Concorde's Final Departure from JFK 

Since i was a baby i lived in a small town next to London Heathrow, and i grew up hearing that Concorde go off at 10am and then again at 6pm every single day for 25 years. As a kid i saw her go through the red livery, blue livery and then the new livery, even from my back garden i knew the sound it made when it was taxiing and i would run to my bedroom window to wait for the roar and then to see it zoom past. I'd be at my grans house next to a famous golf course that used Concordes image, and it would land and fly over her house and i would rush outside when i knew it was time it was landing. In my Mum and Dads car going past the BA hangers, the sirens would go off and there would be a Concorde on tow waiting to cross the road going back to terminal 4, where i would be hoisted up by my dad, climb half out of the sun roof with the rest of the kids in their own parents cars and could almost touch it it was that close. I'd often go to the Queens building with my mum to see it land and take off. In all the years it never failed to grab the attention of children and adults alike. People, grown men and women, would see it driving past and pull up on the pavement, climb out onto their car just to see it take off. It just had that awe-struck effect on people. Everyone who lived around the areas of Heathrow lived for over 30 years with the shaking of window panes and rumbling of the ground, car alarms going off and the loud cracking of air from her afterburners as she took off. It was a spectacle of the day that everyone where i lived was used to and no one complained, well except for those under the glidepath. She was a major part of my childhood and when i tell Americans that i used to see her twice a day everyday for 25 years, they think it's amazing and say i was really fortunate. And to be fair, we all were. My grandfather worked on her, flew on her and no matter where you were, Concorde played a huge part on the towns and community's. Before i was born it had captured the love of my grandad and that followed on with me. I was infatuated with aeroplanes anyway but that rare bird always made people stop what they were doing, forget where they were going, just to watch this girl grace their presence. Terrible loss to aviation this girl!

the only time in history when mankind took a step backwards.....grounded concorde

I got goosebumps watching this.

No matter how many times I watch this I always get the chills.

I worked at JFK from 99 to 2002 and it was always a thrill to watch the Concorde take off from over the customs parking lot. Everyone stopped what there were doing once those jets were fired up at the beginning of the takeoff. Long live the Concorde, it was quite a special bird in the sky, you actually felt the vibration in your chest, great feeling.

This is THE most beautiful civilian airliner, this is an era of aviation. Farewell.

Every time I watch this, I tear up a little. It's such a beautiful aircraft.

Thanks for the video, would have been a million times better without the music IMO

I'm a Brit. Thanks so much to the Americans for putting up this vid. We loved her- it bought so much pride to our country. Such a shame she got mothballed before her time. There's a slim chance she might fly again, but sadly I doubt it.

We use to live in the future man. I'd give up crappy smartphones instantly for a chance to fly on this baby. 😔

Concorde, probobly the best plane ever to have been built, i wish BA and AF would fly them again so I could fly on one...

This Concorde is now at Duxford air museum, you can actually go onboard too, it's a great place to go....just outside London

To Concorde the Greatest. BLUE SKIES FOR EVER This video brings tears to my eyes everytime I watch.

Le plus beau et le meilleur avion commercial de tous les temps !

What a stunning piece of engineering. Even after all these years its still a symbol of form over function. Its sad we don't see them anymore.

2:03 ''Speedbird Concorde Two, Contact New York Departures!''....Love it!, Sends shivers down my spine!

In the mid 90's I worked in an office in West London about 5 mins flight time from LHR and Concorde used to come over at about 11:15 each day. The windows of our office used to shake and if I was on the phone to a client I had to apologise and explain and call them back 30 seconds later. I never minded because I got to see and hear the most beautiful aeroplane that man ever made. I could never have afforded to fly it then. Now that I could it's grounded. Still I guess I got to see it fly, truly it flew good.

What a beautiful machine :,)

I can cry watching this video. My dad used to take me to the airport in Rio on sundays in the 70's to see it takeoff back to Paris... What a machine! Farewell to the greatest plane ever carlos g.

Chokes me up to this day. Canada misses you, Concorde!

Ever since mankind started making machines I don't think there has been a more appropriate name given to anything than naming this beautiful aircraft "Speedbird."

It's really beautyfull, I went into an Air France Concorde and a British Airways Concorde it's litlle inside, but really beautyfull. and the Cockpit, oh my god all those buttons :D Great plane, it should be the President's Aircraft ! :D

its sad to see that the Concorde is not on service anymore..... legend.

I remember seeing that bird come in from England to JFK at around 8:00 AM on the dot, every morning on my drive to work. I would tell whether I was on time by the Concorde. I would glimpse her flying across the road I was driving on for my morning commute. She would come in on her final approach, looking like a giant bird of prey. Amazing aircraft and a pleasant experience that I shall miss.

