Concorde - 15 years after the final flight

[andygolfer]

it was 15 years tomorrow that Concorde G-BOAF made the final Concorde flight from Heathrow to Filton returning to where it was built and ending the era of the SST (for the foreseeable future anyway), it's gone quickly but let's look back at it so here are a few of my Concorde pics and what can you contribute? Let's see how many we ca load photos of by midnight tomorrow!

Here are some of mine of ''Foxie' in her current home, the Bristol Aerospace museum...
G-BOAF Concorde, British Airways Bristol Aerospace Museum 09-11-2017 9683 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BOAF Concorde, British Aiirways Bristol Aerospace Museum 09-11-2017 9638 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BOAF Concorde, British Aiirways Bristol Aerospace Museum 09-11-2017 9635 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a long time ago 'AF' at Stansted July 1985:
concorde stn july 1985, 2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

meanwhile 15 years on G-BOAB is still at Heathrow:
this one taken in 2012:
6354 G-BOAB 29-12-2013 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and some others (I'm surprised how few I have)
landing at Heathrow 15-07-1991, zooming in the underwing reg, I'm fairly sure is G-BOAA
LHR 15-7-1991 Concorde British Aiirways landing 28R by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

one I snapped of BOAD on USS INtrepid in New York in 2014 as I passed on a coach tour
7329 Concorde G-BOAD NYC 26-9-14 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Concorde 01 G-AXDN outside at Duxford in August 2005 whilst the Airspace hangar was being extended
06 Concorde 01 open for tours 15-8-2005 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and the day it was taken into the extended hangar for permanent indoor exhibition, 3rd May 2006
11 Concorde 01 inside airspace hangar 03-5-2006 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BBDG, used for development work between 1974 and 1981, it was purchased by British Airways but never put into service and was used as a spares source. In 2003 it was offered to the Brooklands museum and it was dismantled for transprt and then re-assembled for display and wasopened to the public in 2006, these were taken at Brooklands in March 2012 when my family gave me a 60th birthday present of flying the Concorde simulator at hte same museum!
G-BBDG Concorde, Brooklands 19-03-2012 1833 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BBDG Concorde, Brooklands 19-03-2012 1826 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a French one, F-BVFA of Air France at the Udvar-Hazy museum, Washington DC taken in 2014
7905 concorde F-BVFA by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

that's all I can find at present, somewhere I've got a very poor quality slide of Concorde prototype 001, G-BSST in formation with 16 Lightnings for the Queens birthday flypast in 1969, that will take some searching out though.

so, Who's next? (and what a classic album that was? I still play it regularly)
andy

[Nighthawke]

I also only have a few Concorde photos but virtually all rubbish ones which aren't even good enough for this type of thread. Andy has already put up some decent shots of Duxford's G-AXDN so just one different frame from me - F-BTSD on display at Parish Air Show in 2003. This is the same one that appeared at the Finningley BoB show in 1985.

F-BTSD by Tig, on Flickr

[Mike]

I don't have many Concorde photos but I saw all 20 that were built (and every VC10 ) , here's a couple of G-BOAB at Heathrow (I'll add some more when I find them!)





G-BSST at Farnborough 1970 :-

[Cessna954]

A varied selection from me. Having seen all 20 Concordes built I've not managed to photograph them all.

F-WTSS
19981112-Le Bourget-38 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-BSST
20180529-141325-FAAM by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

20140104-121727-Yeovilton by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-AXDN
19880403-Duxford-15 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-BOAB
19960721-Fairford-4 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-BOAC
20080923-153226-Manchester by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-BOAD
19950723-Heathrow-12 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

19860302-Heathrow-7 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-BOAF
19970720-Fairford-2 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

20171201-115711-Filton by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

F-BTSD
1989-09-02 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

19880717-Heathrow by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

F-BVFD photographed from a moving vehicle - the first Concorde to be WFU and only one to be scrapped.
1989-06-16 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

G-BOAC & G-BOAF
19860921-Heathrow-4 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

My Father-In-Law has a cracking photo of G-BSST on its first roll out from the Brabazon Hangar at Filton, he climbed the embankment and got a colour picture looking down on it. I will see if I can borrow and scan it at some point.

Neil

[EGNH1909]

A couple of G-BSST at Woodford Air Show 26 June 1971.
AS171 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr
AS173 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Best Wishes
Pete

[Alexe]

A couple of photos of F-BVFB, on display at the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum


Sinsheim by Alex Edwards, on Flickr


Sinsheim by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

And one showing both Concorde and a TU-144


Sinsheim by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

[LondonEye]

A Singapore AL at Heathrow. G-BOAD

Pete.

