I heard the sound... that same sound that I had heard every day for years...
....that familiar rasping snorting sound.

As always,I left the house to stand in the garden and look towards the source...

There she was... banking to the left as she circled over Beckenham, Kent, preparing to land at Heathrow.

Concorde! That beautiful, magnificent machine.

October, 2003 and I realised that I would never experience the same elation again and shed a tear.

I miss it!

Fucking French!!

(Sorry... not quite relevant, but hey... it's an oportunity to slag off the French.)
(bof, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 21:21, 12 replies)

We went backwards technologically that day
Click.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 22:07, closed)

it's the progression in technology that left concorde obsolete
most users were businessmen having transatlantic meetings. the acceptance of email and conferencing tools meant that business seldom had to be done face to face anymore.

that said, i was gutted when she was grounded because it meant i'd never get a go on one.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 23:30, closed)

Go and boil your bottom, son of a silly person! I blow my nose at you

(El_diablo_blanco, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 22:19, closed)

I used to do the same
I'd gaze up in awe and always say exactly the same thing... "wow".

I am uninterested in cars, planes, etc but I love great design.

That big tin bird was truly a thing of beauty.
( Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 22:34, closed)

I only
saw it once as it flew over Bristol to say goodbye. It was quite a sight. The concorde museum at Filton is said to be closing. It's a shame.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 23:31, closed)

They've got a Concorde at the FAA Museum in Yeovilton
I think it's 002.
(Vigilante Man weeps because you're stupid., Wed 11 Aug 2010, 23:46, closed)

Living in wimbledon Mrs N and I used to see it most days on the flight path to Heathrow and without fail we would look up and think about what an amazing plane Concorde was. Such a beautiful sight, We miss it too!
(nimrodihnio making gravy for one., Wed 11 Aug 2010, 23:53, closed)

On the day of the final BA flights
I was flying back into Heathrow an hour or so before the last transatlantic flights landed. Me and a colleague watched the last revenue flight flying the downwind leg from a coach on the M25. That's a memory that'll stay with me forever.
( wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 0:21, closed)

and i never cared about the concorde
Until now, I'll never be in one, never seen one in the air. I remember that shitty song, don't know what you've got til it's gone. Fitting, but I hate that song. More than anything.

Fucking song.
(CactusZack Shaved his coin purse on, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 4:15, closed)

I live near Heathrow
and one of my favourite adventures was standing at the end of the runway at Hatton Cross or Colnbrook watching Concorde take off.

When the last concorde flight landed at Heathrow in a formation of 3, I watched it from my bedroom window holding my baby son in my arms. I felt sad that he'd never see they sight of this bird.

I did video the end of runway experience, but it's not the same as feeling the air move.
( Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 8:18, closed)

I heard a rumour
they were looking at bringing it back - for events and such.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 9:19, closed)

Woo!
I've been on Concorde.

It was fun.

Pardon me while I finish this croissant.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 12:45, closed)