Tu144d From United States of America, joined Apr 2002, 198 posts, RR: 3 Posted (9 years 2 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 5943 times:
I was just browsing BA timetables and noticed that the total time for BA002 is now 4 hours. I remember it being around 3hrs 45 mins. I know this is nitpicking but is there any reason for the increase in total time? Is it due to new routing or taxying delays?
Bellerophon From United Kingdom, joined May 2002, 557 posts, RR: 62 Reply 2, posted (9 years 2 months 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 5787 times:
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For the summer schedules, the departure time of the BA 2 has been brought forward, and it will depart JFK at 09:00 EDT.
Obviously the arrival time at LHR has also come forward, and the aircraft will arrive at a busier time at LHR, with an increased chance of ATC delays.
The five minute increase in the flight schedule, to 4h:00m, reflects this, and the new arrival time LHR is 18:00 BST.
The typical flying time of around 3h:15m, before any ATC delays, may well decrease a couple of minutes, as the Summer Deceleration Point is much closer to the UK coast than the Winter Deceleration Point, so Concorde can stay at Mach 2.0 a bit longer.
Bellerophon From United Kingdom, joined May 2002, 557 posts, RR: 62 Reply 4, posted (9 years 2 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 5668 times:
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In the colder temperatures of winter, the secondary, or reflected booms, from Concorde occasionally seem to bounce further from the aircraft than we would expect, or sonic theory dictate.
As a result of complaints from those affected, mainly people living in the South West of England, we moved the point by which Concorde had to be below Mach 1.0 further out into the Atlantic, which has cured the problem.
This phenomenon of secondary boom reflection doesn't happen in Summer temperatures, so we revert to the normal deceleration point.
GDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 12359 posts, RR: 83 Reply 5, posted (9 years 2 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 5654 times:
On a late shift about 4 years ago, BA switchboard screwed up and some irate woman in SW England was put through to our hangar, I took the call.
She claimed that Concorde had gone supersonic over her house, I assured her that would not happen, could it have been a RAF aircraft?
But her timings matched the BA004, she sounded the type who would make I fuss and take it further, so I could not say what I wanted to say, when she moaned about the noise, that is, "yeah, great isn't it!"
Gt1 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 132 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 5486 times:
when I flew on Concorde (ID90), our planned flying time was 3 hours and 14 minutes. Of course, when we got to LHR, we had to wait for our gate to open up.
Regardless, Concorde is the MOST AWESOME aircraft in the sky, bar none. Great Britain and France can be proud of the fact that they cooperated to produce this incredible machine.
Ben From Switzerland, joined Aug 1999, 1391 posts, RR: 54 Reply 8, posted (9 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 5229 times:
On that note, Cedarjet, did anyone see the billboard that BA had up in New York (maybe on time square?) a few years ago .. it was just a picture of a Concorde touchdown from behind, complete with all the exhaust haze, and the only text was "Concorde world record Atlantic crossing 2:58:59" or something like that.
Mirrodie From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 7334 posts, RR: 69 Reply 10, posted (9 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 5143 times:
speaking of the billboard, wasn't there also te model of a Concorde on top of a building in times square? Is it still there?
Bellerophon, would you please contact me privately?
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Mirrodie From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 7334 posts, RR: 69 Reply 11, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 5084 times:
also, on the displays in the pax cabin, ther eis speed in Mach as well as MPH and also temp outside.
but there is also DTG and I thought I saw something else(perhaps another D#$% acronym?). Was the distance to go??
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Alessandro From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 4999 times:
BA777, ask your parents to put you in the line for a 1095£ sightseeing trip
you find the link on www.concordesst.com Myself I tried to book one of these
but they´re all sold out (but you can be put on a waiting list, just in case).
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