It’s such a shame. Not only did we loose the concord but we’re loosing that iconic British accent.

Bannister’s calling out Sam by name after taking off is so touching. Everything about this aircraft screams class…the captain does not disappoint

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

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

Amazing how everyone suddenly discovers a problem that they need to hold for in the minutes leading up to the concorde departure

2:11 6:15 "...as you soar towards the sunshine there to the East." How can it not bring a tear to your eye?

“Kennedy ground the morning for the last time, speedbird Concorde to IFR London Heathrow” 😭😭😭 I miss the Concorde so much

“Kennedy Ground, good morning. For the last time, Speedbird Concorde 002 IFR to London Heathrow with Mike” such iconic words. R.I.P. Concorde

Picture shows old livery, not livery that Concorde was wearing on 10/24/03.

Astonishing that this was 20 years ago. Still miss Concorde. Very moving to hear the farewells from ATC.

Kennedy Steve and the Concorde. Two legends in one!

There are people who say they cried watching this and people who lie.

It's surreal to listen to the moment in civil aviation history when technology went backwards.

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.)

A plane from a time when engineering and art where not competitors.

That controller cannot see that climb lol

Loved the way the final controller said 'cherrio' ....... a very English word 😅

You’d think they’d record it properly for the final time.

makes me cry 😢

has the atc tapes of the Paris crash ever been released?

Fucking makes me cry man

That was so nice and this missed.

concorde had a badass name speedbird lol

As if this wasn't cool enough, the legendary Kennedy Mike was working ground control when this happened. Talk about a coincidence.

Love that other Aircraft want to hold and watch The Concord take off for the last time

Jets

We may be a small country but we've a great one....🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

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.

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

The crew departing Le Guardia - that was a nice touch. They couldn't even see Concorde and still passed on their regards.

"We need to hold", "do you require assistance?", [Maybe some binoculars, or a good quality camera?].

4:15 unbelievable that plane still got that brave pilot home. His hands are still shaking from the trip. Wow.

P-47 was such a badass plane! Favorite fighter of the war!

OMG, that was 18 yrs ago this October.

Was BOAD or BOAC?

Ha ha.

What’s with the stuff about a crash? I don’t see anything on the tape about one so why is it mentioned in the comments?

We came on the *Mayflower* & left (with our respect for America in tatters) on *Concorde!*

Emotional exchanges between Captain Bannister and NY tower. They must have have been some tears in eyes. Kind of farewell is always difficult.

Kennedy Steve...another legendary transmission.

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

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

Good history

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"

That's Kennedy Steve!

Hearing this 16 years after Concorde retiring, still brings a tear to my eye (plus a lump in my throat)

Ha other pilots were jockeying for position to get a view of the last take off, and who can blame them!?

Is it Kennedy Steve on the ground duty at the beginning?

“Cheerio” - Ah, class act.

Hearing this while I just called out 3..2...1..now in my virtual Concorde in X-Plane out of JFK makes me shiver :/