and failing....incredible plane

Amazing all the engineering challenges they had to address.

What a superb video! Even today that aircraft can't fail to amaze, and the detail in this piece really brings out the extraordinary rule breaking engineering

I like how Paul has a thousand choices of making this thumbnail very clickbaity but he chose not to. Big appreciation!

Fantastic video Paul. I grew up near Heathrow Airport and often saw the Concorde flying in, I’ll never tire of seeing this beautiful piece of engineering, Stay well.

Great review. Driving past Heathrow one day, I had the joy of being overflown by a Concorde on after-burners. It shook my car!

The nose droop is actually larger on the prototype (17.5deg). It was later reduced as apparently during testing the flight crew found it unnerving not being able to see the nose at all.

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

interesting, thanks for the extra info

Interesting tidbit.... I was flying up the US coast in a turboprop back in the day and we saw a Concorde just off the coast of JFK in a holding pattern and dumping fuel. Apparently they could not raise the nose after depature and were planning on returning to the airport. It was quite a sight to see... As usual, another great video, thanks Paul.

What a cool experience that would be. I would love to see what a "modern" version would look like with advanced avionics and control systems.

@mr6johnclark

7 ай бұрын

Thats a good question! I think modern material technology and Avionics could make a modernized concorde much lighter and more fuel efficient. There exists the possibility of the new concorde the ability to super cruise much better than the old version.

I had no idea, or failed to pickup, that the A300 had twin isles as I always thought is was single isles but more room. This explains why it was such a breakthough to carry that many people on two engines! Unless I am missing something, and I might be, is this the reason Eastern Airlines did so well with it, more poeple with less fuel burn and maintencance costs. Nice to know us brits designed the wings too.

Thanks again Paul. Great video. I have been fortunate enough to have visiting this aircraft, and been inside, in the late 1980s when she was still outside! Wow, had it been that long? Oh I digress. And I’m super pumped you got to sit in the cockpit. Anyway, at this point I have to be pedantic here as she is not technically a prototype, but a pre-production Concorde. They built two prototype Concorde’s, these being F-WTSS (001) and G-BSST (002), and these differed from having the original nose configuration (oh I’ve seen the later as well). This is the first pre-production Concorde (101) and there were four of these, before production commenced with Concorde 203. Oh and fun fact, that particular aircraft, was used for the infamous movie “The Concorde: Airport ‘79” in which it crashed, and later, registered now as F-BTSC, was involved in the crash on July 25, 2000. Seems it was doomed either way….

Considering when this was designed and built, this aircraft is an engineering marvel! Absolutely nuts! Great video, Paul!

Great video! I was lucky enough to fly Concorde (JFK >>> Heathrow) in 2000 and get a flight deck tour while supersonic! It was a 40th Birthday treat although there was some miss-communication and the crew thought I was 4 - I had pencils and a colouring book on my seat!

What a beautiful machine. Fitting the fact it came from the same Era as the Apollo spacecrafts.

Former Boeing... Paul, you are so lucky to visit some of the most amazing aircraft ever constructed and flown. Concorde was in a class all to its own. There will probably never be another like it due to costs to fly supersonic and restrictions to fly supersonic over land. The day they pulled the plug on the program, many of us were saddened.

What a great video of a "great" aeroplane. Was lucky enough to watch its final tour around the UK, and saw it many times in the 80's when it'd test post maintenance or updates along the west coast of Scotland.

Duxford again 😊....always happy to see Duxford exhibits. Concorde still looks beautiful and always will I think. I used to see it fly over as a kid in the evenings on way to JFK. Amazing against blue sky with the black exhausts. It used to light up ABs off Strumble Head. Could hear it a long way off as a distant rumble when air conditions for favourable. I love the escape hatch up front.....

Brilliant Paul. Can’t beat the big bird. Greatest plane ever

This tour reminds me that Dame Joan Sutherland, your compatriot, mentioned Concorde in her memoirs. She said, “It is simply not fit for the size of an average opera singer. One got the vague feeling of being part of the cargo displacement!”

Well a head of its time. Imagine modern technology nowadays it would be even better. Im so glad I've come across your content second only to none my friend 👍

@PaulStewartAviation

10 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome! I'm off to the USA next month for more filming :)

I never flew in a Concorde, but I once worked at JFK, and heard them a few times a day. It’s no exaggeration to say that the ground literally shook as they took to the air.

I saw the first ever Concorde land at LHR G-BSST piloted by the great Brian Trubshaw when I was a kid...we lived at the end of 27l or 09r and man could you tell when that was coming or going out....the windows would literally rattle....very much like a VC10...

Amazing stuff Paul, the military angle was something I’ve never heard about previously but makes for a great story!

Concorde is a work of art. Stunning

Great video Paul! Wow those Tupolev engines are massive! No wonder it was so thirsty! Much less aerodynamic than Concord.

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

Really enjoyable video Paul! Your footage is still the most stable of any avgeek tour guide!

