BeechTalk - BT - Concorde Go Around

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Apr 2016, 08:29

Watch as "Speedbird" has to go around because the first pilot failed to expedite his turn off.

On his landing he comes in really nose high, and it appears he scrapes the tail of the plane.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/Uw5xOB5kQLw[/youtube]

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Apr 2016, 08:34

Captain Wolpole talks about when he did a barrel roll in a Concord. Also, beautiful footage of the plane in flight.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/aSnh-4EiBYM[/youtube]

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Apr 2016, 08:43

To my eye, Concorde is one of the most beautiful planes ever.

In airlines, it's the Connie, and then it jumps to the Concorde. I don't see other airliners as "beautiful."

Although I didn't get to ride in the Concorde, we lived near Dulles from 1979 to 1982 and got to see this beautiful plane in the air a number of times. Stunning. And, yes, it was LOUD. I loved it! :clap:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Apr 2016, 08:55

The Concorde is the jet equivalent of the piston Duke. : )

I was in Barbados for work in early 2000. I was eating lunch at a restaurant at Sandy Lane, and watched the Concorde haul out of Barbados for the seasonal service to LHR.

I'll never forget the noise and beauty of that plane climbing and accelerating.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Apr 2016, 09:09

In 99 and 2000 I was working in the UK, and lived a few miles East of Reading. We were under the take off path of all the west-bound jets from Heathrow, but the only one we could regularly hear and would rush out to see was a Concorde. Beautiful, small and very, very, loud.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Apr 2016, 10:11

The Concorde had a tail "bumper" with either a skid or 2 small tail wheels depending on the version.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 24 Apr 2016, 18:36

I thought all Concorde models had tail wheels?

Touchdown speed for Concorde was relatively high, so the tires would always smoke on touchdown more than you'd see with other transport planes. In this clip, it looks to me like the tail wheel also smoked quite a bit.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Apr 2016, 16:56

Username Protected wrote:

I thought all Concorde models had tail wheels?

I wonder if the pilots needed a tail wheel endorsement?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 25 Apr 2016, 17:32

Username Protected wrote:

Captain Wolpole talks about when he did a barrel roll in a Concord. Also, beautiful footage of the plane in flight.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/aSnh-4EiBYM[/youtube]

Nice chemtrails 1:37 .

Username Protected · **Posted:** 27 Apr 2016, 15:02

Great video. Really enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

So its heath-ROW or HEATH-row?

Concorde Go Around - On Landing Scrapes tail?