Concorde: The Plane of the Future 

Yeah, being a poor student on the other side of the world when the last shuttle launched was pretty sad.

Yeah , all of your dreams are impossible to succeed now

Hopefully you'll get to upgrade that dream to a sub orbital flight on blue origin or virgin galactic or similar. If you can afford it when they're ready

@@sparky173j STS and sub-orbital flights you're talking are two entirely different things.

@@razgrizxlraviation9975 you've got the wrong impression of impossible... it's not in the slightest

Steve Burke I was there too and will always remember it. I was shocked how thunderous it was.

@@JeffKing310 I too, was amazed at the immense rumble. Though I'm pretty sure that was due to going vertical, which it wouldn't normally do, during a normal flight. =)

Are you the Steve from Gamers Nexus?

I remember hearing the boom some mornings at the cottage (Nova Scotia) when it hit the Atlantic ocean , a few times a week

@@scooterdogg7580 I also remember the Concord over Nova Scotia, the boom was intense.

The Bonus facts are right here ^ :)

We could certainly modify another supersonic plane to do that now i would think but not sure the info gained would be worth doing it again.

Bart Foster Space borne solar telescope. It just amazing how they let the planet be modified.

@@larryscott3982 yeah I figured there were better ways to observe the sun and get more bang for your buck! A flying Concorde would be and expensive telescope. A few years ago NASA had a competition for high altitude balloon telescopes too it would be cool if it could flip and observe the ground during the day and the sky at night.

Concorde 001 was also still just a prototype at the time of the solar eclipse in 1973. (First flight: 1969. Introduced 1976.) Impressive that scientists were able to convince the builders, who already had massive cost overruns, to cut a hole in the top of the plane for a viewing window.

He hasn't made a megaprojects video about the Larger Hadron Collider yet, so I am not impressed.

I'd prefer quality over quantity.

@@cochese9411 if you object to the contents of the videos then leave.

I believe there is a whole team behind him making all preparation (setting, history, research, skript etc) that he just need present it to us with charisma while probably reading the display infront of the camera. And he does it very good!

@@ulrichleukam1068 Each channel has its own team. There is little to no overlap, except for a few related channels. Which leads to the topic. Has Simon ever accidentally uploaded a client's video content to the wrong editor‽ The different vantage points and lighting techniques suggest that he goes to great lengths to make each channel specifically unique.

That’s amazing:-)

"the closest I ever got to a Concorde is closer than just about any other person on the planet 😂"

My grandpappy flew a DC-8 and it's only 2 away from the one that killed Concord.

yup I remember hearing the boom when it hit the Atlantic

@@scooterdogg7580 awesome! I guess you must live nearer the coast. It was only just out of Heathrow when it flew over mine in Reading

Awesome!

Would see them too over West London in the 90's. Everyone one froze and looked up when she went over. Will never forget the noise. Awsome aircraft.

So Clarky... you're saying that twice a day every day a Concorde flew by your house? Really? Twice a day every day? Are you sure about that mate?

Don't forget CAPT Eric Brown of the Royal Navy. That madlad flew everything he could get his hands on, even the more experimental planes of his day.

History is full of madlads. Especially in aviation ​@@RaderizDorret

roughly a trillion in loss for this year

@@AluminumOxide "No more S T O N K S" **insert sad emoji**

And then righted itself so as not to boop the runway.

A droop snoot?

The term “droop snoot” had covered several things in aviation. 1 Leading edge flaps “droop snoot leading edge flaps” added to F86 sabre to replace slats. 2 A “droop snoot P38” world war 2 fighter with glazed nose for a bomb aimer 3 Concord nose.

The snoot would droop.

@@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs And, in motoring, the front end of various 1970s Vauxhalls.

I love the broomstick story:)

Sadly not anymore. RIP

Yep, that's a thing of the past now. I remember my last flight a few months ago when I had another passenger sitting in the seat next to me.

@@cochese9411 This aged poorly. How shortsighted you were buddy. Take your vaccine and try not to say such dumb things tomorrow morning.

But a snowball does explode on impact ;)

1947, not 1945.

Only way it would be a fighter would be a suicide ram fighter. It was quick for its day 😁

I can't believe that there anyone purporting to run a documentary channel would get such an elemental fact so totally wrong. When I was growing up, this was taught in the fourth or fifth grade. As anyone who is not an aeronautical ignoramus knows, the Bell X-1 was an Experimental (hence the "X"), rocket-powered aircraft purpose-built to exceed the speed of sound and for no other purpose. That aircraft could no more serve as a fighter than a drag racer could be used for some sort of cross-country rally.

@EmperorJuliusCaesar The whole point is that the Bell X-1 was not a fighter jet. It actually didn't participate in killing anybody. Perhaps you don't care about names, but some people do care about accuracy.

I hate to be that bitch but Concordski

@@laa0fa502 Sure about that? Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky[a 1] (English: /tʃaɪˈkɒfski/ chy-KOF-skee;[1] Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский[a 2], tr. Pëtr Ilʹič Čajkovskij, IPA: [pʲɵtr ɪlʲˈjitɕ tɕɪjˈkofskʲɪj] ________________________ MOSCOW - The "Concordsky," a Soviet-era supersonic passenger jet, came out of mothballs after nearly 20 years in a new incarnation as a flying laboratory.

