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Guest presented by British Airways Chief Concorde Pilot, Captain Mike Bannister, this DVD provides a fascinating insight into the world's only supersonic aircraft.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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A stylish film portrait of the supersonic airliner.
The producers were given unrivalled access by British Airways to shoot this programme, which features the aircraft's day-to-day operations as well as exotic international charters. BA gave unrivalled access to the flight deck allowing filming of flights and a number of take offs and landings in various conditions and locations including Barbados, Jordan, Egypt, Ireland and Lapland, all on one of Concorde's last trip out of the UK on non-scheduled services.
The DVD also looks at the aircraft's role post the tragic accident in Paris in the Summer of 2000. As well as reporting on the immediate aftermath of the crash there is also footage of the last domestic charter flights to such far-flung and diverse destinations as Fiji, Bangkok, Nairobi, Aqaba and Venice.
Following the Paris tragedy, the video takes you behind the scenes with BA and Air France to see the modifications taking place in a bid to get Concorde back into the air again.
Following re-certification, you can see the first test flights right through to her return to service in 2001.
Special features on the DVD include a technical walk round the aircraft with Captain Mike Bannister explaining what makes Concorde so unique, a close up examination of the flight deck including more recent modifications. A special selection of landings and take offs from the cockpit and ground are also included.
This DVD is a MUST for anyone interested in Concorde!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
DVD: “”CONCORDE, the world greatest airliner”” starts off with a walk around in the British Airways hangar where viewers get some information on the Airplane’s Rolls Royce Olympus engines. Next 15 minutes follow Concorde flight BA001 from London to New York with great in-cockpit images. There’s also time for the Concorde operations at JFK NY taking both British Airways and Air France activities in consideration. Next topic is the training of candidate Concorde-pilots at Shannon with great “touch & go” images … The video also gives an overvies of international and domestic charter flights of Concorde although we could do without the publicity for the Orient Express and the Queen Elisabeth cruise … The DVD ends with inflight images of Concorde flying to Barbados and a word on the Concorde retirements. Overall a good DVD giving an overview of recent Concorde operations … I really missed historical imagery on this DVD but then we have to buy the “”Concorde Full Story”” for those
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Adam Kennedy
This is a truely fantastic DVD with amazing cockpit shots from on board. There is some amazing behind the scenes stuff too. Well worth buying.
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I bought this a present for my Dad who worked on Concorde as an aircraft mechanic back in the day. I chose it over the others based on the available reviews and apparently chose... Read more
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bought this for my uncle as he once worked on the prototype of the concorde and he thouroughly enjoyed it.
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This is definitely my favourite Concorde DVD as it is full of take-offs and landings all over the world. Read more
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