The controller in the last minute and a half is my Dad. So proud of him :)
@spudeeelad4 жыл бұрын
Catherine Winters cool
@seanandlizzie3 жыл бұрын
I bet you are x
@MrMiD.Life.Crisis2 жыл бұрын
Good man! Please pass on our regards from sunny Old England, please Ma'am and our thank you's for getting us all in and out of JFK safely for so long. Hope you are well and your father also. Would be nice if you could say a big thank you from all of us. I would think that he has/had one of the most stressful jobs there is - JFK airport is quite a place! Take care :)
@nushi-ching8522 жыл бұрын
Same
@donrickles845 Жыл бұрын
You have a good father
@hollymackenzie99234 жыл бұрын
Hearing this 16 years after Concorde retiring, still brings a tear to my eye (plus a lump in my throat)
@barracuda70183 жыл бұрын
The last words exchanged between Captain Bannister and the tower is very emotional. I am sure everybody had some tears in their eyes.
@Holstcollection582 жыл бұрын
I certainly agree, it's extremely emotional. Just listening to this radio communication makes a few tears in my eyes. I think how much better life was in the past.
@Jerichocassini Жыл бұрын
Lovely moment is the very end. US ATC says 'cheerio' to Concorde (classic British English) and Concorde responds 'have a nice day' (classic American English.)
@simplygregsterev5 жыл бұрын
I love all the other pilots calling in "Can we hold here while we troubleshoot"
@MrMiD.Life.Crisis2 жыл бұрын
"Do you require assistance?" 'maybe binoculars and/or a high quality camera?'
@Styalgent9 жыл бұрын
Love all the other flights chiming in to give their best wishes or ask for holds so they could watch Concorde's departure.
@hollymackenzie9923 Жыл бұрын
Shows how popular Concorde was.
@prorobo7 жыл бұрын
1:35 fellow captain trying to hold to witness the final Concorde takeoff ever, respect.
@MrMiD.Life.Crisis2 жыл бұрын
Ever the professional. He misses a once in a lifetime opportunity to be on time.
@prorobo2 жыл бұрын
Mr. MiD block times are purposely set with a buffer. Ever wonder why actual flight times are always shorter than scheduled?
@MrMiD.Life.Crisis2 жыл бұрын
@@prorobo can't have been a long enough buffer!
@aclubcalledRAGE11 ай бұрын
Loved that
@matt88636 жыл бұрын
I end up here looking for some interesting Concorde related stuff...And I leave crying.
@kachaso4 жыл бұрын
matt8863 you ain’t alone
@user-dy2km5mv5t3 ай бұрын
Ditto!
@flaggnerdАй бұрын
Same!
@Truckngirl3 жыл бұрын
Kennedy Steve...another legendary transmission.
@ankitknight63048 жыл бұрын
i just love how they brought all the people who were there for the first time...boy so many years gone by, but still makes you emotional.. godpeed !
@spudeeelad4 жыл бұрын
ankit knight except Samuel Cohen who was legit still there working everyday and didn't need bringing back
@zackaplowitz4 жыл бұрын
god peed
@ankitknight63044 жыл бұрын
@@zackaplowitz godspeed* man lol, that comment was 4yrs ago,how time flies, uff..! Anyways stay safe my friend...
@zackaplowitz4 жыл бұрын
ankit knight lol i know, just found it hilarious. you too :)
@moiscotv9 ай бұрын
Kennedy Steve and the Concorde. Two legends in one!
@cheeba6411 жыл бұрын
Great respect and courtesy shown between JFK ATC and British Airways Concorde crew here...very touching. Miss the fact and thought that this beautiful aircraft no longer flies---she was truly an apex achievement in international air travel and is sadly missed by many all over the world...
@EthansAviation_7 ай бұрын
“Kennedy Ground, good morning. For the last time, Speedbird Concorde 002 IFR to London Heathrow with Mike” such iconic words. R.I.P. Concorde
@PTFSFanB0y5 ай бұрын
I thought it said 1080
@mfuller10935 жыл бұрын
''Flight level 29000 in ten minutes'' Say's it all about the Concorde an airliner with fighter performance, what an incredible aircraft.
@IVAOpilot5 жыл бұрын
That`s actually nothing about performance. It`s a lost COM procedure. if your radios fail you can consider yourself cleared for your filed flight level 10min. after T/O
@trottergraeme2 жыл бұрын
Watch the video when Brian Walpole tells how during testing he barrel rolled her. Or how the used her maneuverability to bank left and right to avoid the noise monitors at JFK. She really was just a really big fighter jet.