@PaulStewartAviation

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I took a tour of Concorde on the USS Intrepid in New York City. While in the queue, we passed underneath the wings of the plane which was AMAZING! The aircraft was HUGE!! So, now I can say that I have been on the Concorde! ❤❤

I got to see this, I was in my 20"s and it was 1993. I worked at Gatwick. We all got time to view this little beautiful aircraft. Damn she was beautiful. I'll never forget that.. She was so small.

Just finding my RMs for the video Hello from outback Dunedoo ❤

The first flight of the Concorde passenger plane was from Paris to Tehran. After seeing the capabilities of this plane, the former Shah of Iran immediately made an agreement to purchase several of this plane with its manufacturer, but

I got to tour the inside of the Concorde at the Intrepid Museum in New York City, and I can confirm the cockpit is tiny. I'm about six foot, and I couldn't stand upright once past the cockpit door. I was impressed that they let us sit first in the original (albeit plastic-covered) passenger seats, then in the copilot's seat, right up to the controls. The Concorde is a beautiful aircraft; it's such a shame they couldn't be economical.

Excellent tour! THX a lot! 👍😎

that is so amazing- thanks for the top tier content :)

Legend has it that British Aircraft Corporation and Aérospatiale knew there were Soviet moles within the organisation so they intentionally circulated blue prints with deliberate design floors.

Very good and accurate - just a couple of points (I flew on G-BOAD in the flightdeck for an entire flight, and spent 14 years from 2024 onward as a senior technical guide on G-BOAC at Manchester, initially at weekends then after I retired from my real job, during the week as well). The wing anhedral has nothing to do with crosswind performance. It was to de-stabilize the wing in roll which otherwise would be overly-stable due the wing leading edge sweep. Obviously the wing feels no crosswind (or indeed any wind) once in the air, just the slipstream which is always from dead ahead while flying. While the cabin was narrow, the seats were actually very comfortable, with plenty of leg room. It was more than comfortable enough for the usual 3 hour trip.

Excellent video and commentary.

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for the video! I’ll never forget my Concorde walk through in Paris Le Bourget , I was awestruck

Great content easy to listen to right amount of technical info, thank you for another great one mr matey.

I was surprised to see the name "Miss Moses Lake" because that's not too far from me here in the PNW. Turns out they did de-icing testing there. Who woulda thought.

RIP Brian Trubshaw. The man that sat in that very seat making history. Man that bird is beautiful, if only we developed it last year 😢

I often wonder if a new physically larger cabin Concorde could be built today. It would be extremely useful on Australian routes especially if it could carry at least 300 passengers and there bags in premium economy comfort.

@haakonht

11 ай бұрын

Of course it can, literally anything will fly with a big enough engine on it, but it won't be economically viable.

The Concorde I was on was the one at Seattle G-BOAG it was 1987 it was a experience flight it was wonderful I was in shock when I came off her I really enjoyed my experience flight greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Fascinating video

You should do a tour of the first two Concorde’s 001 and 002 as they are very different too the Concorde in duxford, best one is at fleet air arm museum as they are shorter and has a different window design.

Very cool thank you

Thanks Paul.

The array of dials and switches is killer !

That's Awesome to John who worked on the Concorde of Air France as an Engineer, Well Done Sir. Makes us all wonder though where things could have gone in this current Post Covid Situation and the desire to get to a destination quickly. What if the Concorde came about in this Time Frame with the High Tech we have now, With that Company in the United States building the Overture SST I think it's called, What if this Wonderful Plane made a Comeback. Especially when we have available to us right across the spectrum now in terms of Engineering, Cockpit and evolving Power Plants. What a thought that is. Also it makes me go back further in time to that of the once heralded USAF XB70 Valkyrie and what if she evolved in this Time and Place. Best Wishes.

I toured through a Concorde at Brooklands Museum a few years back. It was a highlight and I agree, the cockpit was cosy indeed.

Wow!!! What a cool video!

As always a great vlog Paul

Fascinating video Paul. That museum is amazing.

Cheers Paul! Another great video.

Paul, this is such a good video. As a Avigeek, the different systems on board fascinate me. Thank you for the video. I really enjoyed It 😀

Hi Paul thanks for such a great tour of the Concorde.

What an amazing Aircraft this is, Flew her Once or Twice and what a Blast it was. Great Video.

Very interesting video as usual Paul! Ohhh those cf6 spool up at the start❤❤

Hi Paul...thats really cool, especially getting to sit in the cockpit !

Superb insight into an icon of an aircraft. Keep up the great work!

Wonderful video!

Now this is the really cool stuff 👍🏻

Thanks for the interesting video. When I see the complex technique, I can't believe that it all worked flawlessly. Awesome plane, nice video.

Great Aircraft!

I can hear Concorde Captain John Hutchinson talk during your video. A great videob on a flight to Washington you can watch on KZread

That was so cool!

Great review.

Awesome watch!

