Simviation Forum - Last but not least... Concorde!!

Jul 31^st, 2005 at 11:16pm

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Here's the last of my USS Intrepid shots: The Concorde that is now on display alongside.
It's sort of sad to see this majestic bird yanked from active service and tied down to a barge forever, but I doubt I'd ever get this close to one otherwise.
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Reply #1 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 11:43pm

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Very nice Rotty. That damn bird has teased me so many times either while I was traveling on the Brooklyn Bridge, or the ferry.. Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 6:59am

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Very nice Rotty. That damn bird has teased me so many times either while I was traveling on the Brooklyn Bridge, or the ferry.. Roll Eyes

I assume you mean in flight? Before the day I took those pictures, I only saw one twice: Once on the tarmac at JFK while taxiing in an airliner, and once from Jersey City near the river- it was flying low and slow beneath clouds on its way up the Hudson. Must have been diverted around a storm cell or something... it was odd to see that.

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Reply #3 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 7:00am

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was the concorde flying??

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Reply #4 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 1:10pm

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I assume you mean in flight?

Aye.

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Reply #5 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 6:06pm

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Nice shots.

Is that as close as you can get to the cockpit? Or was the acft pretty much opened up?

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Reply #6 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 6:17pm

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Nice shots.

Is that as close as you can get to the cockpit? Or was the acft pretty much opened up?

The first interior shot is looking aft; they herd you in (about 8 at a time) thru the mid-fuselage door, and you can't go aft(roped off), so you go thru the fwd section of the cabin, which is made to look like a group of pax have just deplaned leaving pillows, magazines, and empty champagne bottles. But the seats are walled off with clear acrylic, so you can't touch anything or sit in a seat.
The flight deck is roped off too; that was as close as I could get, even leaning in some. You can't dawdle there too long, either- there's a crowd behind you waiting to see. Kinda lame, but that's why I took pictures.

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Reply #7 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 8:20pm

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kinda sad too see it tied down Sad

Only time I ever saw Concord was whilst taking off from CDG, it was just after the fleets were grounded and I saw a ramp full of Air France birds 8)

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Reply #8 - Aug 2^nd, 2005 at 11:07am

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When I was young, there was a certain time of day I could look up and see the Concorde flying into Dulles. Of course that route was eventually cancelled. Never realized that this would be the last time I see the Concorde in flight. Sad

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Reply #9 - Aug 2^nd, 2005 at 12:39pm

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wow, they didn't allow people inside the last time i was there Sad

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Reply #10 - Aug 2^nd, 2005 at 12:41pm

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Very nice photos there!

And Congrats Bman with the 7500!!

Cheers Theis

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Reply #11 - Aug 2^nd, 2005 at 5:46pm

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Very nice photos there!

And Congrats Bman with the 7500!!

Cheers Theis

uhh, thanks. . .i don't care much about posts any more (did when i had under 3 grand though Roll Eyes

). thanks anyways

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Reply #12 - Aug 2^nd, 2005 at 6:14pm

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Stupid acrylic...I always hated when we went to visit the Louisville Science Museum...they've got a mock up Gemini Capsule in the space section. All those switches and buttons just dying to be touched.....

At least you are able to view it, albeit from a distance, still get inside the beauty.

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