I have a quick story I hope you'll enjoy. I grew up (and currently still am) not to far from JFK, about a 15 minute drive in VS. As a small child, when we were out to dinner at a diner I used to draw the Concorde on my paper placemat, begging to see if we could go down to the water to see it. Sometimes we got to, and it was always the highlight to my day. Then, one of the coolest things ever for a child happened.

Didn't matter what you was doing. When she flew over.... You looked

this was the most beautiful airplane! rami from NY

Concorde was truly a marvel of engineering, well ahead of its time. I had the opportunity to see depart Toronto back in 2003/

I had a lump in my eye watching that. The most beautiful commercial airliner ever designed, something we were very proud to have as Brits. Thank you to the Americans for joining in this tribute.

Your video brings back such fond memories. When Concorde made here first appearance in Tampa, Florida, I and 30,000 others greated her from the top of Tampa International Airport. The Captain did a 75 foot flyby over runway 18 Right and then banked right out over Tampa Bay. Not an image I will ever forget! She looked like a needle with wings banking over the bay, the sun quickly setting in the west. A beautiful sight, a beautiful bird. Never another like her.

You have a lot to be proud about mate. You Poms (and the Frogs, of course) showed the world what you were capable of with this aircraft. You've done the same thing with the Harrier, Vulcan, Nimrod, Spitfire etc for years. And that's just aircraft.!!!!!!!!

Speed Bird 2, What a name for the best flying machine mankind built and then de-commissioned. Shame on people who caused its demise from commercial aviation. Its such an eye watering conversation between the pilot and ATC

A majestic airplane.

For me as an motorvehicle engineer, concorde gets way more credit than A380. She should be back in service, should never be retired. Concorde flew for 27 years without any accident. Building a supersonic airliner requires way more professionalism than a subsonic liner. Hats of to the engineers who made it possible.

This plane should should still be flying , but down to politics it isn't. It was a template for the way forward, but now we have planes that carry passengers at the same speed as fifty years ago,hardly progress. Total step backwards .We won't see anything like Concorde for another fifty years.

I remember in the 80's I used to sit at the top of my apartment on the roof and watch planes take-off and land around me. Then I saw the Concorde, and I was amazed to see the beautiful bird fly. I miss her...!

Nice video. I'm Venezuelan citizen and we proud that The Concorde (Air France) visited our country late 70's and early 80's.

This video bring some water in my eyes. What an emotional part of history we cen see here. The controllers from JFK are emotional as well. Thanks for beeing there and show us the last flight from KJFK.

It's like looking at a video of the future of flight, not the past. But you know what! I reckon she'll be back, only faster and more beautiful than before. Give it 10-20 years.

Is she beautiful, isnt she? One oft the most beautiful planes ever. I gonna miss her. But I come from Germany...so I can visit her in the planemuseum Sinnsheim :) Nice greetings to all Concord- Fans all over the world.

(con't) My grandfather, who was a travel agent and had buddies in the airlines, was able to arrange a quick visit inside the Concorde by the fine people at British Airways. This was back before our era of paranoia, when you could freely stand around JFK and take photos without fear of harassment, and go straight to the gate without a ticket. I must have been no older than 10, and I got to sit in the Concorde's cabin. An experience I will never forget. Wish I could've flown in it, of course. =)

The Concorde landed here in Rhode Island in June, 1988. Most of the passengers were coming for the US Open in Boston. She was originally supposed to land in Boston but due to complaints she landed in Providence.

The most appropriate line ever uttered in regards to Concorde is: "She reminded us all that we can do extraordinary things". from the British Airways farewell video.

One of the few GOOD things to come out this god forsaken country of mine. Concorde was way ahead of its time. It's sad seeing them rot away in museums now.

rip concorde but 1 day it could return.

nothing comes close to concorde and never will

Graceful, glorious, magnificent, beautiful... Concorde! :')

Chills. The only word, the only feeling that is truly appropriate for a moment like this.

Amazing :O BA always had the best colours But JFK ALways had the best Takeoff Place the turn stright after take off ;)

I am absolutely gutted I never got to properly appreciate such a magnificent jet. I was born in '96, and didn't really have a true appreciation for aviation until around the age of 10 which was beyond the final flight. I knew of her existence and I had a 1/400 replica of G-BOAF, but I was never lucky enough to see her in 'person' or fly on her. All I have is a static display in Manchester (144 miles away) or videos on RU-vid. Thanks so much for uploading this, you have no idea what it means.

farewell concorde. Blue skies forever. we miss you.

love that plane !