@Turbomgzt9 ай бұрын
@IVAOpilot and what other civilian airline could actually achieve that? Knob!
@chris22capt9 ай бұрын
@@Turbomgzt pretty much all jet airliner can reach that altitude. It's a common thing for the controller to give additional info "expect cruise level at 10 minutes" while givimg clearance to aircraft in us.
@mgytitanic19128 жыл бұрын
Very emotional. Sad we'll not see her like again. I was in Windsor in '99 and saw her climbing out away from Heathrow. Such an elegant aeroplane.
@ChicagoMel233 жыл бұрын
We could see another one
@damedusa5107 Жыл бұрын
@@ChicagoMel23 doubt it, maybe, but they aren’t worth the cost. Can only be supersonic over the ocean.
@djburland5 жыл бұрын
End of SST was a sad day, but a brilliant send off from JFK tower
@MrMiD.Life.Crisis2 жыл бұрын
The crew departing Le Guardia - that was a nice touch. They couldn't even see Concorde and still passed on their regards.
@beenthere79622 жыл бұрын
I am so fortunate to have given that Captain some of his training in the late 80’s. What an absolute gentleman!We are still good friends today (2022) and we both fly for a “ purple” cargo carrier😊
@brookseyboy90838 жыл бұрын
Brilliant makes me proud to be British.
@moraldo827 жыл бұрын
She was built by both the French and English. She was a magnificent bird.
@crazyjock69676 жыл бұрын
moraldo82 .It's British not English!!!!
@bobmountford92165 жыл бұрын
@@moraldo82 Yeah!..but they crashed theirs!!
@sbrmilitia4 жыл бұрын
Tim Richards I bet you must be some sort of self made millionaire?
@trottergraeme4 жыл бұрын
@Troy Challenger you sir, are what we call up in Scotland, a risible welt. Everyone else, just ignore the obvious troll and don't give him the attention his mother clearly didn't. 2/10. Must try harder
@IVAOpilot7 жыл бұрын
I miss this bird so much ;(
@aaronglick68167 жыл бұрын
Concorde speedbird 2 on Behalf of all us here in the USA it's been a privledge and an honor to have u here in the USA. Just wanna wish Captain Bannister good luck in the future and for the final time your clear for takeoff. God bless and God speed.Aaron Glick Lufkin Texas USA. Also best wishes to British Airways and T 2 for all their kind hospitality they have showed me and my family over the years there at London Heathrow International Airport. I look forward to seeing you all back at London Heathrow International Airport again next Year. From me and my entire family here in Lufkin Texas a very pleasant good morning. Local Lufkin Texas time is 12:05 am 6:05 local London UK time.
@Lavaman36827 жыл бұрын
"Speedbird 2 you can plan to follow the Express." "If he can keep up". As a pilot and dual UK/US citizen, I love how no one wanted it to end, planes asking to hold short....
@rbrown960111 жыл бұрын
Grounding this this was a huge step backwards. Such a beautiful piece of technology
@DennisCarr11 жыл бұрын
That was...beautiful. Almost four years after posting. Thank you for sharing this!
@user-ky6vw5up9m8 жыл бұрын
If anyone is wondering, the Speedbird was the name of the stylish logo on the tail fins used by BA's predecessor airlines Imperial and BOAC and the present call sign was inherited from them.
@nelsonmelamund12255 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that!
@barracuda70183 жыл бұрын
Emotional exchanges between Captain Bannister and NY tower. They must have have been some tears in eyes. Kind of farewell is always difficult.
@angloengland5595 жыл бұрын
Wow, beautiful tapes, thanks
@jonaslapp68288 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps... great footage, wonderful
@smaze17827 жыл бұрын
A sad day for aviation but also a day to celebrate a truly legendary aircraft.
@Marty9338 жыл бұрын
Watching that plane fly was beautiful and in spite of what happend in Paris, it had a safety record envied by every other plane manufacturer
@bendingspring3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, it was magnificent! It flew brilliantly for all those years but unfortunately grounded forever due to a few acts of sloppiness by those who should have been more professional. 😢
@ChicagoMel233 жыл бұрын
Not only that, it was expensive and there was trouble post 9/11
@johnr10669 жыл бұрын
How wonderful was that!
