On November 5th 2003, that last of the Concorde planes would make it's final landing on the tarmac of Boeing Field.
The plane (known as G-BOAG) set a record for flying from New York to Seattle, flying accross the continent in 3 hours, 55 minutes, and 12 seconds.
The footage was recorded when it landed at Boeing Field from the Museum of Flight. The weather was perfect to capture the landing on a Sony 8mm video camera even catching the reverse thrust of the engines (not included in this video).
After posting it on You Tube, I received an email from the group of builders and engineers that were responsible of the construction of the aircraft back in England who requested a copy of the raw video which was provided to them at no cost.
This video is used as part of the legacy collection of the G-BOAG aircraft back in England as well.
About the Concorde
The plane is impressive in it's speed and design.
Arriving at the museum early that day to tour the facility (it was the first time in there) and picked up a Concorde book in the gift shop.
When this page was created, fifty years earlier, the place where the Condorde is parked was near the development center where Boeing was working on a mockup model that lost it's support.
While the plane never caught on a mainstream form of transport (at the time) it was completing it's production when the energy crisis was appearing while the United States was concerned over the sonic boom noises from the aircraft.
One that would be consider today would be the particulates that would be released from the aircraft that should have been concerning as this plane had to shrink or expand by a foot everytime it took off and landed that took it's toll over the years.
It was an aircraft that required a navigator since it was built before the current cockpits replaced that task.
It was constructed during the days of the space age that many saw as the future of flight that may return in the near future.