SQ Concorde: The full story

[Arowana]

Hi,

For those that may be interested a great article on the SQ Concorde story with some photos, worth a read. Link below:

Singapore Airlines Concorde: The full story

Sleek, supersonic, and short-lived. Here’s how Singapore Airlines’ Concorde service to London fell victim to politics and soaring costs.

mainlymiles.com

 

[RooFlyer]

Thanks. A good read.

 

[MARTINE]

Hi,

For those that may be interested a great article on the SQ Concorde story with some photos, worth a read. Link below:

Singapore Airlines Concorde: The full story

Sleek, supersonic, and short-lived. Here’s how Singapore Airlines’ Concorde service to London fell victim to politics and soaring costs.

mainlymiles.com

Really great read
Love the concept of dual livery on a plane
Thanks!

 

[UP4014]

What might have been.

 

[Brissy1]

Didn't get past the 1st paragraph "...world’s most popular supersonic passenger airliner – Concorde"
And the other candidates are?
AI?

 

[OZDUCK]

Didn't get past the 1st paragraph "...world’s most popular supersonic passenger airliner – Concorde"
And the other candidates are?
AI?

The Concordski (Tu-144). It flew before the Concorde - though not very well - and eventually entered passenger service later than the Concorde. It was in passenger service for 6 months - "a fatal crash during a test flight in May 1978 prompted the airline to pulled the Tu-144 from service for good in June 1978. The Tu-144 had made 55 passenger flights." So if you were slightly insane you did have a choice.

Before the Concorde, there was 'the Concordski'

The Russian-built Tupolev Tu-144 beat the Concorde into the air by two months. But the supersonic plane would enjoy a far less successful career.

www.cnet.com

 

[Brissy1]

Ah yes right, that nickname "concordski" has triggered my memory.
So that Russian copy would be the world's 2nd most popular supersonic passenger aircraft.

 

[Hvr]

A truly fascinating story. And I've done the tour of the plane on board the Intrepid.

Next time you’re in New York, be sure to take a visit to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan.

 

[Coathanger]

Fascinating read between the politics and unlucky chap to be attacked by a fellow passenger.

Have also toured G-BOAD at the Intrepid Museum in New York, and she’s a beauty.

 

[Brissy1]

Yes I've been on the Concord! (but just on the ground at intrepid museum). Like others I was surprised (but really shouldn't have been) how narrow it is.
One visited bne in the 1980s, I happened to be at the airport.

After the novelty, I wonder if most (other than very time poor) people would prefer longer, 1st class, travel, even without a price difference. Hence the poor loadings in the end.

 

[Quickstatus]

Maybe it can happen again?

 

[Brissy1]

Maybe it can happen again?

I think that the consensus for this generation is, no.
Which is a very thoughtful thing...an example of a generation being inferior, in its use of technology, to a previous generation.

 

[CaptJCool]

i too did the Intrepid Concorde tour back in 2012...

• the novelty of plastic sleeves on the seats was fetching
• the analog controls OMFG

see photos of both here

British Airways Concorde | Intrepid Museum

Take in the wonder and magnitude of the record-breaking Concorde Alpha Delta G-BOAD, the only British Airways Concorde on display in the Northeast.

intrepidmuseum.org