@SimeonGrundy9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, such a bloody shame the old girl ain't flying no more
@fletch612 жыл бұрын
Love that other Aircraft want to hold and watch The Concord take off for the last time
@LMays-cu2hp Жыл бұрын
I still miss seeing Concorde both of them...
@capedcrusader54138 жыл бұрын
Simply breathtaking! :)
@cn2068 ай бұрын
Astonishing that this was 20 years ago. Still miss Concorde. Very moving to hear the farewells from ATC.
@31Alden11 жыл бұрын
This brings tears ...
@999lifegoes13 жыл бұрын
Magnificent! Thanks...
@mattthrun-nowicki8641Ай бұрын
Bannister’s calling out Sam by name after taking off is so touching. Everything about this aircraft screams class…the captain does not disappoint
@Mets7478 жыл бұрын
Gives me the chills, love this!
@L_Martin6 ай бұрын
2:11 6:15 "...as you soar towards the sunshine there to the East." How can it not bring a tear to your eye?
@peterd78810 ай бұрын
It's surreal to listen to the moment in civil aviation history when technology went backwards.
@martinwood65033 жыл бұрын
Brings me to tears, what a shame THE most awesome piece of engineering to fly the skies 😥 You can feel the upset in the controllers voices saying goodbye to an old friend
@robbflynn43254 жыл бұрын
Ha other pilots were jockeying for position to get a view of the last take off, and who can blame them!?
@gasaholic478 жыл бұрын
used to love watching it take off from the Canarsie pier back in the 80's. Shame it had to be retired, but its time had come. Guzzled too much fuel, amongst other things. There is a Concorde on display at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum on the west side of Manhattan.
@litamtondy9 ай бұрын
There are people who say they cried watching this and people who lie.
@eleanorwolf3435 жыл бұрын
“Cheerio” - Ah, class act.
@simontemplar99493 жыл бұрын
That was f.ing cool . Thx for pointing it out . Was waiting for it and it came at the end 😊👍
@TheSubflaction11 жыл бұрын
It's right that the British Airways Concorde has got the Callsign "Speedbird" (I know all BA Planes got it)
@1986ArsenalGunner11 жыл бұрын
Awesome just awesome. Some of the best controllers in the United States and one of the most professional airlines!
@AnIdiotAboard_2 жыл бұрын
This must have cost MILLIONS all the airliners holding short, I bet very few passengers complained about the delay they got to witness history, but when minuets cost millions, this little fairwell cost a pretty penny
@sam72906 Жыл бұрын
makes me cry 😢
@SpeedbirdConcordeOne5 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful aeroplane. So long Speedbird Concorde. You’re missed.
@marqshir11 жыл бұрын
This transcript leaves me sad.hearing controllers from many years ago, and pilots from other airoorts in Ny wishing the crew well as they leave Jfk.so long concorde.
@alexsaab80897 жыл бұрын
This gave me the feels
@heikojakob64912 жыл бұрын
Can't believe that the Concord retired almost 20 years ago. Half a century ago mankind landed on the moon and had supersonic travel on earth, all within only 70 years since the wright brothers took of from the shores of NC. What a decline.
@XionUnjust10 жыл бұрын
Wow, incredible vid
@tigrelopez21935 жыл бұрын
What a womderful world! 🎼🎼🎼
@David603711 жыл бұрын
oh my.... lovely
@DUCATEA2 жыл бұрын
We may be a small country but we've a great one....🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@andypandywalters Жыл бұрын
Loved the way the final controller said 'cherrio' ....... a very English word 😅
@swefwefwawfe4 жыл бұрын
That's Kennedy Steve!
@HamishG1992 ай бұрын
My Uncle won an award many years ago and got a free trip on Concorde and he flew over our town if only I could of seen her
@IVAOpilot5 жыл бұрын
Hearing this while I just called out 3..2...1..now in my virtual Concorde in X-Plane out of JFK makes me shiver :/
@prorobo7 жыл бұрын
American 205 had the best view.
@rico4you5 жыл бұрын
Ends with Have a Nice Day....end of an Era...
