Last but not least... Concorde!!

[beaky]

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.
No captions needed...

[flyboy 28]

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

[beaky]

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

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.

[Theis]

was the concorde flying??

[flyboy 28]

I assume you mean in flight?

Aye.

[RHeite]

Nice shots.

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

[beaky]

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.

[Tequila Sunrise]

kinda sad too see it tied down  :(

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)

Craig  8)

[gn85]

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.  

[BMan1113VR]

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

[Theis]

Very nice photos there!

And Congrats Bman with the 7500!!

Cheers Theis

[BMan1113VR]

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 ). thanks anyways

[RHeite]

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.