Oliver Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 She rolled down the runway at Toulouse LFBO for the first time. She was one of the most beautiful bird that ever lived, and in my opinion will remain so forever! She was prototype Concorde 001 piloted by test pilot André Turcat... She didn't fly at Mach 2 until October of the same year. I remember being 3 or 4 years old at the Paris Air Show waiting for Concorde to fly over because I loved her sound so much! She was definitely one of the most beautiful birds that will unfortunately never grace the skies again :'(Thank you for 27 Supersonic years! Quote
samen Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Yes indeed the Concorde was the most stylish jet to ever fly. Although I remember reading somewhere that an old concorde is being fixed to bring it to flight ready status and that it will have a fly by at the London Olympics. Fingers crossed that it happens Quote
Goran_M Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 There are unconfirmed statements from Air France "sources" that an Air France concorde has not had it's hydraulic fluid drained and a small team of volunteer engineers are maintaining it. Quote
Oliver Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Posted March 2, 2011 Oh it's not unconfirmed, I personally know the guy who's trying to restore her. I'm crossing fingers everyday hoping I can see her gracing the skies once more Quote
samen Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Oliver I think you know almost all the guys working at Air france (you are making me jealous because of that!)I hope I get to see it as well, I wont mind hitching a ride to LFPG to see that beauty in the sky. Quote
Oliver Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Posted March 2, 2011 Oliver I think you know almost all the guys working at Air france (you are making me jealous because of that!)I hope I get to see it as well, I wont mind hitching a ride to LFPG to see that beauty in the sky. ;D ;D ;D yeah every time I fly with them I try to get connections, and information when I talk to the pilots. Olympus 584 ( those who want to get Concorde flying again) Works with Gerard Feldzer ( the ex director of the air and space museum). My father had met him several times during the Paris Airshow, and I had met him a few times as well. Retired af pilot, and a reallly great guy! Quote
Oliver Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Posted March 8, 2011 I thought I should post this here as it is pertinent to Concorde. Last Saturday I flew Air France to Paris to visit the family. I had worked my charm to go in the flight deck to chat with the pilots. I talked with them in the flightdeck for about 5hrs, time sure does fly when you're discussing aviation with other aviation nuts like you. The releif pilots were the ones flying when I went inside, the copilot was and still is a professional aerobatics pilot (He had flown for Breitling at the Paris Airshow in 2001). What amazed me most is when one of the Releif pilots told me that our captain (who was on rest in the crew quarters) had actually been a Concorde pilot for 6 years This had my eyes sparkling! When the captain came back from his rest, I was still in the flightdeck and him and I discussed Concorde for a few hours, he told me all about his experiences flying at 55,000ft zooming by other airliners! I then proceeded to tell him that I looked at him as an God of Aviation ;D He was also the copilot on the Air France Concorde's last flight to EDSB to be put on display at Sinsheim Germany! Here is a picture of him (he was the copilot on the flight) http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-France/Aerospatiale-BAC-Concorde-101/0470768/L/&sid=ef05d56cb077b9e9bf2a454237ec624bOverall the flight to France was an amazing experience, the Air France flight attendants were cute as usual and the rest of the crew were very kind, and even allowed me the jumpseat for the landing in Paris! Quote
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