@jimgemmell28314 жыл бұрын
Is this who I think it is? Ricardo from "Remembering Concorde" on Facebook? 😀😀
@aaronglick68166 жыл бұрын
Captain Bannister and concord speed bird 002 wishing ya a safe final flight as a local brit now out in the USA here in Houston Texas you will certainly be missed here in the USA but i will see y'all the next time i get to the UK and London Heathrow International Airport have a safe retirement flight all the very best and best wishes from all of us here in the USA and all of us here in Houston Texas local Houston Texas time is 10:09 am. solang and you will be missed.
@lewisfoster95147 жыл бұрын
great audio, just wondering if there is any copyright on this audio, and if so would i be able to use this in my concorde documentary, thanks
@markwestwood97303 жыл бұрын
OMG, that was 18 yrs ago this October.
@Kedeas5 жыл бұрын
Americans and the British/French have been competitive as Hell Thru the years but Do Not Think there wasn’t Unbelieveable Respect by Americans when the Best took to the Skies. Tip of the Tam
@TheCertifiedDummy6 ай бұрын
“Kennedy ground the morning for the last time, speedbird Concorde to IFR London Heathrow” 😭😭😭 I miss the Concorde so much
@johnnymitch7412 жыл бұрын
position and hold sounds so much better than line up and wait.
@guarachero1233217 жыл бұрын
Johnny Mitchell I agree!
@MaxTw1stАй бұрын
It’s such a shame. Not only did we loose the concord but we’re loosing that iconic British accent.
@Trainman107154 ай бұрын
Amazing how everyone suddenly discovers a problem that they need to hold for in the minutes leading up to the concorde departure
@17NU14 жыл бұрын
quite Emotional!
@billb78762 ай бұрын
Just reading Mike Bannisters book "Concord" brought me here, what a lovely sendoff, many thanks for sharing it. Shame on the French for their part in the removal of this lovely aircraft
@mattthrun-nowicki8641Ай бұрын
It’s reprehensible. As was the joke of an investigation BEA did on the 2000 crash. Just ridiculous.
@gazza9463Ай бұрын
Likewise. Excellent read.
@johnnymitch7411 жыл бұрын
ah okay got it . what about the clearance through 105 alpha direct? Is 105A a radial off a VOR or something? I couldn't find it on the sectional or any departure plates anywhere.
@Jackaljkljkl4 жыл бұрын
Is it Kennedy Steve on the ground duty at the beginning?
@IAmAnonymyz3 жыл бұрын
Yes. In his interview with Captain Joe he stated he worked the last Concorde Flight
@gregorybentley57073 жыл бұрын
It sounds like he was working clearance delivery in this clip, was that actually him on the ground frequency though?
@IVAOpilot4 жыл бұрын
Have listened to this countless times now.... still crying every fucking time... At least I and other sim pilots can keep her alive in X-Plane :-) "Shanwick radio Speedbird 1 Position report. Past 20W expect 30W @1242 next will be 40W"
@MarcusAurelius77774 жыл бұрын
Good history
@donrickles845 Жыл бұрын
Fucking makes me cry man
@MrMiD.Life.Crisis2 жыл бұрын
"We need to hold", "do you require assistance?", [Maybe some binoculars, or a good quality camera?].
@were-all-human9427 Жыл бұрын
has the atc tapes of the Paris crash ever been released?
@TregMediaHD6 жыл бұрын
I have something in my eyes... oh its tears ... just like obama we miss you Concorde
@emilnilsson3612 жыл бұрын
Check the title.. its called "Concorde" not Cocorde....
@stmad3612 жыл бұрын
It really is a shame that the rocket was retired much before it's time
@stmad3612 жыл бұрын
Anyone have a transcript of this? I'm going to be doing a school project and it would be nice to have a correct transcript
@underneonloneliness2 Жыл бұрын
You’d think they’d record it properly for the final time.
@michaelutech4786 Жыл бұрын
A plane from a time when engineering and art where not competitors.
@pup10083 жыл бұрын
We came on the *Mayflower* & left (with our respect for America in tatters) on *Concorde!*
@ChicagoMel233 жыл бұрын
We’re still worthy of respect
@aaronglick80483 жыл бұрын
god bless ya concord I will see ya when I get back to London Heathrow international Airport thanks for all the memories god bless ya from all of us here in Houston Texas at George Bush Intercontinental Airport solang farewell happy retirement to captain bannster and all the concord crews solang your cleared for departure
@user-vi9gh7ni6t Жыл бұрын
That controller cannot see that climb lol
@AVCTripReports5 жыл бұрын
Kennedy Steve said in an interview he worked the last Concorde flight out of JFK, don’t think that’s him talking in any of this though.
