Concorde Inaugural flight | Heathrow Airport | 1976 

No music..no comment...just the feeling of that historical moment when incredibile engineering push great of human being on another level..flow in the incredible taste of the 70th era ....so beautiful, miss so much

If I had to watch reruns for the rest of my life, watching the Concorde take off would be at the very top of my list. Especially when the takeoffs are at night. Watching the Reheats after takeoff and that roar would be mesmerizing. What a super aeronautical creation this was. I wish it could come back.

The most beautiful passenger aircraft ever built, in my opinion. It's majestic, almost like a great white swan.....

I remember watching Concorde take off from Heathrow back in 1978 with my dad. I had even bunked off school as I loved going to the airport just to watch the planes. We had dropped my grandma and grandad off as they were going to see my uncle in South Africa and we waited to see their plane leave. We was on top of the multi storey car park with a fantastic view of the runway and Concorde was taxiing for take off. I remember the noise of its engines being far louder than all the other planes and the reheat afterburners glowing as it climbed. I will never forget seeing it take off. I always said one day I will fly on Concorde but sadly never did, I always wanted to watch a shuttle launch in real life as well but never did but at least I got to see Concorde take off in real life. Best ever bunk off day from school I had.

Just watching again. For years we have become used to the normal 737 / 320 shaped aircraft. To see the sleek shape of Concorde now, it looks almost impossible. It looks more impressive now than it ever did back in the 70's.

The most beautiful, incredible vehicle ever to take to the skies.Even now looking back at this footage she looks futuristic

That was crazy: the two Concorde took off SIMULTANEOUSLY from LHR and CDG !

Fantastic. A piece of history, right there. Glory days of aviation.

Bless all at Thames, when London had Television worth watching. Thanks for uploading this treasure.

Back when supersonic travel was a reality but now we are back to stage one.

I ran home from school in my lunch hour, to see this live - it was all that we could talk about that afternoon. What a day that was. It

Concorde still looks futuristic.

Living in Reading I saw, or atleast heard almost every scheduled flight BA Concordes ever did. You could set your watch at 11:07 and 18:07. Also saw the last ever Concorde departure from LHR, was even on my birthday.

remember watching this on the TV - a long time ago now but still holds the same thrill as ever

I was there on top of the car park. Fabulous and memorable.

The 70s used to seem like ages ago and the 80s, when I was born, seemed so close. Nowadays it seems like they are all a long time ago in togetherness. I’m really starting to get older now.

Awesome video....a real great "time stamp"....even some classic QANTAS in there at 3:07 😁

Back when the future was awesome

The afterburners are very visible. The distinctive noise of turbojet engines is so much louder than the common turbofan or turboprop engines. The Concorde wasn't noisy during supersonic flights. It was very noisy during take of and all the residents around Heathrow knew well when the Heathrow was in the air. For some it was a free alarm clock every morning. After the end of Concorde 2003 they had silent mornings.

This happened the year I was born! Well preserved footage!!!!

Amazing So miss hearing her take off at Heathrow where I still work

These were glorious times

3 legends in their own right, concorde, 747 and ford escort lol

Looks wonderful in her original livery.

I took the morning off school to watch this from LHR Roof Gardens. In 2003 I saw the last commercial departure also.

Simply sublime!

One careful owner, never raced or rallied with looks that would stop traffic wherever she went. God, I miss those days!!!

Oooh Bring back Concorde!!!

can we just take a step back and appreciate how people found a way to make concorde And also appreciate how the pilots didn't get tailstrikes

Iconic.

Magical.

I could not remember where I was but I saw booth Concorde & Tu-144 somewhere either Tennessee or California & boy my Grandfather his friend my mom & me where talking about those to Airplanes!! I wish that we could fly them again !! :(

That was the Eagle of the Sky.

Magnificent!

Excellent ☺️

Majestic !!

Nice to see a video clip of this milestone event of ‘75 and not film which seemed like the rule of the day then.

Cool Concorde ✈️👍

Beauty personified....

I was there! Standing on the Queens Building with my Zenith E & 200mm lens. Concorde was flying to Bahrein.

I was there that day on the queens building stood next to the BBC cameras filming for the TV news that day. Precious memory.

Concorde & Thames TV Were Legends.

probably the last great thing the UK and France did its a shame nothing is done for national prestige thesedays

Wonderful machine...

Just wow

Wow crazy to think that this aircraft was made in the 1950/60's and looks so modern even today never mind in 1976. If Concorde was released a week ago it would still be ahead of its time it's a real credit to the engineers and designers who built her. Best engineering triumph of the 20th century in my opinion

Remember Raymond Baxtor commentary on this , as I watched it live as a child!

I assume this is the inaugural flight to New York, as my father was on the inaugural to Washington which I think was in May 1976.

Still looking so beautiful even in this New Year of 2024.😊😊😊

l'histoire de cet avion mythique m'intéresse depuis très longtemps,sans prétention je m'y sens personnellement liée...je suis née le 21 Janvier 1976! ;-)

Coisa linda

I was on top of the car park. 8 years old. I am 54 now.

at the start of the clip,the best and the worst of British engineering, Concord and a morris marina

Oh, the gorgeous and glorious machine…. a rude awakening seeing the opposite end of British technological ‘achievement’ in the form of the woeful Morris Marina marshalling car in the early part of footage, how is it possible they existed at the same moment in history… 😎

Those observant ones amongst you will have noticed the Morris Marina airport vehicle .....hard to believe that something as technological superb as the Concorde, occupied the same time line as such a hideously woeful vehicle.

There was something abt ppl of this era - everyone ... and that's all gone now

Which runway is this taking off from? I work at Heathrow but the buildings and taxiways have changed so much I can’t quite tell!

Actually there is the overture coming up in 5 years

With concorde gone and the Vulcan history, whats next to get wiped out with the stroke of a pen

What a beutiful man made bird she was. Missed.

the dogs coconuts never will a jet look like this again majestic

We need to bring back the Concord It is time to bring her back

The only passenger jet that could supercruise (greater than mach 1 without afterburners). At the time, only a handful of miltary jets could do the same. In fact, only the English Electric Lightning could catch it from behind. British airways lent it to the RAF for trials.

Taquepariiiiiiu minino!!!!!

What’s the registration of this beautiful plane ?

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The biggest tradegy is that one of them sits at Heathrow among a load of airport junk! BA should be ashamed,it should be displayed with pride.!!

inaugural flight to where?

‘76 not ‘75 excuse me

Any idea what runway that was on ?

Lo concorde ASSASSINO.👉😢99vitimas

But i dont think that 5 years will ever pass

sikoti departure londan

Still better than Emirates

ماذا تقولون ياعربان مااجمالها ....لاغير قوم خلف قبح الله سعيكم لم تصنعو شيئ يفيد البشرية... أمريكا عمرها يومين أصبحت تصنع كل شيئ.. وأصبحت تبقشش علينا في سلاح وجميع مايكن عيشو في أوهام

Noisy, polluting, expensive, cramped...not missed.