Concorde: Thank You for 27 Supersonic Years

April 13th, 2008

This was sent to me from PlaneMadness Member SpeedBird48. It’s an absolutely wonderful tribute to an incredible airplane and a definite much watch.

I am actually back into this post editing it to be quite honest, and here’s why: I watched the video again and it was then that I realized my words in the first run didn’t do this airplane or the age that generated it the slightest bit of justice.

And could words really do either justice? I doubt it. You just have to absorb what’s said and see how it effects you. Quite frankly it really effected me. I’m watching it now for the 5th time. When seeing this not only am I witnessing one of the greatest feats of technological innovation, I’m also being taken back to a different time, a simpler time… A time that’s so far removed from today’s airline fiasco in the United States that it raises the hair on my arms to watch the video. Although it’s a glimpse of the past, it represents hope for the future.

I’m especially awed by the 4:15 mark- The takeoff sequence.

This was one hell of an awesome airplane, only shadowed by the majesty of the innovation, team spirit, and human minds at work during the age that generated it.

SmileCapt’n Chris

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5 Responses to:
“Concorde: Thank You for 27 Supersonic Years”

  1. Anthony Carpeneti, on April 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am Said:

    hey chris, first it was me with the concorde video, now its speedbird who did one. This would be funny but how bout you do like a 15 to 20 minute thing about the concorde…

  2. lpl_dave, on April 15th, 2008 at 5:12 pm Said:

    Before she was retired she used to come to my local airport (Liverpool-Speke in England) yearly for the Grand National horse race, hundreds of people used to love watching her arrive and depart. I don’t think that any other airliner has had that kind of appeal with the public Concorde was one in a generation, and is sadly missed.

  3. Anthony Carpeneti, on May 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pm Said:

    Chris, look at this video of the concorde. Another tribute. This time with coldplay “speed of sound” as music. here is the link
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvsljTeHhuQ

  4. Capt'n Chris, on May 7th, 2008 at 10:31 am Said:

    Awesome! Gotta love the Concorde :lol:
    Thanks for sending!
    ~Capt’n Chris

  5. Anthony Carpeneti, on May 7th, 2008 at 11:14 am Said:

    Kind of a funny or more appropriate video I think. But Im not boss…

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