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Concorde airplane
« on: July 02, 2010, 07:20:41 AM »
Why did they forever ground the Concorde fleet of airplanes?  I remember one plane had an accident in 2003 and after that the entire fleet was retired forever.  They don’t do this with other plane models so why did they do it with Concorde?  Was the fleet just too old?  I seem to recall they debuted in the mid 1970s.

Anyone know?  Anyone here ever flown the Concorde?  Could a huge BB fit in this tiny cabin (bodybuilding related)?
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2010, 07:21:37 AM »
They have Stealth Fighter planes now. No need for the Concorde.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2010, 07:24:17 AM »
Flew on it once, what I remember is how uncomfortable the seats were.  Reminded me of corvette seats.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2010, 07:28:34 AM »
If I remember correctly there were a Multiple of incidents all due to the model etc
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2010, 07:29:43 AM »
Quote from: Fallsview on July 02, 2010, 07:24:17 AM
Flew on it once, what I remember is how uncomfortable the seats were.  Reminded me of corvette seats.
Lol...you figure for a multimillion dollar plane at the time, the least they could have done was make the seats comfortable in the cockpit.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2010, 07:40:43 AM »
From what I remember they were grounded because 1) they were too old and 2) they were too expensive to fly ( I forget what, might have been the use of fuel or something)
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2010, 07:43:28 AM »
Quote from: BayGBM on July 02, 2010, 07:20:41 AM
Why did they forever ground the Concorde fleet of airplanes?  I remember one plane had an accident in 2003 and after that the entire fleet was retired forever.  They don’t do this with other plane models so why did they do it with Concorde?  Was the fleet just too old?  I seem to recall they debuted in the mid 1970s.

Anyone know?  Anyone here ever flown the Concorde?  Could a huge BB fit in this tiny cabin (bodybuilding related)?

Concorde and 747 both came out in the late '60's. '68 or '69. I do remember that Phil Collins, that filthy attention whore, used it to play in both the London and the Philadelphia Live Aid events. All the Phil; half the fun.   ;D
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2010, 07:47:40 AM »
Quote from: Playboy on July 02, 2010, 07:29:43 AM
Lol...you figure for a multimillion dollar plane at the time, the least they could have done was make the seats comfortable in the cockpit.

The cockpit is where the pilot(s) sit; I suspect those seats were very comfy.  The fuselage looks tiny compared to many other planes of the time. :-\
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2010, 07:49:51 AM »
Quote from: Captain Equipoise on July 02, 2010, 07:40:43 AM
From what I remember they were grounded because 1) they were too old and 2) they were too expensive to fly ( I forget what, might have been the use of fuel or something)

I remember seeing the Concorde fly by at the Canadian air show at the CNE years ago as a kid. That plane was LOUD.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2010, 08:51:36 AM »
It was too expensive to operate. Something that flys that fast is a total gas hog.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2010, 10:02:01 AM »
I remember the first time it landed at LAX.  My dad got us onto the runway with the all the media and press.  We were standing on the grass as close as we could get.  They said it was going to be really loud but I don't remember it being loud.  I was in maybe 8th grade or around there.  Never got to go on it though.  Oh and it quit operations mostly because of 9-11.  People just weren't flying that much and they didn't have alot of planes
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2010, 10:07:07 AM »
Just a piece of shit is all it was BAY.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2010, 10:15:18 AM »
Quote from: RJ DRIVER on July 02, 2010, 08:51:36 AM
It was too expensive to operate. Something that flys that fast is a total gas hog.
Can you imagine how much $$$ it would cost to fill that sucker up?
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2010, 10:29:45 AM »
Quote from: BayGBM on July 02, 2010, 07:20:41 AM
Why did they forever ground the Concorde fleet of airplanes?  I remember one plane had an accident in 2003 and after that the entire fleet was retired forever.  They don’t do this with other plane models so why did they do it with Concorde?  Was the fleet just too old?  I seem to recall they debuted in the mid 1970s.

Anyone know?  Anyone here ever flown the Concorde?  Could a huge BB fit in this tiny cabin (bodybuilding related)?


what is that fire coming out the back of it?
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2010, 11:25:29 AM »
Quote from: RJ DRIVER on July 02, 2010, 08:51:36 AM
It was too expensive to operate. Something that flys that fast is a total gas hog.