There goes one of the best super sonic airliners ever made... Mach 2.2 I wish I could've flown on that :(

I only watch this through a veil of tears. She was sooo beautiful. I taught swimming near Bristol & rushed outside wearing only my costume & towel to watch her fly low along the valley before banking north saluting over Bristol & 'home' to Filton. My father learnt to fly in the halcyon days of the 30s & I slept in my pram under the flight path of Liverpool Airport. Oh, that this pensioner could still afford to fly. God bless Concorde.

No other videos avail on the whole of the internet, capture it quite as well as this one does, thank you v. much for tht clip. may such a machine always be remembered!

Wow, what a perfect video! I can't think of words good enough to praise this video. This is just THE BEST!

I never get sick of watching this. I've been watching it for a couple of years now. Great job. Thank you again.

Juste merci pour ce moment d'émotion...

God I miss this aircraft, great video to remind of a past we'll never see again. 5*

Great job getting that Concorde on film. I don't think there is going to be any other future aircraft that is going to be any better then the Concorde.

and by the way..; God BLESS AMERICA from England

The last Concorde to ever fly. Still projecting grandiose and beauty in its final moments....

The best commercial jet ever built!

What a video. It brought tears to my eyes. I never saw one on real life ;( I guess, Concorde was greater than the sum of its parts. And trust me on this one, is to say something.

Great video! I miss you, Concorde

i thought our species was about evoloution, since these majestic british and french birds have left our skies, i think we have gone backwards!!!

perfect ^

Great choice of music, very fitting, well done. Should have let Richard Branson buy them to keep flying alas BA and Virgin don't get on

haha - I remember sitting at that same beach back in Ocotber 2003 watching Speedbird leave for London! Thanks for the memories and the wonderful tribute to Concorde!

thank you for this magnificent video. it really is a shame that some of the greatest technological triumphs are locked away in the past. The world has become a bigger place with the loss of the Concorce, and air travel has lots its magic.

i miss the concorde it was so cool as a kid i watced it everyday fly over broad channel.

Perfect ^

thanks for sharing!

the english and the french created a beautiful aircraft, it was sad to see her go.

Concorde was alotted a certain amount of flight hours before she needed to be re-worked and the main reason they decided to retire her is because the costs involved in re-working the aircraft for another few years didn't seem feisable at the time...high fuel and maintenence costs affected this also. As for safety--Concorde had a superiror safety record..1 crash in 27 years and mostly minor fixable problems onboard ;)

Goosebumps

Ironic send off considering the amount of opposition to the plane initially.

what a beautiful aircraft.

I wish British Airways would bring this beauty back :(

Yes Mike Bannister was at the command of Concorde G-BOAG during its farewell voyage to Heathrow in the last commercial operation of Concorde

Awesome aircraft so far ahead of her time, thank you for posting this video we will miss the lady of the skies.

Beutiful , brought tears to the eyes 5*

Great video and an awesome soundtrack. Beautiful bird she will be missed.

The day air travel took back a step...

@76juno We wish, unfortunately that is just a dream :(

Thanks for posting! It surely brought some memories of that cool October morning nearly four years ago... I was also there in Howard Beach that morning w/ the horde of fellow enthusiasts and residents seeing this icon go. After watching this, I decided to dig up my own recording of the takeoff...man, hard to believe October 24, 2003 is distant... Still trying to find myself in this video. ;)

I was on the flight back to LHR on that day and RIP Concorde!

stunning ... I think it's borderline criminal that we haven't been able to support a similar aircraft 30-40 years later.

I used to fish right next to that runway before 9/11. When the Concord took off it was always an exciting sight. The noise was incredible. I miss watching it.

I second that...wondering the song title/artist. great video!

Thank you for this video. Amazing how technological innovation can bring such international cooperation.

The best passenger airplane ever made. RIP

hope this baby comes back soon

One of the biggest regrets of my life is i never flew in one of these. I rate this as one of the most beautiful man made creations of all time. Just a stunning peice of engineering. Sadly missed.

I realy had to fight against my tears. This is such a great aircraft ! A beauty, a swan with grace. I miss her, Even though I could never afford a ticket. Good bye my love !

wow great video. i got to see the concorde once landing at JFK beautiful plane we'll miss it.

Speedbird 2 Heavy, contact New York Departures. We miss you.

i got goosebumps watching this :[

i think i'm responsable for at least half of these 219,486 views and everytime i get a lump in my throat and goosebumps, everytime folks. i love flying into JFK but it's just not the same anymore. Tell everyone to go what a city, but what a plane. 5*. nice upload

Lovely message at the end of the video! ("farewell concorde, blues skies forever"). Absolutely blue and clear forever CONCORDE. The angels will miss you so much!