@anthonyfillion32315 жыл бұрын
It sounds like the pilot said thank you Steve. . .
@anthonyfillion32315 жыл бұрын
He does sound a bit different, younger version of Kennedy Steve??
@AVCTripReports5 жыл бұрын
Anthony Fillion if it’s anybody it’s the first guy thats talking. It could be him, they sound different but similar.
@zackaplowitz4 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyfillion3231 Thank you very much indeed, I think it was
@jakeweitzel64333 жыл бұрын
I know this was 2 years ago, but at 4:56, it's Steve, you can tell in the way he says "do you need any assistance" the mics they used were much lower quality back then, and he also was quite a bit younger and probably not as comfortable with his job as he was towards the end of his career
@LMays-cu2hp Жыл бұрын
That was so nice and this missed.
@johnnymitch7412 жыл бұрын
what does the delivery controller say at :18? It sounds like "radar vectors shift." is SHIFT a fix in the canarsie climb or something?
@Spontainousteve7 жыл бұрын
Johnny Mitchell SHIPP is a fix in the SID, yep.
@stevmania81388 жыл бұрын
they should make a modern version of Concorde and make its engines more economical to run and carry more passengers.
@PaulHussey018 жыл бұрын
Good point. I don't know why no-one has thought of that. Why don't you sketch one and take it on Dragon's Den mate?
@stevmania81388 жыл бұрын
I'd love to but I'm only 17,maybe someday hopefully.
@kinkisharyocoasters7 жыл бұрын
Doesn't it take a tremendous amount of fuel to break the sonic barrier?
@AirlinersHD7 жыл бұрын
No! Concorde is one and only, anything new is not Concorde. Concorde is one and only, true legend who wrote supersonic aviation history. Some nice day, I hope I will visit Manchester airport for G-BOAC.
@jz_photography7 жыл бұрын
Stephen O Reilly It isn't economical to fly full afterburner at all
@noname-ch6fd Жыл бұрын
concorde had a badass name speedbird lol
@krongkiatearthsakulleelara67147 ай бұрын
the the callsighn for british airways
@EJLSWE11 жыл бұрын
the english and the french could no longer afford the programme, concorde was always expensive, it was (I guess) in many ways a race between the anglo-french and the americans (who had their own SST programme) and that of a technical exercise and status of having the fastest passenger jet. "environmental" issues, sonic boom issues, small amount of passengers on each flight and an aging fleet killed it off. the freak accident and 911 (which I believe was used as an excuse) was the nail in the….
@dinodinosaur3936 Жыл бұрын
9/11 ? What had that got to do with this?
@AlexanderVonish3 ай бұрын
@@dinodinosaur3936great reduction of air travel, that combined with the rise in oil prices, and the major cost of maintaining a fleet of aircraft that never really were sold in enough numbers to compensate, meant Concorde was to face an end to its career afterwards.
@Twister0518 жыл бұрын
Sexy. Very, VERY sexy! Sounding cool on the radios as a pilot is an art!
@stu553512 жыл бұрын
128,3 so long
@CarsonT019 жыл бұрын
People saying "bring the concorde back" it wont come back. There is no place for it in commercial aviation where it stands today. It is way to uneconomic for airlines.
@mgytitanic19128 жыл бұрын
+CarsonT01 She made BA an awful lot of money. They didn't need to retire her, but they refused to operate her alone without Air France. I don't know why. Richard Branson wanted to buy them from BA and operate them with Virgin but BA refused to do that to.
@mahughes785 жыл бұрын
@@mgytitanic1912 The issue was Airbus, who inherited the responsibility to provide parts etc. for Concorde were unwilling to keep doing so, so they just began to make things way too expensive and essentially said that's that. It was uneconomic only because Airbus, with a strong French influence probably didn't want Britain to be the only operator of Concorde. I'm sure BA would have continued to fly her as long as possible because as you say, they were making money on it.
@TheKeefe9512 жыл бұрын
Title says Cocorde - just saying. Not Concorde.
@kinkisharyocoasters7 жыл бұрын
The concorde was considered a widebody? It only had one aisle
@higfny7 жыл бұрын
I think it is something about the wake.
@AVCTripReports5 жыл бұрын
It’s heavy because of wake turbulence. Nothing to do with passenger capacity or payload.