So it's just over 20 years since Concorde had its last flight.

Even saw an actual Concorde in flight through the clouds when it flew into Dublin airport.

Roll on roughly 10 years and I saw one parked in JFK on St Stephens day 1996 when I landed there on EI from Dublin.

I accidentally saw it take off at Heathrow last flight of some sort , amazing

Could be wrong but always thought it only came here once for the above.

Was on a decommissioned one a few years back, it's very clostrophobic compared to your normal run of the mill jet. Everything inside said luxury, fancy dining etc.

I remember the Irish members of the European Ryder Cup team came back to Dublin from the States on it in the mid-90s

Oh I always wanted to travel by Concorde back in the 80s. My dad worked in Dublin Airport and we were all interested in planes. But I think I'd have struggled with how claustrophobic it was. And obviously the cost!!

Channel 4 showed a documentary on Concorde recently, it was very interesting.

One of the things that killed it before it really got going was the banning of Concorde over land space by USA and other countries because of the sonic booms. It ruined the order book and severely restricted the destinations. The UK and France couldn't ban it because their governments were highly involved in the project.

I was wrong! Good thread on Concorde in Ireland here, gotta love the Pepsi one.

You are in a way. It flew into and from SNN quite often on crew training flights. Being Atlantic adjacent meant it could go supersonic quicker than from UK and it gave a large runway for landing practice.

AFAIK, the only passenger flight from Ireland via Concorde was the draw you mention,(as in to other countries) but, it was quite a common visitor to SNN back in the day.

For the aviation enthusiast who has everything, here's a unique chance to buy a Concorde engine complete with afterburner on eBay if you have £565,000 lying around:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/113823113322?_ul=BY

I lived under its flight path in Surrey. God it made a lot of noise. No way it would be tolerated today by people who live near or under its flight path.

But it was cool

Flight "to New York" but no mention of a flight back. Sign of the times 🤣

A rather expensive static aviation / industrial museum piece…

5.5 tonnes in weight, 18 x 5 ft dimensions

the costs involved in transporting it would be significant. You’d need a rigid most likely, I don’t think a box body would cut the mustard transporting that and its stand. That said if you can afford to spunk well over half a million euros on that, you can certainly afford the ground transportation….

Probably one of the most elegant aircraft built, always reminded me of a swan coming into land...

My first experience seeing it was a trip to London in early 90's with my parents. They gave me a choice in terms of a treat for the day... go on a boat on the Thames or head out to Heathrow to see it take off and do some planespotting... Never forget the noise of it or how futuristic it looked. On the same trip went to Duxford Airfield and experienced going inside the prototype.

Remember the Pepsi/AF one taking off 10 when I was living in Portmarnock, that was a sight too. Never got to fly in it but have experienced visiting inside the BA concorde in Seattle Museum of Flight and Air France at Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget. Such a remarkable machine and 20 years on still in awe of it.