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By Key.Aero 24th November 2023

… Historic Aviation Quiz: Concorde …

By Dominic Ward 14th December 2023

… Dominic Ward talked to John Britton, the chief engineer on Concorde up until its retirement, about his work on the icon … Olympus 593 engines. Just two years after its rollout, Concorde was taking to the air for the first time. The Sud … in 1903, aviation had evolved with bewildering speed. With Concorde, the most technologically advanced commercial …

By STEPHEN SKINNER 21st November 2023

… Flying on the edge of space, faster than a rifle bullet, Concorde was a cliché queen. The epitome of Anglo-French … Skinner discovers… The planning, design and development of Concorde is considered one of the greatest feats in aviation. … to supersonic airliners – which ultimately culminated in Concorde… Many of the commercial types flying during the …

By Richard Benedikz 6th October 2023

… Brooklands Museum hosts the only functional Concorde flight simulator in the world.  Richard Benedikz was … your piloting skills.  These special 'At the Controls of Concorde’ days are available in limited numbers and can include up to 30 minutes actually flying the Concorde Simulator with a Concorde captain and a visit to the …

By Steve Beebee 21st March 2024

… on March 14 following several months of restoration work Concorde G-BOAD had been removed from its regular base – Pier … approximately two hours later. Upon arrival, the Concorde was lifted by a 300ft crane onto its usual Pier 86 … for having made the fastest Atlantic crossing by any Concorde on February 7, 1996, taking off from New York and …

By Thomas Haynes 23rd November 2023

… A former British Airways Concorde captain talks through the unique take-off from … that flew it, the take-off and departure procedure in a Concorde was a complex process, made more difficult by noise … the airport. John Hutchinson, a former British Airways Concorde captain explains the take-off technique and the …

By Thomas Haynes 20th November 2023

… in this amazing interview with the former British Airways Concorde captain. In this video, Hutchinson recounts the time … for a wonderful flight.' The power of alcohol!"   About Concorde Concorde was a supersonic jet airliner that was jointly …

By STEPHEN SKINNER 5th October 2023

… Skinner chronicled the testing and certification of Concorde in a special Key Publishing magazine on the … that of the Airbus A380. The testing and certification of Concorde was a mighty challenge for the British and French … to certification with a 2,500-hour flight test programme, Concorde’s revolutionary technology needed more than 5,000 …

By Thomas Haynes 27th November 2023

… Speaking exclusively to Key.Aero, retired British Airways Concorde captain John Hutchinson recounts his experience … exhilarating commercial aircraft in the world at the time, Concorde.  “I put in a speculative bid and never for one … been accepted and he would be placed onto only the third Concorde course the airline had ever run.  … … In the early …

By Dominic Ward 26th November 2023

… 26, 2003. Around a month after three British Airways Concorde aircraft landed back at London’s Heathrow Airport on … operate on to Dallas, Texas : “It would work like this: a Concorde would fly a BA flight from London to … one landmark it would rather forget – it became the first Concorde to suffer a rudder separation failure while en route …

By Steve Beebee 11th December 2023

… as a DVD or an HD stream from www.bellevuefilms.co.uk Concorde – First To Last , sponsored by ten members of the … shown as is the final flight on November 26, 2003, when Concorde Alpha-Foxtrot returned to her birthplace at Filton. … journey from Heathrow to New York on the flight deck of Concorde Alpha-Foxtrot . A further 90 minutes of bonus …

By Thomas Haynes 28th November 2023

… S peaking exclusively to Key.Aero in 2020, former BA Concorde captain John Hutchinson weighs in on the future of supersonic air travel … It’s been said that when Concorde’s wings were clipped in 2003, the world became a … icon itself. Key.Aero spoke with former British Airways Concorde captain, John Hutchinson to find out what his …

By Thomas Haynes 22nd November 2023

… On the 45th anniversary of Concorde’s first scheduled flight, Key.Aero caught up with … he recalls. “Then on my 25th birthday the first flight of Concorde took place at Filton and I thought, that’s what I’ll … Despite flying a subsonic jet, he still had his eye set on Concorde and started looking for ways to get involved with …

By BRUCE HALES-DUTTON 2nd October 2023

… Concorde's path to its service entry was not an easy one. In … brilliant innovation and sheer hard work. British Airways’ Concorde G-BOAA, with its complement of VIP passengers, is … in an immaculately choreographed double launch, Air France Concorde F-BVFA has departed for Rio de Janeiro at precisely …

By Ben Dunnell 10th August 2023

… for refurbishment Ex-British Airways BAC/Aérospatiale Concorde G-BOAD left its home of nearly 20 years at the … is expected to take about three months, during which the Concorde will not be available for public view. This is the … outside. Once the aircraft returns there, the museum’s Concorde experience and exhibit are set to reopen during the …