Haha I scrolled down to try to be the first super nerd, you beat me to it! Haha 🍻

Tu-144 was developed first, the Concorde was a near 1:1 recreation of it. We stole the designs from them.

@@Azerkeux What whopper of a lie.

As I recall it was a rocket propelled (powered?) test vehicle. It was never intended for a tour of service in any branch of anyone's military.

Burn 🔥

@@stephenwright8824 The key is right there in the name - eXperimental.

I came to the comments as soon as I heard him say that. They need to do better research. Puts the whole video in doubt.

....And it went supersonic for the first time in 1947, not 1945.

We call that "Soviet-style landing", comrade. Requires buttocks of iron!

I wholeheartedly support this motion.

Sounds like a megaproject I should know more about! 👍

*was almost made in canada

Well the prototype was made in canada and then americans help to scrap it

My Grandfather worked on that. When it was canceled he went to North American.

6ix9ie can flip that into a song 😆😆

Shoopa dupa dupa roop

@@MEETGILLtheMAN 6ix9ine be like: Snoopy droop snoopy droop snoopy droop Snoopy droop snoopy droop snoopy droop Snoopy droop snoopy droop snoopy droop Snoopy droop snoopy droop snoopy droop Snoopy snoopy snoopy snoopy droop, snoopy droop Snoopy droop snoopy droop snoopy droop Snoopy droop snoopy droop snoopy droop Snoopy droop snoopy droop snoopy droop Or maybe I'm thinking of Lil Pump? Doesn't matter either way

How they stole the plans from filton ? Or will they cover that up.

Yup! Ramjets and Scramjets... or maybe the X-15. Hope Simon reads your comment!

The Cheaterman to satisfy your quest for scramjets Curious droid is one of the best channels on youtube. Well worth a watch fantastic presentation.

@@jameslyddall In fact I'm fairly sure I did watch that video, and I have to agree, it's fantastic! Still, I think it would be worth it to have Simon cover it too? :-)

I second this

Asked about this boondoggle on Business Blaze where it should be lol

xirsamoht x infrastructure is expensive, thats how it is, and the gov wants to create as many high paying jobs as possible by developing and manufacturing in the UK using british materials. Thats the main reason why the cost is so high, but it has great economic potential and the ability to permanently improve local existing infrastructure around the line as the high speed trains will be removed allowing commuter trains to run more often, same with high speed trains. If it were me i would have suggested to the EU a continental wide infrastructure project which would be funded by all nations that have stations in the country, depending on the number of stations you have. This way we would be able to spread the cost. Also using existing trains would have been a good choice with the Japanese maglev train. Infrastructure is in its nature expensive, but considering that we are about to enter an economic recession, infrastructure is the best option to boost the economy as time has shown, with the new deal in America and the Chinese construction of power plants, highways, high speed trains, airports, ports, all done during times of recession to boost their local economy by creating a local demand for local materials such as concrete and steel when international demand is low. This also needs to be done to help the uk curb its environmental impact as it will reduce domestic air travel between birmingham and london in the first stage, and hopefully more uk cities in future stages, whilst also reducing air travel between birmingham paris and amsterdam. It will not be a short and cheap project, it will be expensive, but with a long life time that will be used for many years and appreciated just like the shinkansen lines in japan. It has its pros, and its main con the cost, but something needs to be done to reduce our economic divide and environmental impact, and this is the best option that will be cherished for years to come. Hopefully they just build it quicker, and under budget without the influence of china.

Ladies and gentlemen we have found a Karen in the comment section

@Alan Brookes Why would anyone be afraid to tell someone else his opinion? The only reason that comes to my mind is when "someone else" is obviously an idiot that thinks you can win an argument with fists, knifes and guns. And since you claim to be a person that understands things, that can't be the case, can it?

Alan Brookes I think your tin foil hat is getting a bit loose.

@Alan Brookes yeah, there's absolutely no brainwashing going on outside the mainstream. That's why those of your ilk all sound the same, using the same buzzwords. Definitely no one pulling the strings of culture there. Nope, you're a free thinker!

Adw91 😂

A bit arrogant of you to decide it was "old folk" bickering! do you have "old folk" in your family, do you look down on them?

@@stevesproul1627 oh shut the fuck up Steve.

@@adw9186 fucking child!

@@UserPendingDeletion what are you? Some kind of bullies moll!

it is fixed, cause I fixed it, with a pineapple, 4 matches, a lemon, a soda can and a hairpin.

Ok clever clogs

And it's the air speed; not ground speed. Several months ago, it made the news on how fast commercial aircraft were crossing the pond (from West to East) ; the ground speed was very high, but they was being pushed by the jet stream and at no point was their air speed above Mach I.

No Sonic Rainboom comment?

Simon did say million, not billion... Maybe you heard his accent, chief.

Dude is innovative to a fault

Great museum that is! Been a couple times