According to whom?  The tickets were not cheap so I hardly think the cost of fuel was the issue.

I'm not sure how long commercial jets are kept in service but according to Wiki the Concorde was in service from 1976-2003.  That's pushing 30 years.  Is that typical for other jets?
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #15 on: July 02, 2010, 11:27:13 AM »
Quote from: jtsunami on July 02, 2010, 10:29:45 AM
what is that fire coming out the back of it?

Yes, I believe that pic was from its fatal final flight.  After that accident all the Concorde's were taken out of service. :'(
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #16 on: July 02, 2010, 11:29:21 AM »
Quote from: BayGBM on July 02, 2010, 11:27:13 AM
Yes, I believe that pic was from its fatal final flight.  After that accident all the Concorde's were taken out of service. :'(

oh lol, I thought that is how it always took off with rocket boosters or something
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #17 on: July 02, 2010, 11:46:26 AM »
Quote from: BayGBM on July 02, 2010, 11:25:29 AM
According to whom?  The tickets were not cheap so I hardly think the cost of fuel was the issue.

I'm not sure how long commercial jets are kept in service but according to Wiki the Concorde was in service from 1976-2003.  That's pushing 30 years.  Is that typical for other jets?

I'm not sure about fuel burn compared to ticket price, But i can only imagine how much fuel it ate up. I fly the crj200 and its small engines burn about 3,500 lbs an hour at a cruise speed of .74 mach.  The Concorde cruised at 2.0 mach!
Yeah its pretty typical for aircraft to stay in service for looong periods of time. Delta still flys alot of dc9's.  They came online in the late 60's and most of deltas are from the early 70's.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #18 on: July 02, 2010, 11:58:40 AM »
Quote from: RJ DRIVER on July 02, 2010, 11:46:26 AM
I'm not sure about fuel burn compared to ticket price, But i can only imagine how much fuel it ate up. I fly the crj200 and its small engines burn about 3,500 lbs an hour at a cruise speed of .74 mach.  The Concorde cruised at 2.0 mach!
Yeah its pretty typical for aircraft to stay in service for looong periods of time. Delta still flys alot of dc9's.  They came online in the late 60's and most of deltas are from the early 70's.

Are there (m)any AOPA pilots here?  I used to fly a Mooney.  If you can afford a plan you can afford the fuel.  The Concordes were certainly not taken out of service due to fuel costs.  I seem to recall that the cheapest Concord tickets were in the $4000 range and frequently went much higher. :o
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #19 on: July 02, 2010, 11:59:05 AM »
Quote from: jtsunami on July 02, 2010, 10:29:45 AM
what is that fire coming out the back of it?

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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #20 on: July 02, 2010, 01:05:23 PM »
Could it of been a terroist attack?
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #21 on: July 02, 2010, 01:14:28 PM »
hi peeps. I remember seeing concorde land many years ago, louder than hell. think there's only one frame still (nearly) airworthy but there's more chance of ronnie winning another four mr olympia's than that flying.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #22 on: July 02, 2010, 01:22:06 PM »
Quote from: BayGBM on July 02, 2010, 07:20:41 AM
Why did they forever ground the Concorde fleet of airplanes?  I remember one plane had an accident in 2003 and after that the entire fleet was retired forever.  They don’t do this with other plane models so why did they do it with Concorde?  Was the fleet just too old?  I seem to recall they debuted in the mid 1970s.

Anyone know?  Anyone here ever flown the Concorde?  Could a huge BB fit in this tiny cabin (bodybuilding related)?


Are you kidding plenty of GetBig millionaires could afford the ticket on a Concorde

Amazing machine all the way.
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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #23 on: July 02, 2010, 04:07:09 PM »
Sigh, the Concorde was primarily booked only by the wealthy and affluent so there was no problem with it.   being too expensive to fly.  In fact it was very profitable because of that

Its just that sales plummetted to practically nothing after that Concorde crashed.  Along with less expensive private jets, it was pretty much it for SST travel

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Re: Concorde airplane
« Reply #24 on: July 02, 2010, 05:59:42 PM »
They didn't ground them, I just bought them all...
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