my carrier with concorde
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 9:08 pmSCREENSHOTS AT THE END IF YOU ARE TOO LAZY TO READ THIS STORY OF MINE.It`s was 1973,I was drinking a coke in my apartment when i heard of this new superosnic plane they call concorde on the TV.I said to myself,i`m going to work for BA.after about a month i got a job as a pilot in BA.after about 7 flights and much training I finally gotbooked for concorde.the year was 1875 now and I felt like the happiest person on the planet.I spoke to a pilot who already flew the bird.Ray siad to me,"when your in that cockpit,fly by the kneeboard.No matter what your pilot instincts tell ya,No matter how you feel,fly by the book!thats what was the probloms with those 727s.Now,i gotta go and smoke a pipe."I took his advice.I drove from up from patomac maryland to kennedy intl.while at the airport,at about 4 hours before the flight,I finally saw the plane i would fly to london heathrow.This was also my first time seeing the thing in real life.I saw the registration.It said "G-BOAC".I climbed into the cockpit.those simulators were just like what i was seeing.I was the co-pilot on here.I got the engines started.it was pushback.we got towed by a towing truck and taxiied onto the rwy.set the prking brakes,engaged the afterburners,hit full throttle,and realesed the prking brakes.we shot down the rwy and took of at 200kts.now,I was climbing through a thick cloud layer.it was 4000ft high so really it asn`t much.I got autopilot working once we got out of the clouds and climbed to 55000ft.not much during cruise,mach 2.4 and all we did was check the instruments.this flight was way faster than i expercted,and suddenly I felt like all subsonic jets were not ment to be,not with concorde in the skies.we began decent.I felt like we would not get low enough to land,but I took the advice.by 100nm from the airport all my fears were gone.i was on final,i kept the pitch of the plane up,and we touched down perfectly on the rwy.followed all landing procedures and taxiied of the rnwy so i wouldn`t roll off it.Got to terminal 4 and got off the aircraft.it was a luxerius airport hotel i stayed in.in the 26 hours i had before my flight to kiad,I went all over london,the tellicom tower,london eye,millenium dome,big ben,you name it i was there.after all this,I didn`t forget a second of my first flight on concorde.I flew on a 707 back to the US.I made an agreement with BA and now I fly nothing but concorde.I now own my own single engine prop.I have flown all 7 currently operating concordes and i still love them.next stop,Luthgansa for a few years!(just want to get my hands on a new a380)
here are some shots i got during flight.
www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/BA.jpg
caught that during decent
www.simvation.com/yabbuploads/conrls.jpg
a view of the first concorde i flew
www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/bsthrbr.jpg
if you fly egll-kjfk you`ll fly right over boston.this is the boston harbor.
www.simviation.com/yabbuploads.wow.jpg
when your at 55000ft for about 1 1/2 hours this seems low.check out my alt.
usally I fly concorde in fs2002.I also have the air france livery(new).this is NOT the pepsi one. i`ll soon download the old air france livery.I am not familiar with flying with an airline,so correct anything wrong in here.
on final,just 3.17 nm from the rny,my comp froze and I never landed!!!I was really pissed until i got the flight saved.I was still pissed that i couldn`t land the first time.
here are some shots i got during flight.
www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/BA.jpg
caught that during decent
www.simvation.com/yabbuploads/conrls.jpg
a view of the first concorde i flew
www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/bsthrbr.jpg
if you fly egll-kjfk you`ll fly right over boston.this is the boston harbor.
www.simviation.com/yabbuploads.wow.jpg
when your at 55000ft for about 1 1/2 hours this seems low.check out my alt.
usally I fly concorde in fs2002.I also have the air france livery(new).this is NOT the pepsi one. i`ll soon download the old air france livery.I am not familiar with flying with an airline,so correct anything wrong in here.
on final,just 3.17 nm from the rny,my comp froze and I never landed!!!I was really pissed until i got the flight saved.I was still pissed that i couldn`t land the first time.