Concorde Singapore AL G-BOAD 1 Heathrow

[PorkScratching]

Some really interesting shots in this thread, e.g. the flying shots of the prototype and pre-production a/c, and the SIA livery.

[acw367]

I have many which are not yet scanned. But here is what I do have.

G-BOAB Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 British Airways RIAT Fairford 20 July 1996

G-BOAB RIAT Fairford 20 July 1996 by ACW367, on Flickr

F-BVFB Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 Ex-Air France preserved Sinsheim 18 March 2006

F-BVFB Sinsheim 18 March 2006 by ACW367, on Flickr

A4O-AB Vickers VC10 Srs1103 Oman Royal Flight and G-BBDG Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 100 Brooklands 19 February 2012

A4O-AB and G-BBDG Brooklands 19 February 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-BBDG Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 100 Brooklands 19 February 2012

G-BBDG Brooklands 19 February 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-CONC Brooklands 19 February 2012. This Concorde Sub-scale mock-up used to grace the entry roundabout to London Heathrow Airport.

G-CONC Brooklands 19 February 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-BOAD Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 British Airways USS Intrepid Museum New York 23 September 2014

G-BOAD USS Intrepid Museum New York 23 September 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-BOAD Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 British Airways USS Intrepid Museum New York 23 September 2014

G-BOAD USS Intrepid Museum New York 23 September 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

F-WTSS Aérospatiale Concorde 001 Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015

F-WTSS Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

F-BTSD Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 Air France Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015

F-BTSD Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

F-WTSS Aérospatiale Concorde 001 Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015

F-WTSS Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

F-WTSS BAC/Aérospatiale Concorde Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015

F-WTSS Le musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Le Bourget 21 August 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-BOAB Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 British Airways Heathrow 21 July 2018

G-BOAB Heathrow 21 July 2018 by ACW367, on Flickr

Plus two cheeky ones from 21 June 1991, with Concorde sitting on stand at the special Concorde VIP gates in Terminal Four (it's nearly in the centre of the shots)

HB-IWC Heathrow 21 June 1991 by ACW367, on Flickr

EC-FBS Heathrow 21 June 1991 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

[keithnewsome]

I have no idea of the origins of this photo, inherited from my late father in law, hanging on a wall for years !!
There are others from my collection to follow ...

Keith.

[andygolfer]

superb photo Keith, I wonder if that was the final landings in Oct. 2003 as they appear to have a red carpet for the arriving passengers at the bottom of the photo.

Can't wait to see the others!

thanks for posting it
andy

[andygolfer]

Keith (and all), I posted a link to this topic on www.concordesst.com and asked if anybody could give more detail about Keith's photo, 2 posts above this one.
I got a reply in a matter of hours from somebody who knew a lot about it as follows

This was 24th October 2003 - the final day.
Aircraft at the front left (with Rec Carpet) was G-BOAG arrived on the last BA002 from JFK - to the right is G-BOAC which flew in from Cardiff the day before.
At the rear is G-BOAE and G-BOAF which had operated from Edinburgh and 'Round the Bay' and in the hangar is G-BOAD which was the standby aircraft that day but was never needed.

thanks to James on that group.

So with the one in the hangar that's all 5 active aircraft in the photo. very nice

andy

[andygolfer]

50 years today F-WSST made the maiden Concorde flight, just seems amazing how fast time (and Concorde) flies or flew.

it still looks so modern and ahead of the airliners flying today, and 50 years on there's nothing in the pipeline to match it. I was so lucky to see it regularly at Heathrow and rather foolishly took it for granted and have very few photos to remind me of it.

[Unknown35]

I hope G-BOAB finds a new home! It's really sad to think it's sitting in a corner at Heathrow - Lonely and alone.

[PorkScratching]

I think the idea is that AB stays at Heathrow - because it's BA's home, and so many Concorde flights operated from there of course. However, I do think it's a shame it's not really on display. I suppose space is tight at Heathrow, and there's no single gate to have it guarding like at many military airfields.

[andygolfer]

wasn't it originally planned to be exhibited at (or even in T.5?

[Unknown35]

While the Landor Livery was my favourite Livery for the rest of the British Airways Fleet, The Concorde just looked better in that newer Livery Scheme that G-BOAB resides at Heathrow in, Just out of interest what is happening with BOAB? It should be in a Museum or on display somewhere, not rotting on the tarmac at Heathrow.

[Uuoret]

Yearning.......



G-BOAC Manchester

[Unknown35]

Just wondered wether anyone has any pictures of G-AVPN arriving at Duxford at all?

[Mike]

Just wondered wether anyone has any pictures of G-AVPN arriving at Duxford at all?

That's the Herald that was scrapped at Elvington, do you mean Concorde G-AXDN?