Excellent video, can't wait to have a look round a Concorde myself later this year at the National Museum of Flight :)

Красавец!!!

Enjoyed that! Thanks for making the video mate. I’ve been to Duxford too.

Reverse and reheat have been made by SNECMA (France). Not present on the original Olympus. Boundary layer is about decreasing speed close to the surface skin, due to air viscosity, not turbulence.

Ah man I changed my KZread name but love seeing ya head!

Exactly one werk ago, I was in a Concorde in Sinsheim, what an amazing but also scary aircraft!

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it! It's a brilliant museum!

Cool video

Everyone "What makes Concorde unique?" Paul Stewart "Yes"

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

😂

Great work, thinking of buying for FS2020 :)

Good vid. In between comnents im going back to absorb the great package of facts.....really good to see original content on here

@aerotube7291

7 ай бұрын

Are you an Aussie ? I've looking to get up to Auckland sometime and vlog the museum up there.

@PaulStewartAviation

7 ай бұрын

Hi mate, yep I'm an Aussie. Auckland is in New Zealand which is nearby. I wasn't aware that they had an aviation museum. There is one down in Christchurch which was the first ever aircraft museum I went to and realised how fascinating these planes are! :)

@aerotube7291

7 ай бұрын

@@PaulStewartAviation I believe they have the only surviving short Solent there amongst other things

@aerotube7291

7 ай бұрын

Motat it's called I believe

@PaulStewartAviation

7 ай бұрын

aah yes, i'll have to keep an eye out for it. cheers @@aerotube7291

Awesome channel amazing vids 🇬🇧🙏🤟

@PaulStewartAviation

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙌

Hi Paul Great videos thanks for making a recording of history for all to enjoy. One question for anyone to answer. As a Bangor Maine USA resident @ 19:18 there is a Logo of the Maine Air National Guard MAINEIACS based here in Bangor. Does anyone know why this logo is on the Concord? Did it run test flights across the Atlantic here to Bangor?

I've flown on Concorde!

@sharonbraselton4302

10 ай бұрын

master has diñt this aß well fly in concordé scho trips

This thing almost looks like it would be a space craft in Mass Effect or Star Trek.

@sharonbraselton4302

10 ай бұрын

yess it dóse

But after the crash of the first Concorde, he canceled the contract and signed a contract with the Boeing factory to buy several 747 passenger planes.

Yeah but this bad boy fucking nailed it. End of. But so old.

Whilst it only had one aisle with two seats either side there was loads of leg room and I don’t remember feeling cramped at all.

It has been said that the Concorde was to Britain and France what the Moon landing was to the United States.

I used to have a piece of the aluminium sheet (8x3 inch aprox) used on the experimental aircraft, if I remember correctly it was a dark yellow/green colour....... haven't a clue what happened to it 😂😂

Hi Paul, a few weeks ago, your channel was suggested and I've watched your videos with a lot of interest! It looks like you travel all over the world and make these wonderful videos of iconic planes. I'd be interested to know where you have traveled to, for how long you have been doing this, and if these travels are specifically/mainly with the goal of visiting museums and making videos, or that your (other) occupation takes you all over the world and you seize the opportunity to visit these museums as a bonus. It would be very nice to see a video on this, what do you think?

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate, yes I’m very lucky :) I try and keep my hobby job separate from my day job, for the time being, though :)

@PJay-wy5fx

Жыл бұрын

I hope that soon your 'hobby job' will become your day job! Keep up the good work!

Going to Duxford in a few weeks how did you get access to the cockpit ?

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

I asked to film inside but it’s usually closed

... and drivers of the 2012 - 2018 Astra complained of too many control buttons.

@PaulStewartAviation

11 ай бұрын

And now we have touch screens and want the buttons back!! 😂

Paul did you not do this during the Duxford visit last time? Not as in depth but in part 1 of Duxford? Great as always tho x

I wonder if the US could have made a supersonic transport based on the Rockwell B1 bomber.

@sharonbraselton4302

10 ай бұрын

boóm is bjg ít

06:15 what’s the purpose of the ejection jack ? Escape hatch door ?

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

The escape door was to abandon the aircraft inflight. I suspect that it's mostly there to provide comfort that it could be done. I doubt it could be used in reality.

A real life Wallace without Gromit 😊

Correction, Americans use afterburner, the UK refer to it as reheat.

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

Isnt that what i said?

@mstevens113

Жыл бұрын

​@@PaulStewartAviation nope, got it back to front, "reheat, what the British call afterburners"😂. As a brit I know what you meant though.

@shrimpflea

Жыл бұрын

@@PaulStewartAviation Yes it is what you said, ignore them.

@PaulStewartAviation

Жыл бұрын

@@mstevens113 that makes sense, though. I can see where you’re coming from and I could have been clearer 😂

These brilliant engineering creations like the Apollo Moon Program were destroyed in insanely stupid decisions.

not a whole lot of clearance between the elevators and engine exhaust